Endosymbiotic Origin & Host-Microbe Interactions

Group Leader

Shih-Hsun Walter Hung (洪世勳)


Project Manager and Research Assistant (2023-present)

Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (with Dr Chieh-Chen Huang)

Visiting Research Assistant (2023-present)

Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan  (with Dr Chih-Horng Kuo





Education & Training... // Honour & Awards...

Current Members (09/30)

Victor, Tsai-Ching Huang (黃再慶)

MS student, Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University (2020-present)


Dioxin Bioremediation; Applied Microbiology in Agriculture

Neal, Chia-Ho Liu (劉佳和)

MS student, Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University (2022-present)

Undergraduate Intern & 2022 iGEM Team Instructor, Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University (2021-2022)

2021 iGEM Team Leader, Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University (2020-2021)


Peptide- and Quinone-Based Biostimulants

Samuel, Yi-Le Chen (陳以樂)

MS student, Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University (2023-present)

Undergraduate Intern, Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University (2022-2023)

2021 iGEM Modelling and Compost Experiment Team Member, Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University (2021)

Plant-Microbe-Environment Interactions; Carbon Sink

Jim, Ching-Chen Pan (潘靖承)

Graduate Research Assistant, Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University (2022-present)

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University (2021-2022)



 Dylan, Jiun-Hao Chen (陳俊豪)

Graduate Research Assistant, Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University (2022-present)

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University (2021-2022)



Youzi, You-Yun Kang (康祐耘)

Undergraduate Intern, Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University (2022-present)



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