Education and past affiliations
2019-23 DPhil at Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
2019-19 Research Assistant at Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, TW
2018-19 Substitutional Military Service at Kenting National Park, TW
2016-18 Master of Science at Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, TW
2011-16 Bachelor of Science at Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, TW (with honors)
Research Experience
2019-23 West Group (Prof. Stuart West and Dr Guy Cooper), Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
2016-19 Lab of Ecology and Sociobiology Studies (Dr Sheng-Feng Shen), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, TW
2015-16 Lab of Insect Population (Prof. Toshinori Okuyama), Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, TW
2014-15 Lab of Insect Neurobiology (Prof. En-Cheng Yang), Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, TW
Conferences and Symposiums
2023 Jun Contributed talk and poster at European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB 28), Millport, UK.
2022 Nov Poster at Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics. Manchester, UK.
2022 Jul Contributed talk at International Society of Behavioral Ecology (ISBE 2022). Stockholm, SE.
2021 Apr Poster at Annual Conference of Microbiology Society (AC 2021). Online conference.
2020 Dec Poster at Festival of Ecology of British Ecological Society (BES 2020). Online conference.
2019 Apr Contributed talk at Adapting to New Challenges: Evolutions in Humans, Animals, and Plants. Taipei, TW.
2018 Jan Contributed talk at Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology. Hsinchu, TW.
2016 Aug Contributed talk at International Society of Behavioral Ecology (ISBE 2016). Exeter, UK.
Professional skills
- Analytical and numerical analysis of differential equations (Mathematica and Python)
- Individual-based simulations (C and Python); Statistics, time series analysis, and comparative analysis (R)
- Data visualization (R, RMarkdown, and Adobe Illustrator), Digital image processing (Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic)
Awards and Teaching
2023-23 Best Slide Award of EMPSEB 28
2022-22 Travel Award of ISBE 2022
2019-23 Oxford-NaturalMotion and Oxford-Taiwan graduate scholarships
2019-23 Demonstrator or facilitator for undergrads courses and practicals, University of Oxford (e.g., scientific writing course, mini-projects, math catch-up, journal clubs, and problem-solving sessions)
2018-19 Course demonstrator for biological modelling, National Taiwan University
2014-15 Undergrad research program, Ministry of Science and Technology
2014-15 Teaching assistant for biochemical core technologies, National Taiwan University
Extracurricular Activities
2020-22 Treasurer, Oxford University Photographic Society
2020-21 President, Oxford University Taiwanese Student Society
2016-17 Evaluation committee of insect photography contest of the insectarium of National Taiwan University
2012-18 Photographic Society of National Taiwan University (NTUphoto): Chair of fine art photography workshop (2015-16), Chair of digital photography division (2013-14), Chair of tea-making division (2016-18), and Member of darkroom division (2014-15)