Chia-Hsin Hsu  許家昕

Hi! I'm from Taiwan and a 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 (2026/05)

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

2026/6 Awarded by "Kristin Bruhn Endowed Memorial Scholarship" from the School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton (500 GBP)

2026/5 Awarded by "Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research" from the American Museum of Natural History (2,455 USD)

2026/4 Awarded by "F.D. "Bud" Holland, Jr., Award" from the Paleontological Society (1,480 USD)

2025/6 Awarded by "Vei Chow Juan Best Bechelor Thesis Award" from the 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)

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

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

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

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

Dr. Yun Hsiao (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)

Hsiao-Jou Wu (North Carolina State Univetsity, USA)

Kuan-Yu Chou (University of Tübingen, Germany)

Alex Wei-Che Li (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Chun-Chi Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Kai-Chun Chang (National Taitung University, Taiwan)