Principal Investigator
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Chih-Horng KUO (郭志鴻)
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Primary Affiliation
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan): Deputy Director (2022-present); Research Fellow (2022-present); Associate Research Fellow (2014-2022); Assistant Research Fellow (2010-2014)
Joint Appointments
- Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University (Taichung, Taiwan): Professor (2022-present); Associate Professor (2015-2022); Assistant Professor (2011-2015)
- School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, Taiwan): Professor (2022-present); Associate Professor (2015-2022); Assistant Professor (2012-2015)
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University (Tainan, Taiwan): Professor (2023-present); Associate Professor (2022-2023)
Education and Training
- Postdoc (2008-2010): Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA); advised by Howard Ochman and Nancy Moran
- Ph.D. (2003-2008): Department of Genetics, University of Georgia (Athens, GA, USA); advised by Daniel Promislow and Jessica Kissinger
- M.S. (2000-2003): Interdepartmental Genetics Program, Iowa State University (Ames, IA, USA); advised by Fredric Janzen
- Research Assistant (1998-2000), Department of Agronomy, National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan); advised by Kae-Kang Hwu (胡凱康)
- B.S. (1994-1998): Department of Botany, National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan)
Professional Service
- Editorial Boards
- Botanical Studies: Senior Editor (2024-present)
- Frontiers in Microbiology: Associate Editor (2020-present)
- PLOS ONE: Academic Editor (2014-present)
- International Organizations
- International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes
- Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes: Member (2017-present)
- International Organization for Mycoplasmology
- Board Member (2016-2018; 2018-2021; 2021-2023; 2023-2026)
- International Research Programme on Comparative Mycoplasmology: Chair (2023-2026); Plant and Arthropod Mycoplasmas Team Leader (2019-2021; 2021-2023)
- Domestic Organizations
- Taiwan Microbiota Consortium: Academic Affairs Committee Member (2020-2023; 2023-2026)
- Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists: Board Member (2022-2024; 2024-2026)
Online Profiles
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/ChihHorngKuo
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-0529
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7QQNhIoAAAAJ
- WOS: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/E-2045-2013
- Frontiers: https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/137052/overview
- GitHub: https://github.com/chihhorngkuo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chkuo/
- Botanical Studies: Senior Editor (2024-present)
- Frontiers in Microbiology: Associate Editor (2020-present)
- PLOS ONE: Academic Editor (2014-present)
- International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes
- Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes: Member (2017-present)
- International Organization for Mycoplasmology
- Board Member (2016-2018; 2018-2021; 2021-2023; 2023-2026)
- International Research Programme on Comparative Mycoplasmology: Chair (2023-2026); Plant and Arthropod Mycoplasmas Team Leader (2019-2021; 2021-2023)
- Taiwan Microbiota Consortium: Academic Affairs Committee Member (2020-2023; 2023-2026)
- Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists: Board Member (2022-2024; 2024-2026)