Associate Professor

Aug. 2023 – current position

Microbiology Spectrum Editor (American Society for Microbiology, ASM)

Sep. 2025 – current position

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience Associate Editor (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International, CABI)

June. 2025 – current position

BMC Plant Biology Editorial Board Member

Apr. 2024 – current position

BMC Genomics Editorial Board Member

Jun. 2023 – current position

Plant Disease Senior Editor (American Phytopathological Society, APS)

Jun. 2022 – current position

PLOS ONE Academic Editor

Sep. 2021 – current position

2017-2019 Postdoc

Michigan State University (Dr. Martin Chilvers' team)

2016-2017 Postdoc

USDA / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Dr. Glen Hartman's team)

2012-2016 Ph.D./M.S.

Department of Crop Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Dr. Glen Hartman's team)

Lewis R. Jones > John C. Walker >  James B. Sinclair > Glen L. Hartman > Hao-Xun Chang

2007-2011 Bachelor

Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology

National Taiwan University

研究主題 Research Focus：

1. 大豆微生物群相

2. 植物防檢疫調查

研究主題 Research Focus：

1. 菌核形成機制

2. 真菌基因體及生物資訊分析

研究主題 Research Focus：

1. 真菌effector對葉圈微生物群相失衡之影響

獎項榮譽 Awards:

113年度 七星農業發展獎學金

113年度 台大植微系友 勵學獎學金

研究主題 Research Focus：

1. 菌核微生物群相之研究

獎項榮譽 Awards:

110年度 台大植微系 陳孟廷獎學金

111年度 財團法人平安基金會 菁英獎學金

112年度 七星農業發展獎學金

112年度 中華民國農會 永續農業人才培育獎學金

113年度 台大植微系友 勵學獎學金

研究主題 Research Focus：

研究主題 Research Focus：

研究主題 Research Focus：

1. 大豆紅冠腐病之抗病篩選及基因定位

研究主題 Research Focus：

1. 綠豆根瘤線蟲之抗病篩選及基因定位

博士論文 Ph.D. Dissertation：

探討殺真菌劑、抗病性與微生物群相於台灣大豆紅冠腐病之防治研究

Studies on the fungicide efficacy, resistance screening, and microbiome-associated resistance to control soybean red crown rot in Taiwan

研究發表 Publication：

1. Huang JC, Yang SK, Wu PH, Lin CH, Tsai YC, Chen HB, Tsai HH, Wu CJ, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2025. Influence of Bradyrhizobia and Calonectria ilicicola on N2O content in soybean nodules. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 6:0027. link

2. Wu PH and Chang HX. 2024. Colonization compatibility with Bacillus altitudinis confers soybean seed rot resistance. The ISME Journal 18:wrae142. link

3. Wu PH, Tseng MN, Chou KL, Lin YH, and Chang HX. 2024. Research status and prospects on soybean red crown rot. Journal of Plant Medicine 66:31-40. link

4. Wu PH, Tseng MN, Lin YH, Kuo CH, and Chang HX. 2023. Identification of cyprodinil + fludioxonil to manage soybean red crown rot using the microplate-based high-throughput screening and pot assay. Plant Disease 107:1481-1490. link

5. Wu PH, Chang HX, and Shen YM. 2023. Effects of synthetic and environmentally friendly fungicides on powdery mildew management and the phyllosphere microbiome of cucumber. PLOS ONE 18:e0282809. link

6. Huang CC, Liu HH, Wu PH, and Chang HX. 2021. First report of leaf spot caused by Diaporthe tulliensis on boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) in Taiwan. Plant Disease 105:2718. link

7. Liu HH, Wang J, Wu PH, Lu MY, Li JY, Shen YM, Tseng MN, Kuo CH, Lin YH, and Chang HX. 2021. Whole-genome sequence resource of Calonectria ilicicola, the casual pathogen of soybean red crown rot. MPMI 34:848-851. link

獎項榮譽 Awards:

109年度 財團法人鑫淼教育基金會 重點科技博士獎學金

111年度 台大植微系 松本巍獎學金

112年度 台大優秀青年

112年度 台大生農學院 博士論文獎

碩士論文 Master's Thesis：

整合轉錄體學與活性氧抑制實驗以探討炭腐病菌微菌核之形成

Integration of RNA-Seq and Reactive Oxygen Species Inhibition Assay to Study Microsclerotia Development of Macrophomina phaseolina

研究發表 Publication：

1. Pan KY, Liu HH, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2024. Ca2+ affects the hyphal differentiation to sclerotia formation of Athelia rolfsii. Microbiology Spectrum 12:e00200-24. link

2. Lin YC, Liu HH, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2023. Heritability and gene functions associated with sclerotia formation of Rhizoctonia solani AG-7 using whole genome sequencing and genome-wide association study. Microbial Genomics 9:000948. link

3. Liu HH, Huang CC, Lin YH, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2022. Superoxide initiates the hyphal differentiation to microsclerotia formation of Macrophomina phaseolina. Microbiology Spectrum 10:e02084-21. link

4. Shih PT, Chang TD, Liu HH, Chang HX, and Lin YH. 2022. Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Taiwan. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 17:11. link

5. Huang CC, Liu HH, Wu PH, and Chang HX. 2021. First report of leaf spot caused by Diaporthe tulliensis on boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) in Taiwan. Plant Disease 105:2718. link

6. Lu PK, Liu HH, and Chang HX. 2021. First report of Corynespora cassiicola causing target spot on soybean in Taiwan. Plant Disease 105:3753. link

7. Liu HH, Wang J, Wu PH, Lu MY, Li JY, Shen YM, Tseng MN, Kuo CH, Lin YH, and Chang HX. 2021. Whole-genome sequence resource of Calonectria ilicicola, the casual pathogen of soybean red crown rot. MPMI 34:848-851. link

8. Liu HH, Shen YM, Chang HX, Tseng MN, and Lin YH. 2020. First report of soybean red crown rot caused by Calonectria ilicicola on soybean in Taiwan. Plant Disease 104:979. link

獎項榮譽 Awards:

110年度 台大植微系友 勵學獎學金

碩士論文 Master's Thesis：

臺灣大豆立枯絲核菌病害與菌核形成之研究

The Disease and Sclerotia-forming Capability of Soybean Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani in Taiwan

研究發表 Publication：

1. Huang CC, Lin CH, Lin YC, and Chang HX. 2024. Application of bulk segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq) and allele-specific primers to study soybean powdery mildew resistance. BMC Plant Biology 24:155. link

2. Lin YC, Liu HH, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2023. Heritability and gene functions associated with sclerotia formation of Rhizoctonia solani AG-7 using whole genome sequencing and genome-wide association study. Microbial Genomics 9:000948. link

3. Lin YC, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2021. First report of soybean seedling disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG-7 in Taiwan. Plant Disease 106:314. link

獎項榮譽 Awards:

2022年 中華民國植物病理學會學生論文宣讀獎SA組第一名

111年度 台大植微系友 勵學獎學金

112年度 台大生農學院 碩士論文獎

碩士論文 Master's Thesis：

探討大豆幾丁質酶於植物促生根際細菌預啟防禦反應之基因表現與功能

Genome-wide Characterization of Soybean Chitinase Expression and Function in Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria-induced Defense Priming

研究發表 Publication：

1. Chen JY, Sang H, Chilvers MI, Wu CH, and Chang HX. 2024. Characterization of soybean chitinase genes induced by rhizobacteria involved in the defense against Fusarium oxysporum. Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1341181. link

獎項榮譽 Awards:

111年度 台灣農學會 研究生獎學金

112年度 台大植微系友 勵學獎學金

碩士論文 Master's Thesis：

應用集群分離RNA測序分析研究臺灣大豆「高雄11號」之白粉病抗病基因座

Application of Bulk Segregant RNA-Seq Analysis on the Powdery Mildew Resistance Loci in Soybean Cultivar 'KH11' of Taiwan

研究發表 Publication：

1. Huang CC, Lin CH, Lin YC, and Chang HX. 2024. Application of bulk segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq) and allele-specific primers to study soybean powdery mildew resistance. BMC Plant Biology 24:155. link

2. Chang HX, Huang CC, and Lu PK. 2024. First report of false rust caused by Synchytrium psophocarpi on winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) in Taiwan. Plant Disease 108:532. link

3. Liu HH, Huang CC, Lin YH, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2022. Superoxide initiates the hyphal differentiation to microsclerotia formation of Macrophomina phaseolina. Microbiology Spectrum 10:e02084-21. link

4. Huang CC, Yang JI, Chou KL, Lin CH, and Chang HX. 2021. Copy number quantification for the soybean cyst nematode resistance locus rhg1 in the soybean varieties of Taiwan. Agronomy 11:1346. link

5. Huang CC, Liu HH, Wu PH, and Chang HX. 2021. First report of leaf spot caused by Diaporthe tulliensis on boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) in Taiwan. Plant Disease 105:2718. link

獎項榮譽 Awards:

110年度 台大生農學院 學士論文獎

112年度 台大生農學院 碩士論文獎

112年度 台大研究生校長獎

碩士論文 Master's Thesis：

探討活性氧及鈣離子在白絹病菌菌核形成之功能

Functions of Reactive Oxygen Species and Calcium Ion in Sclerotia Formation of Athelia rolfsii

研究發表 Publication：

1. Pan KY, Liu HH, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2024. Ca2+ affects the hyphal differentiation to sclerotia formation of Athelia rolfsii. Microbiology Spectrum 12:e00200-24. link

獎項榮譽 Awards:

113年度 台大植微系友 勵學獎學金

113年度 台大生農學院 碩士論文獎

碩士論文 Master's Thesis：

探討紅冠腐菌對大豆根瘤產生氧化亞氮 (N2O) 之影響

The Effect of Calonectria ilicicola on Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emission from Soybean Nodules

研究發表 Publication：

1. Huang JC, Yang SK, Wu PH, Lin CH, Tsai YC, Chen HB, Tsai HH, Wu CJ, Tseng MN, and Chang HX. 2025. Influence of Bradyrhizobia and Calonectria ilicicola on N2O content in soybean nodules. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 6:0027. link

獎項榮譽 Awards:

113年度 台大植微系友 勵學獎學金

碩士論文 Master's Thesis：

利用基因體與轉錄體解析立枯絲核菌 AG-7對殺菌劑賓克隆的反應機制

Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the response of Rhizoctonia solani AG-7 to the fungicide pencycuron

研究發表 Publication：

1. Chen YJ, Lee MH, Sang H, and Chang HX. 2025. Comparative genomics and transcriptomics identify Rhizoctonia solani AG-7 cytochrome P450 gene RsCYP-1 for pencycuron resistance. iScience 28:112756. link

獎項榮譽 Awards:

112年度 台大植微系友 勵學獎學金

113年度 台大植微系 松本巍獎學金

113年度 台大研究生校長獎