About

I am a behavioral and physiological ecologist from Taiwan, focusing on how organisms adapt to environmental challenges. By integrating behavioral ecology, ecophysiology, and phenology, I employ both laboratory experiments and field observations to explore the complex ecological processes involved in environmental adaptation. My academic journey has been shaped by a series of research projects across different species.

 

During my bachelor's project at National Taiwan Normal University under the supervision of Dr. Yuying Hsu, I investigated the metabolic costs associated with exaggerated weaponry in male stag beetles, as well as their fighting behavior and stamina. Additionally, I completed several side projects on the aggression and life history traits in mangrove killifish. As a summer intern at National Sun Yat-sen University, working with Dr. Shu-Ping Huang, I conducted research on the water balance in juveniles of two skink species. For my master’s thesis at National Taiwan University, guided by Dr. Sheng-Feng Shen, I explored the asynchronous diapause induction timing of Asian burying beetle populations. After completing my master’s degree, I continued working as a research assistant in Dr. Shen’s team at the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. I conducted fieldwork for extended time periods in Okinawa and Amami Island in Japan, as well as in Taiwan, to uncover the secrets of the breeding and diapause phenology of burying beetles across environmental gradients.

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