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, Natioanl 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]
EMBO Global Investigator (2022); 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

Tzu-Tong Kao (高資棟)

Postdoctoral researcher (2020.02–)
email: tzutongkao@gate.sinica.edu.tw

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 (with Kathleen Pryer)
NSTC Research Award for Postdoctoral Fellows (2023)

Maxime Allioux (馬克辛阿立兀)

Postdoctoral researcher (2022.10–)
email: allioux@gate.sinica.edu.tw

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)

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)

Chi-Yun Chang

PhD researcher / rotation student (2023.09–2024.01)
email: <chang0028[at]gate.sinica.edu.tw>

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–)

Hsin-Tung Lai

M.Sc. student (2022.08–); 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–)
Second place in MiTalk7 flash talk competition (2023)

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–)

Kim Henri Alonzo

TIGP research intern (2023.05–2023.07)
email: <kfalonzo[at]up.edu.ph>

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

Laura Menke

DAAD RISE Worldwide intern (2023.07–2023.08)
email: <menke.laura[at]outlook.de>

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

Alumni

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)

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–)

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)

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)

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

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