Group Members

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Chuan Ku (顧銓)

Associate professor, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology; Adjunct / jointly appointed faculty member, Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology / Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, National Taiwan University [CV][ResearchGate][Google Scholar]
email: chuanku@gate.sinica.edu.tw

B.Sc., Life Science (minor in Geosciences), National Taiwan University, Taiwan
M.Sc., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (with Jer-Ming Hu)
Research assistant, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Taiwan (with Chih-Horng Kuo)
Dr. rer. nat., Biology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany (with Bill Martin) [DAAD scholarship]
Postdoc, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (with Assaf Vardi) [EMBO fellowship]
Outstanding Teaching Award, National Taiwan University (2024); EMBO Global Investigator (2023); Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists (2022); Young Scholars’ Creativity Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, Taiwan (2021); Academia Sinica Career Development Award (2020)

Ming-Wei Lai (賴名威)

Lab manager (2020.07–)
email: mwlai@gate.sinica.edu.tw

B.Sc., Life Science, Fu-Jen Catholic University
M.Sc., Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Natioanl Taiwan University, Taiwan
Ph.D., Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Natioanl Taiwan University, Taiwan (with Ruey-Fen Liou)
Research scientist, Industrial Technology Research Institute / Trade Wind Biotech, Taiwan

Yu-chi Liu (劉昱志)

Senior research associate (2022.11–)
email: liuyuchi@gate.sinica.edu.tw

B.Sc., Biological Engineering, Tatung Institute of Technology, Taiwan
M.Sc., Life Science, National Central University, Taiwan

Hwee Sze Tee (郑妃斯)

Postdoctoral researcher (2023.03–)
email: hweesze17@gate.sinica.edu.tw

B.Sc., Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Ph.D., Biology, University of Auckland, New Zealand (with Kim M. Handley)

Chia-Ling Yang (楊佳陵)

Research associate (2019.04–)
email: as0190267@gate.sinica.edu.tw

B.Sc., Science Education, National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan
M.Sc., Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (Chiu-Ping Cheng)

Tzu-Haw Wang (王姿皓)

Bioinformatician / research associate (2019.09–)
email: tzuhawwang@gate.sinica.edu.tw

B.Sc., Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
M.Sc., Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (with Sen-Lin Tang)

Ni-Chiao Tsai (蔡妮樵)

Research associate (2023.11–)
email: <nichiaotsai[at]gate.sinica.edu.tw>

B.Sc., Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
M.Sc., Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (Chin-Mei Lee)

Hsin-Tung Lai (賴欣彤)

Research associate (2024.08–); M.Sc. student (2022.08–2024.08); undergrad researcher (2022.02–2022.07)
email: r11b44002@ntu.edu.tw

B.Sc., Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
M.Sc., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2022.08–2024.08)
Second place in MiTalk7 flash talk competition (2023)

Ryan Calicaran

Ph.D. researcher, TIGP-MBAS (2024.08–)
email: <>

B.Sc., Microbiology, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
M.Sc., Microbiology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

Hsin-Ying Chang

Ph.D. researcher, TIGP-Bioinformatics (2024.08–)
email: <>

B.Sc., Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
M.Sc., Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Nang Yee Mon Htoo

Ph.D. researcher, TIGP-MBAS (2024.08–)
email: <>

B.Sc., Zoology, University of Mandalay, Myanmar
M.Sc., Applied Microbiology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

He-Ping Liu (劉禾萍)

M.Sc. student, National Taiwan University (2024.08–; co-advised with Li Chang)
email: <>

B.Sc., Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
M.Sc., Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2024.08–)

Nina Gooss

B.Sc. student research intern (2024.09–2024.11)
email: <>

B.Sc., Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Devita Mayanda Heerlie

B.Sc. student researcher (2024.09–2025.06)
email: <devita.heerlie[at]student.i3l.ac.id>

B.Sc., Bioinformatics, Indonesia International Institute for Life-Sciences, Indonesia

Justyna Kowalczyk

Visiting Ph.D. researcher (2023.02–2023.06)
email: justyna.kowalczyk@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

B.Sc., Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Poland
M.Sc., Molecular Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Jagiellonian University, Poland (2021–)

Alumni

Tzu-Tong Kao (高資棟)

2020.02–2024.01
Role: Postdoctoral researcher

B.Sc., Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; M.Sc., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Natioanl Taiwan University, Taiwan; Research assistant, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taiwan; Ph.D., Biology, Duke University, USA; NSTC Research Award for Postdoctoral Fellows (2023)

Bo-Wei Wang (王柏崴)

2019.01–2019.12
Role: Lab manager / research associate

B.Sc. & M.Sc., Environmental Biology and Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean University (with Kuo-Ping Chiang)

Tsu-Wang Sun (孫祖望)

2019.07–2021.02
Role: M.Sc. student (2020.09–2021.02); undergrad researcher (2019.07–2020.02)

B.Sc., Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University; Undergraduate research grant from Ministry of Science and Technology (2019.07–2020.02); M.Sc., Genome and Systems Biology, National Taiwan University (2020.09–2022.12); Poster Prize in NTU-AS Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program retreat (2020)

Maxime Allioux (馬克辛阿立兀)

2022.10–2023.11
Role: Postdoctoral researcher

B.Sc., Biology, Université Paris-Sud, France; M.Sc., Biology, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France; Ph.D., Marine Microbiology, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France (with Karine Alain)

Alyzza Calayag

2021.10–2022.06
Role: PhD researcher (Taiwan International Graduate Program MBAS)

B.Sc., Biology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines; M.Sc., Microbiology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

Serge Ryndov

2021.04–2021.09
Role: Research associate

B.Eng., Environmental Engineering, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Finland (2013-2017); M.Sc., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (2018-2021)

Ho-Lin Chung

2022.07–2022.09
Role: IPMB undergrad summer research intern

B.Sc., Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2021.08–)

Siwat Chang

2020.09–2022.08
Role: Research associate (2020.09–2022.08); research intern (2020.02–2020.04)

B.Sc., Biochemistry, Imperial College London, UK

Sheng Kao

2021.10–2022.07
Role: Research associate

B.A., Biology with Computer Science minor, Oberlin College, USA

Chi-Yun Chang

2023.09–2024.01
Role: PhD researcher / rotation student

B.Sc., Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taiwan; M.Sc., Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taiwan; Ph.D., Taiwan International Graduate Program Biodiversity, Tunghai University and Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2023.08–)

Vi Lê

2020.02–2020.05
Role: Research intern

B.Sc., Biotechnology, Vietnamese National University, Vietnam (2017-2021)

Shang-Hong Lin (林上泓)

2020.07–2020.12
Role: Research intern

B.Sc., Biology, National Changhua University of Education (2017–2021)

Elias Miguel Barreira

2020.09–2020.12
Role: Visiting master’s student

M.Sc., Computer Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2011-2015); M.Sc., Bioinformatics, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2018-)

Iris Wu

2021.01–2021.05
Role: Research intern

B.S., Molecular Environmental Biology, University of California, Berkley, USA (2017.08–)

Tong Jyun (Tom) Ho

2020.06–2021.05
Role: Research intern

B.A., Biological Sciences, Cornell University, USA (2017.08–)

Kim Henri Alonzo

2023.05–2023.07
Role: TIGP research intern

B.Sc., Fisheries, University of the Philippines Visayas, Philippines; M.Sc., Marine Science (Biotechnology track), University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines (2018-)

Laura Menke

2023.07–2023.08
Role: DAAD RISE Worldwide intern

B.Sc., Aquatic Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Anton Roi Collado

2024.06–2024.07
Role: TIGP research intern

B.Sc., Biology, De La Salle University, Philippines

Louis Muxfeldt

2024.08–2024.09
Role: M.Sc. student research intern

B.Sc., Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany; M.Sc., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany