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Yu-Chia Ku

PhD student
  • Address: Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15, 55128 Mainz - Biocenttre I, Room 03.466
  • Phone: +49 (0) 0131-39 27536
  • email

"People in the RTG are supportive beyond expectations and research is amazingly broad in different fields.
As a PhD student in the RTG, I will always be a cross-disciplinary learner."

Education

  • Since 2022:  PhD studies on Hybridization, Ploidy & Parthenogenesis
  • 2017-2019:  MSc in Biology, Chen-Siang Ng's Lab, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
    Thesis:  The genetic variation of two behavior-related genes DRD4 & SERT in invasive sacred ibis populations
  • 2012-2017:  BSc in Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Working Experience

  • 2021-2022:  Research Assistant, Working group Cho-Yi Chen’s Lab, Institute of BioMedical Informatics, National Yang Ming Chao Tung University, Taiwan

    Ku, Y. C., Chen, Y. C., Hung, C. M., & Ng, C. S. (2023). The genetic variation of a mitochondrial and two behaviour‐related genes in invasive African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) populations in Taiwan. Ibis, 165(2), 647-662.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13146