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Alicia graduated from NTU in 2002 with a BS in chemistry. Her undergraduate research focused on the synthesis, application and characterization of mesoporous materials. She joined the AC group in the fall of 2004 and finished her master thesis under the guidance of Prof. Dr. H. J. Deiseroth. Her thesis focused on the characterization of polymer-clay nanocomposites. Currently, her project, as a PhD student, involves investigation of argyrodites using both solid state and hydrothermal methods. Lithium tin sulphide, Li₄SnS₄, was found as the main product by solid state reaction in the course of lithium argyrodite investigation. The existance and the powder analysis of the lithium argyrodite, Li₇PS₆, was first reported by Brice in 1976. During our investigation, we were able to measure a single crystal of this compound at room temperature.
New quaternary Li-Argyrodites with the composition of Li₆PS₅X (X = Cl, Br, I) were synthesized and characterized by single crystal and solid state NMR measurements. Both measurements advice a disorder of sulphur and chlorine atoms. The static ⁷Li-NMR measurements show a high mobility of the Li-ions in all three compounds even at low temperature.

She was born in Taiwan but has also lived in Argentina (during teenage). In her spare time, she enjoys reading books (non-chemistry) and taking pictures while traveling.