Members | Behavioral Ecology Lab, Department of Life Science, Tunghai University

Current members

Piorkowski Dakota: Postdoc; The antibacterial properties of spider silk
Chen, Ling-Fei: Administrative Assistant
Siti Latifatus Siriyah: PhD student
Tsiareshyna Maryia: PhD student
Liao, Chen-Pan: PhD student; The effects of wind on microstructures of major ampullate silks produced by Cyclosa mulmeinensis
Hui, Yiu Yan: Master student
Huang_Sammi: Master student

Past members

Lee, Ming-Yu: Master student
Wu, Wan-Yu: Master student
Yip, Ho-Yin: Master student
Lin,: Master student
Piorkowski, Dakota: PhD student
Huang, Pao-Shen: Postdoctoral research
Chang, Shao-Tzu: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan)
Leu, Yin-Chin: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan)
Liao, Chen-Pan: PhD student; The effects of wind on microstructures of major ampullate silks produced by Cyclosa mulmeinensis
Sean J. Blamires: Postdoctoral research; The nutritional costs of web building in orb web building spiders
Read more: CV - Dr. Sean Blamires
Liao, Hsien-Chun: Master student; The function of ventral body coloration of the ladder-web spider Herennia multipuncta
Lai, Chih-Wei: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan); Evaluating prey luring performance of nocturnal Psechrus sinensis
Chang, Cheng-Ya: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan); Comparing long wavelength color discrimination abilities of spiders
Luo, Yun-Jia: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan); Function of body color of Taiwanese crab spiders
Ch'iu, Yi-Jung: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan)
Huang, Pao-Shen: PhD student; The effects of plantation forest management on species and genetic diversity of invertebrates.
Lin, Tai-Shen: Master student; The role of conspicuous body coloration in courtship of nocturnal spiders.
Wu, Chao-Chia: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan); Effect of wind on properties of silks and sticky droplets produced by Cyclosa mulmeinensis
Yeh, Chain-Wei: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan); Change or die? Inconsistent decoration building in Argiope spiders
Peng, Po: Master student; Mercy landlord or good lodgers? The form of interaction between Argyrodes fissifrons and Cyrtophora.
Liu, Min-Huei: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan); Interactive effects of conspicuous body color and web decoration of Cyclosa ginnaga
Tseng, Yi-Hsuan: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan); The effects of prey nutrient and vibration signal on silk and web properties of giant wood spider Nephila pilipes
Tzeng, Huei-Jen: Master student (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan); Attention please! Tuft decorations and barrier webs of the spiny spider Thelacantha brevispinamay function to warn off avian predators.
Huang, Jun-Nan: PhD student; What drives ant mimicry in jumping spiders?
Lin, Tse-I: Administrative assistant
Hou, Chueh: Master student; Studying possible causes of giant wood spider extreme sexual dimorphism.
Lai, Cheng-huei: Master student; What affects visual luring signal design of a nocturnal sensory exploiter?
Fan, Chun-Min: Master student; Signal design of a sensory exploiter: balancing foraging benefit and predation cost.
Liao, Chen-Pan: Master student; The effects of wind disturbance on silk properties and web structures of orb-weaving spiders.
Huang, Shao-Chang: Master student; The effects of Anolis sagrei, an exotic lizard, on arthropod diversity and ecosystem functioning in a betelnut plantation in southern Taiwan.
Tso, Tien-Ying: Administrative assistant
Chen, Ming-Yu: Research assistant
Cheng, Ren-Chung: Master student; The functions and evolution of the web decorations built by Argiope spiders.
Chuang, Chih-Yuan: Master student; Lethal attraction.
Tseng, Ling: Master student; Testing the functions of egg sac/prey pellet decorations made by Cyclosa mulmeinensis (Araneae: Araneidae).
Tsai, Zon-Ing: Master student; Effect of Yami forest management on spider diversity on Orchid Island, Taiwan.
Tai, Pei-Ling: Master student; A comparison of dragline silk genes between different guilds of spiders.
Chou, I-Chia: Master student; A test of prey attraction and predator defense functions of detritus decorations built by Cyclosa spider.
Chang, Yung-Hau: Research assistant; Phylogeography of giant wood spider Nephila maculata in the West Pacific.
Lin, Chih-Wei: Master student; Visual interaction between orb-weaving spiders and prey: perspectives from visual physiology.
Wu, Hsuan-Chen: Master student; Will giant wood spider Nephila pilipes respond to diet variation by altering silk protein? Evidence from field surveys and manipulative studies.
Hsieh, Samuel Yu-Lung: Master student; Ground spider diversity in Kenting uplifted coral reef forest, Taiwan: A comparison between habitats receiving various disturbance.
Chen, Kuan-Chou: Master student; Spider diversity on Orchid Island, Taiwan: A comparison between sites receiving different aboriginal activities.
Lee, Jun-Wei: Master student; Population genetic structure of giant wood spider Nephila maculata (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) in Taiwan based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I partial sequence.
Du, Shin-Yi: Master student; Population genetic structure, ontogenetic color change and color-associated foraging variation in Nephila maculata.

Visiting scholars and students

Goh, Seok Ping: Ph.D Student (Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore)
Yael Lubin: Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Matjaž Kuntner: Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia.
Nakamura, Kyohei: M.Sc Student, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University.; A study on Mermis (Nematoda) and their ant hosts in West Sumatra.
Yamasaki, Takeshi: Ph. D Student, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University.; The spiders of Genus Myrmarachne resemble ants morphologically and behaviourally.
Yap, Laura: Ph. D Student, Department of Biology Sciences of the National University of Singapore; The courtship and social behaviour of a local spitting spider, Scytodes pallida.
Anne Danielson-François: Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Natural Sciences of the University of Michigan-Dearborn; Mating behavior and sperm competition in a tropical orb-weaving spider.
Nina Cole: Undergraduate Student University of Michigan-Dearborn; Mating behavior and sperm competition in a tropical orb-weaving spider.
Joseph R. Stude: Information Technology, Plymouth District Library; Mating behavior and sperm competition in a tropical orb-weaving spider.
Zoltán Korsós: Researcher, Hungarian Natural History Museum; Checklist and bibliography of millipedes (Diplopoda) of Taiwan.
László Dányi: Researcher, Hungarian Natural History Museum; Checklist and bibliography of millipedes (Diplopoda) of Taiwan.
Eszter Ágnes Deákné Lazányi-Bacsó: Researcher, Hungarian Natural History Museum; Checklist and bibliography of millipedes (Diplopoda) of Taiwan.
Li, Daiqin: Associate Professor, Department of Biology Sciences of the National University of Singapore; Behavioual Ecology, Arachnology, Biodiversity and Biomaterials-Spider Silk.
Angie C. Koban: Research and Teaching Manager, The Center for Shelter Dogs, The Animal Rescue League of Boston; A) Spider Diversity Project, Central Mountains, Taiwan. B) Orchid Island field research on Cyclosa spider, Orchid Island, Taiwan.
Jessica Rykken: Postdoctoral Fellow; East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes.
Joachim Haupt: Professor, Department of Biology Sciences of the National University of Berlin