Group Members

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Chuan Ku (顧銓)

Assistant research fellow (2019.01–), Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology; Adjunct / jointly appointed assistant professor (2020.08–), 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
M.Sc., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Natioanl Taiwan University (with Jer-Ming Hu)
Research assistant, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology (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]

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
Ph.D., Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Natioanl Taiwan University (with Ruey-Fen Liou)
Research scientist, Industrial Technology Research Institute / Trade Wind Biotech

Tzu-Tong Kao (高資棟)

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

B.Sc., Life Science, National Taiwan University
M.Sc., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Natioanl Taiwan University
Research assistant, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
Ph.D., Biology, Duke University, USA (with Kathleen Pryer)

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
M.Sc., Plant Biology, National Taiwan University (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
M.Sc., Oceanography, National Taiwan University (with Sen-Lin Tang)

Tsu-Wang Sun (孫祖望)

M.Sc. student (2020.09–); undergrad researcher (2019.07–2020.02)
email: stsuwang@smail.nchu.edu.tw

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–)

Siwat Chang

Research associate (2020.09–); research intern (2020.02–2020.04)
email: siwat.chang123@gmail.com

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

Serge Ryndov

Research associate (2021.04–)
email: as0210443@gate.sinica.edu.tw

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)