I am an assistant research fellow at the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica (BRCAS), Taipei, Taiwan. I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. I obtained my PhD from the University of Bari in Italy in 2017. I am interested in a researcher position where I can utilize my knowledge in taxonomy, marine ecology, paleontology, and conservation paleobiology.
As a paleoecologist, I primarily study fish otoliths to answer their taxonomic and ecological questions. Much of my current work focuses on conservation paleobiology. I use sea bottom materials as a study system and aim to understand how fish communities have changed over time in the latest fossil record. I also work on deep time fossil otoliths to address their paleoecological, biogeographical and evolutionary aspects.
We are a group of biologists and paleontologists studying the diversity and ecology of Recent and fossil marine organisms. We are based at the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica (BRCAS), Taipei, Taiwan.
• Global fish otoliths and their fossil records
• Conservation Paleobiology: historical shifts in fish community and life history traits
• Neogene marine fossils of West Pacific: diversity, paleoecology and biogeography
• Global Sciaenidae Conservation Network: otolith morphology, diversity, and fossil record
• 3D modeling and machine learning approaches in otoliths
- Jan 2025–Dec 2029
Career Development Award, Academia Sinica
Oceanographic and ecological dynamics shaping the diversity of mesopelagic fish communities over the past 3 million years
三百萬年來海洋生態系形塑深海中層魚類多樣性的機制 (TWD 3,500,000)
- Aug 2023–Jul 2026
National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 112-2116-M-001-017-MY3
Spatiotemporal dynamics of diversity of paleoichthyofauna in the West Pacific
西太平洋古魚類多樣性的時空變遷 (TWD 5,550,000)
- Jun 2023–Apr 2024
Sepkoski Grant Award, Paleontological Society, USA
Unearthing the hidden gems: exploring the rich fish fossil record of Bulacan, Philippines to reconstruct the past biodiversity of the tropical West Pacific ($ 1,000)
- Jan 2023–Dec 2024
MOST-FNRS Bilateral Cooperation Programme, 112-2927-I-001-505
3DPhyloFish: Using 3D shape and machine learning approaches to understand the relationship between phylogeny, morphology and biodiversity in fish otoliths (TWD 480,000)
- Aug 2022–Jul 2023
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 111-2116-M-001-033-
Historical shifts in fish community and life history traits(2/2)
魚類群聚構造與生活史特徵在地質尺度上的變遷(2/2) (TWD 1,198,000)
- Jan 2022–Dec 2023
Mobility Plus Project, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Cenozoic fossil fishes from Taiwan and the Czech Republic – the once thrived ichthyofaunas (TWD700,000)
- Jan 2022–Dec 2022
Stan Wood Award, Palaeontological Association Small Grant, UK, PA-SW202102
A diverse early Pleistocene shark teeth assemblage from southern Taiwan (£1,500)
- Aug 2021–Jul 2022
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 110-2116-M-001-009-
Historical shifts in fish community and life history traits(1/2)
魚類群聚構造與生活史特徵在地質尺度上的變遷(1/2) (TWD 1,198,000)
- Aug 2020–Jul 2021
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 109-2116-M-001-022-
Significances of changes in the fish community composition in NW Pacific over the last 2 Ma,with an evaluation of population structure of croakers (Pisces, Sciaenidae) (II): life history and isotope analyses
西北太平洋地區兩百萬年來魚類群落變遷之啟示及石首魚族群結構變化之評估 (II):年齡成長及同位素分析 (TWD 1,373,000)
- Feb 2019–Dec 2020
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 108-2116-M-029-001-MY2
Significances of changes in the fish community composition in NW Pacific over the last 2 Ma, with an evaluation of population structure of croakers (Pisces, Sciaenidae)
西北太平洋地區兩百萬年來魚類群落變遷之啟示及石首魚族群結構變化之評估 (TWD 1,715,000)
- Nov 2017–Apr 2018
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship ($ 18,000)
- Mar 2017–Jun 2017
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Short-Term Fellowship ($ 4,000)
Sep 2013–Jan 2017
• Ph.D., Institute of Earth Science, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
• Advisors: Dr. Angela Girone, Dr. Dirk Nolf
• Dissertation: Fish otolith assemblages in
Recent sea bottoms and in ancient (Eocene and Miocene) fossiliferous deposits: a comparative study of taxonomy and paleoecology
Sep 2008–Jun 2010
• Master of Science, Institute of Zoology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan(臺灣大學 動物學研究所)
• Advisor: Prof. Hsi-Jen Tao(陶錫珍)
• Thesis: Morphology of Otolith of Living and Fossil fishes from Taiwan(台灣現生與古魚類的耳石形態學研究)
Sep 2004–Jun 2008
• Bachelor of Science, Department of Life Science, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (成功大學 生命科學系)