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Education
Education
2021
Ph.D. in Plant Biology.
University of California, Davis (California, USA).
2014
M.Sc. in Plant Biology.
National Taiwan University (NTU, Taipei, Taiwan).
2012
B.Sc. in Life Sciences.
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan).
Professional & Research Experience
Professional & Research Experience
2021 - present
Postdoctoral research associate, Crop Science Centre (CSC), University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK).
Advisor: Dr. Giles Oldroyd.
Research Keywords: nodule organogenesis, symbiosis, crop engineering, Medicago truncatula, Barley (Hordeum vulgare).
2015 - 2021
Ph.D. Graduate Researcher, University of California, Davis (UCD, Davis, California, USA).
Advisor: Dr. Neelima R. Sinha.
Research Keywords: parasitic plant, haustorium development, host defense mechanisms, tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), field dodder (Cuscuta campestris).
2014 - 2015
Research Assistant, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan).
Advisor: Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li.
Research Keywords: Kranz anatomy development, C4 crop engineering, bundle sheath cell development, rice (Oryza sativa), maize (Zea mays).
2012 - 2014
Graduate Researcher, Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University (NTU, Taipei, Taiwan)
Advisor: Dr. Shih-Tong Jeng.
Research Keywords: wounding-responsive, miRNAs, sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).
2009 - 2012
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan)
Advisor: Dr. Gwo-Ing Liao and Dr. Song-Bin Chang (co-advisor).
Research Keywords: insect gall development, symbiosis (commensalism), Litsea acuminata (Lauraceae).
Funding
Funding
2023
STOmics Grant Program Awardee
2020-2021
Loomis, Robert S. and Lois Ann Graduate Award in Agronomy
2020
Donald R. Kaplan Award in Comparative Morphology
2019
Katherine Esau Summer Graduate Fellowship
2018
Elsie Taylor Stocking Memorial Fellowship
2016
Taiwan Government Scholarship to Study Abroad (GSSA)
2016
Yen Chuang Taiwan Fellowship
Selected Awards & Honours
Selected Awards & Honours
2024
Next Generation Leadership Award in Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Agricultural Conference
2020-2021
UC Davis Graduate Research Award
2020
UC Davis Graduate Student Association Travel Award
2018
ASPB Pitch Your Science Bronze Award at Plant Biology 2018 (Montreal, Canada)
2018
UC Davis Graduate Student Travel Award
2018
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Travel Award (Montreal, Canada)
2017
UC Davis Plant Biology Colloquium Best Presentation Award & Poster Award
2017
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Travel Award (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
Selected Invited & Conference Talks
Selected Invited & Conference Talks
2025
10x Genomics End User Day, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK.
2025
10x Genomics webinar “Breaking Barriers in Plant Spatial Biology”, International online seminar.
2025
16th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Oxford, UK.
2025
Gordon Research Conference (GRC) Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology, Portland, Maine, USA.
2025
Special Seminar. Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
2025
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Plant Biology Conference 2025 in Milwaukee, WI, USA.
2025
10x Single Cell and Spatial Core Excellence Summit, Paris, France.
2024
Seminar. Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan.
2024
Seminar. The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan.
2024
Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One) Masterclass, International online seminar.
2024
Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Agricultural Conference, Arizona, USA. (Keynote Speaker & Awardee)
2024
Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (JSPP)-ASPB collaborations in plant sciences, Plant Biology 2024, Hawaii, USA.
2024
The 17th World Congress on Parasitic Plants (WCPP), Nara, Japan.
2023
Seminar. Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
2022
The 16th World Congress on Parasitic Plants, Nairobi, Kenya.
2021
International Parasitic Plant Society Seminar, International Virtual Seminar.
2020
ASPB Plant Biology 2020 worldwide summit, International Virtual Conference.
2019
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) Bio International Workshop, Nara, Japan.
2019
The 15th World Congress on Parasitic Plants, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2019
ASPB Plant Biology Conference 2019 in San Jose, California, USA.
Editorial Services & Science Outreach
Editorial Services & Science Outreach
2024-Present
The Plant Cell Assistant Features Editor
2023-2025
Cambridge Global Food Security Steering Committee
Peer Review Contributions for Journals and Grant Proposals
Peer Review Contributions for Journals and Grant Proposals
2020-Present
U.S. National Science Foundation Grant Proposal
The Plant Cell
Plant Communications
Plant Physiology
New Phytologist
Journal of Experimental Botany
Plants, People, Planet
Plant Cell & Physiology
Plant Direct; Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Journal of Plant Research
Cogent Food & Agriculture
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