Chia-Hsin Hsu  許家昕

Hi! I'm from Taiwan and a first year PhD student studying the macroevolution of echinoids within the Cretaceous Chalk Sea. I also have broad interests in macro-invertebrates and have extensive personal collections of Taiwanese fossils. Feel free to contact me for further discussion and collaboration!

CV (2025/11)

Research interests

Invertebrate Palaeontology, Echinoderms, Macroevolution, Palaeoecology

Education

PhD Student in Ocean & Earth Science, University of Southampton

(fully funded by Taiwanese Government Overseas PhD Fellowship)

January 2025- 

B.S. in Geosciences, National Taiwan University

September 2020-January 2024

Latest news

2025/11 Publication: Sand dollar from Taiwan

2025/11 Publication: Fossil freshwater mollusks from Taiwan (Pleistocene)

2025/11 Publication: Sea urchins of Singapore

2025/8 Publication: Sea urchins of Hong Kong

2025/6 Publication: Fossil sponges from Bornholm (Cretaceous)

2025/6 Awarded by "Vei Chow Juan Best Bechelor Thesis Award" from Geological Society Located in Taipei

Close research collaborators/advisors

Dr. Jeffrey R. Thompson (University of Southampton, UK)

Prof. Richard J. Twitchett (The Natural History Museum, UK)

Prof. Thomas H.G. Ezard (University of Southampton, UK)

Dr. Chien-Hsiang Lin (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Dr. Jih-Pai Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Dr. Yun Hsiao (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Prof. Allan Gil S. Fernando (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)

Dr. Josep Quintana Cardona (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Spain)