Alex Hon-Tsen Yu (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)
Title |
Professor |
Affiliation |
Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University |
Research area |
Evolutionary Biology, population genetics, genomics |
Research interests |
1. Microbial metagenomics
2. Shrimp genomics
3. Evolutionary genetics
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Chun-Neng Wang (Ph.D., Edinburgh University & Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, U. K.)
Title |
Assistant Professor |
Affiliation |
National Taiwan University Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of Life Science
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Research area |
Plant morphogenesis and development, molecular evolution, phylogeography, plant reproductive biology |
Research interests |
1. Morphogenesis and developmental genetics of flower shape, anisocotyly and bulbils
2. Phylogeography of East Asia relic gymnosperm and endemic angiosperm species
3. Molecular phylogenetics, phylogeography and polyploidization of ferns |
Website |
http://ecology.lifescience.ntu.edu.tw/english/faculty_wang_cn.htm |
Hui-Yu Wang (Ph.D., University of Michigan, U.S.A.)
Title |
Assistant Professor |
Affiliation |
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University |
Research area |
Fisheries biology, Life history theory |
Research interests |
1. Explore larval anchovy abundance and distribution based on oceanic physical conditions in the Tamshui estuary
2. Use life history traits to infer population status under fisheries exploitation |
Chuan-Kai Ho (Ph.D., Ecology and Evolution, University of Houston, U.S.A.)
Title |
Assistant professor |
Affiliation |
Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University |
Research area |
Trophic interactions and their geographic variations;
The impact of climate change on trophic interactions;
Applying ecology to conservation or agriculture
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Research interests |
Basic research in ecology: trophic interactions and their geographic variations.
Ecological applications: assessing the impact of climate change on trophic interactions; applying ecology to conservation or agriculture.
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Hsiu-Chin Lin (Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U.S.A.)
Title |
Postdoctoral researcher |
Affiliation |
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica |
Research area |
Molecular ecology and evolution, biodiversity, Ichthyology, conservation biology |
Research interests |
I am a marine biologist who is interested in evolution. I have been
applying different molecular tools in studying evolutionary
relationships and underlying mechanisms across a wide range of marine taxa, especially fish. I am also interested in applying scientific knowledge to practical marine conservation.
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I-Min Tso (Ph.D., University of Michigan, U.S.A.)
Title |
Professor |
Affiliation |
Department of Life Science, Tunghai University |
Research area |
Behavior ecology. |
Research interests |
Behavioral interactions between kleptoparasites spiders (Theridiidae: Argyrodes) and host spiders.
Spider biodiversity in Taiwan.
Phylogeography of the giant wood spider (Nephila, Araneae).
Mechanical, genetical and behavioral-ecology properties of spider silk.
Behavioral interaction between spiders and insects from visual ecology.
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Jer-Ming Hu (Ph.D., University of California, Davis, U.S.A.)
Title |
Associate Professor |
Affiliation |
Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University |
Research area |
Plant systematics, molecular evolution, plant reproductive ecology |
Research interests |
My research interests are on plant systematics and also patterns of molecular evolution, particularly on the evolution of perianth and the associated transference of function in various plants. Recent projects include phylogenetic studies on Balanophora, Mitrastemon, and members from Santalales, for their taxonomy, morphology, and molecular evolution of the genomes. I am also interested in the evolution of plant reproduction and sexual expression, working on groups of Elatostema, Rubus, and some other taxa. |
Website |
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~jmhu/ |
Allen Chen (PhD, James Cook University, Australia)
Title |
Research Fellow |
Affiliation |
Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica/ Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University |
Research area |
Coral reef ecology, coral bleaching biology, molecular ecology and evolution, marine conservation |
Research interests |
I am an evolutionary biologist interested in corals and coral reef evolution. I have been taking multiple approaches from basic taxonomy, ecology, to molecular biology and mitogenomics to address questions regarding to coral evolution and phylogeny. Lately, I started to work on symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) diversity and their relationship to coral bleaching, particularly their implications for future rising temperature under the impact of climate change. Introducing genomic approaches on Taiwanese coral and symbiosis systems to address the questions regarding to response of coral holobionts to the future climate change will be the focal research in my lab for the next 5 years. |
Benny Chan (PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Title |
Associate Research Fellow |
Affiliation |
Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica/Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University |
Research area |
intertidal ecology, barnacle diversity, biogeography and phylogeography |
Research interests |
I am a intertidal ecologist with research interests in the effect of oceanographic current, larval supply, settlement and post-settlement mortality on the geographical and regional distribution of marine organisms. My research uses the common rocky shore barnacle Tetraclita spp. as a model to test hypothesis regards on the distribution pattern of intertidal organisms. My recent studies focus on the effect of latitudinal gradient on the distribution pattern of intertidal assemblages in the Asia region. I have sampled Tetraclita spp. along the latitudinal gradient from Japan, Taiwan, Okinawa, Xiamen and Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and India. I will involve molecular and morphological analysis on these geographical populations to see if there are any cryptic species complex and how those species distribution relates to the geological history and oceanographic pattern on the Indo-Pacific waters. |
Website |
http://biodiv.sinica.edu.tw/~chankk/ |
Jr-Kai Yu (Ph.D., Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.)
Title |
Assistant Research Fellow |
Affiliation |
Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica |
Research area |
Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Biology of Amphioxus, Development and Evolution of Deuterostome Animals |
Research interests |
1. Evolution of the chordate nervous system
2. Evolutionary origin of vertebrate animals
3. Formation of major body axes in deuterostome animals
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Website |
http://icob.sinica.edu.tw/en/staff_info.aspx?memberID=20 |
Sen-Lin Tang (Ph.D., University of Melbourne, Australia)
Title |
Assistant Research Fellow |
Affiliation |
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica |
Research area |
Coral Reef Microbiology, Metagenomics, Environmental Virology, Microbial Biodiversity |
Research interests |
1. Investigate the change in microbial community inside corals and sponges, and the physiological interaction between the microbes and their hosts.
2. Investigate microbial community (including viruses) genomics and their metabolic activities using genomics and bioinformation approaches.
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Website |
http://biodiv.tw/research.php?pi=55 |
Shao-Lun (Allen) Liu (Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada)
Title |
Assistant Professor |
Affiliation |
Department of Life Science, Tunghai University in Taiwan |
Research area |
Plant Genome and Molecular Evolution |
Research interests |
Molecular Evolution of Duplicated Genes in Plants, Genome Evolution and Molecular Systematics of Red Algae |
Website |
http://biology.thu.edu.tw/people/bio.php?PID=2369 |
Hernyi Justin Hsieh (Ph.D., Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, R.O.C.)
Title |
Associate Research Fellow |
Affiliation |
Penghu Marine Biology Research Center, Fisheries Research Institute, COA, EY |
Research area |
Coral community ecology, Artificial propagation of functional group organisms of coral reefs |
Research interests |
The changes of coral reef ecosystem under the effects of the global change; Restorations of coral dwelling organisms with high price or high conservation value |