Dr. Su served as the first female President in the 85-year history of the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan from 2015 to 2023, and was a Professor of Environmental Health from 1992 to 2024. Her research efforts have primarily focused on the topic of air pollution related health effects, with a particular emphasis on the rising global awareness of airborne microbial hazards. She also served as an expert member of the committee that prepared the World Health Organization’s report concerning guidelines for biological agents in indoor environments.

In 2022, Dr. Su was awarded the Outstanding Professional Global Corporate Sustainability Award, and in 2017, was honored by her alma mater with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health’s Leadership Award in Public Health Practice. Moreover, Dr. Su was cited for her outstanding leadership among the top 100 award-winning researchers, innovators and leaders in the 2018 edition of the Asian Scientist Magazine. She also received the 2017 Outstanding Research Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan and was featured as one of the 10 “Science Stars of East Asia” for her indoor air pollution research by the leading journal Nature.

Dr. Su received her bachelor’s degree from National Taiwan University in 1983 and doctorate from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in 1990.