學歷:
2012 PhD (Marine Geology), Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
2009 MSc> (Environmental Science), Hokkaido University, Japan
2009 Diploma (Antarctic Science), Hokkaido University, Japan
2005 BEng (Chemical-Gas Engineering), University of Technology Malaysia
經歷:
2018–present Assistant professor, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
2016–2017 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bergen, Norway
2012–2015 Postdoctoral researcher, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany.
2011 Visiting scholar (1 month), Center for Oceanographic Research in the eastern South Pacific (COPAS), University of Concepcion, Chile.
2010 Visiting scholar (3 months), The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
專長:
Paleoceanography; Paleoclimate proxies in marine sediments
個人介紹:
What I am interested in is to help constrain the projection of future climate change – which is important for the society to address – by looking into the past before the existence of instruments. I use tiny fossils in marine sediments, commonly known as a proxy, as a tool to learn about past climates. Proxies can be consisted of different components in the sediments, from organic compounds to sand-sized carbonate shells. My research focuses on understanding and improving these proxies, as well as applying them to reconstruct how the climate was before the Industrial Revolution. These proxy-based reconstructions are also useful for testing the skills of the numerical models used to project future climate change.
I did my undergraduate study in chemical engineering and thereafter decided to switch to earth and environmental science which I am more passionate about. I first learned about the exciting world of paleoceanography from my MSc thesis supervisor in Japan and have never looked back since. I look forward to joining force with colleagues at NTU to bring this exciting branch of science to the students here. I think Taiwan has a lot to offer the field of paleoceanography since sampling of marine sediments can be basically done in the “backyard” with her fleet of research vessels!