Dedicated biological researcher focused on beetle-fungus interactions, including ecology and evolution (macro-evolution and micro-evolution). Aiming to leverage knowledge of beetle-fungus relationships.
EDUCATION
BS, Department of Biological Science & Technology (Sep 2015 - Jun 2020)
National Chiao Tung University
MS, Department of Entomology (Sep 2020 – Jun 2022)
National Taiwan University
WORK EXPERIENCE
Internship in conservation genetics (January 2020 - February 2020)
Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
Topics:
· DNA barcoding of vultures
Curricular part-time research assistant (July 2020 – Aug 2022)
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
Topics:
· Conservation study of Cheirotonus formosanus
· Diversity study of Taiwanese Erotylidae (pleasing fungus beetle)
Research assistant (Sep 2022 – Dec 2024)
Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, KMU
SKILLS
Fungi isolations
· Insect gut yeast isolation (particularly fungus beetle)
· Fruiting bodies culturing
Molecular experiment techniques
· Basic (DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis)
· ONT MinION library preparation and sequencing
o Mastered Amplicons, Microbiome, Multiplex PCR, and Genome sequencing (Ligation kit & Native barcoding kit)
Bioinformatics
· R and Python coding with AI
o Developed pipeline for Amplicons, Microbiome, and Multiplex PCR analyses
o Built custom Kraken2 and EMU database using UNITE and RDP
· Familiar with phylogenetics (BEAST2, MrBayes), species delimitation (STACEY, gdi), comparative phylogenetic (cophylo), ecological (Beta diversity, network analysis), statistical (NMDS, heatmap) analyses