廖文軒 Wen-Hsuan Liao
Assistant professor
Department of Earth Science
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Phone: 886 6 2757575 ext 65421
Email: whliao@gs.ncku.edu.tw
Taiwan's Ambassador in BioGeoSCAPES program
(with Dr. Tung-Yuan Ho and Dr. Chuan Ku, Academia Sinica,
Education
2019
Ph.D., Taiwan International Graduate Program-Earth System Science (TIGP-ESS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
2009
B.S. in Geosciences and Chemistry (Double degrees), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Work Experience
2023 ~ now
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan
2022 ~ 2023
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NIOZ, The Netherlands (MetalGate project, https://www.nioz.nl/en/research/projects/4394-0)
2020 ~ 2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, LEMAR, France (ANR BIIM project, https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-18-CE01-0006)
2019 ~ 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (https://sub.daais.sinica.edu.tw/passinglist/pfp/passinglist_pfp_chyearId47. html)
2010 ~ 2012
Research Assistant, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (Advisor: Dr. Chih-An Huh)
Expertise
Trace metal isotope analysis by MC-ICPMS (Neptune plus)
Trace metal concentration analysis by ICPMS (Element XR and iCap-Q)
Radionuclides analysis by using alpha and gamma spectrometer
Pretreatment of samples with diverse matrices (seawater, biogenic suspended and sinking particles, sediments, and aerosols)
Phytoplankton culture under trace metal clean and defined conditions
Major nutrient analysis (nitrate and nitrite, phosphate and silicate)
Cruise Experience (207 days at sea on 8 different research vessels)
2024
NOR1-0068 Cruise to Northwestern Pacific Ocean (Embark R/V NOR1, 14 days from 03/03/2024 to 16/03/2024, leading PI of the trace metal sampling team)
2023
NOR1-T030 A student cruise for chemical oceanography division of IONTU (Embark R/V NOR1, 3 days from 10/12/2023 to 12/12/2023, leading PI of the trace metal sampling team)
2022
I-NANO cruise (Embark R/V Pelagia, 10 days from 18/08/2022 to 27/08/2022, member of the trace metal sampling team, https://www.nioz.nl/en/research/uu-nioz-projects/hydrothermal-iron-nanoparticles)
2021
French GEOTRACES SWINGS cruise (Embark R/V Marion Dufresne, 52 days from 13/01/21 to 07/03/21, member of the trace metal sampling team, https://swings.geotraces.org/en/homepage-english/)
2017
Camelopardalis cruise: Japan GEOTRACES (GP02) – Trace elements and isotopes distribution in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean, 42 days aboard R/V Hakuho Maru. Collected size-fractionated particle samples for trace metals and isotopes analysis (https://www.geotraces.org/three-geotraces-cruises/).
2015
Andromeda Expedition: Asian GEOTRACES_III (GP06) – Biogeochemical studies in the East China Sea and Kuroshio area, 22 days aboard R/V Hakuho Maru. Collected water samples for dissolved trace metals and nutrient analysis and size-fractionated particle samples for trace metals and isotopes analysis.
2014
Station ALOHA, Hawaii Ocean Time-series (C-MORE summer course cruise), 7 days aboard R/V Kilo Moana. Collected water samples for basic oceanography analysis, microbe samples for metagenomics analysis, and basic hydrographic samples for nutrient analyses.
2014
Western Pacific Sea, Taiwan GEOTRACES cruise, 10 days aboard R/V OR5. Collected water samples for dissolved trace metals and nutrient analysis and size-fractionated particle samples for trace metals and isotopes, and samples for POC and phytoplankton pigments measurements.
2013
Kuroshio region, 5 days aboard R/V OR1. Collected water samples for dissolved trace metals and nutrient analysis and size-fractionated particle samples for trace metals and isotope analyses.
2013
Western Pacific Sea, Taiwan GEOTRACES cruise, 10 days aboard R/V OR5. Collected water samples for dissolved trace metals and nutrient analysis, size-fractionated particle samples for trace metals and isotope analyses, and samples for POC and phytoplankton pigments measurements.
2008-2011
Regions near Taiwan, 32 days aboard R/V OR1 and OR2. Collected water and sediment samples for dissolved methane gas, sulfate, and total organic carbon (TOC) analyses and for Ra isotopes, 7Be, 210Pb, 214Pb, and 137Cs analyses.