[1] He went on to work at the University of Massachusetts between 1987 and 1989 as a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of polymer science and engineering under the tutelage of Richard S. Stein and H. Henning Winter.
He stayed with DuPont for 8 years in Wilmington, Delaware until 1997 as a senior staff scientist in the Central Research and Development Department, after which he embarked upon an academic career at Stony Brook University.
[1][5] Hsiao's laboratory at Stony Brook University aims to understand the structural, morphological development and manipulation of complex polymer systems during preparation and processing in real time at both molecular and nanoscopic scales.
As biodegradation rates and drug release rates in medical treatments are functions of fiber, porosity, morphology and chemical compositions, Hsiao and Chu have developed many useful new solutions for biomedical applications, such as nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering and heart tissue constructs, and methods to prevent post-surgery induced abdominal adhesions.
SAXS includes not only the diffraction of large lattice spacing, of the order of tens, hundreds or even thousands of interatomic distances, but also the scattering by perturbed or non-periodic structures of amorphous and semi-crystalline materials.
He has given more than 244 invited lectures in universities, governmental and industrial research institutes and more than 474 presentations in national and international scientific meetings.