PhD Student
I was born in Taiwan and obtained my bachelor’s degree in Plant Pathology from National Chung Hsing University. My interest in plant fungal diseases led me to join Prof. Ying-Lien Chen’s group in the department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at National Taiwan University for my master’s degree, where I identified roselle wilt disease caused by the Fusarium solani species complex. I integrated microbiome technology to study pathogenic and beneficial microbes in roselle’s rhizosphere, sparking my interest in microbiome studies. After completing my master’s degree, I worked with Prof. Hiran Ariyawansa in the same department, identifying anthracnose disease in Welsh onion caused by the Colletotrichum spaethianum and Colletotrichum dematium species complexes. In September 2022, I began my PhD in the group of Prof. Macarena Marín at LMU Munich and later moved to Lausanne, focusing on the role of Pseudomonas in root nodule symbiosis of Lotus species based on a microbiome study of Lotus root nodules.