Principal Investigator

Chih-Horng KUO (郭志鴻) chk@gate.sinica.edu.tw chk@as.edu.tw

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)

Awards and Honors

• Derrick Edward Award for Outstanding Research in Mycoplasmology by a Young Investigator, International Organization for Mycoplasmology (2023)
• Robert F. Whitcomb Award for Outstanding Research in Plant and Insect Mycoplasmology, International Organization for Mycoplasmology (2021)
• Professor Chu-Yung Lin Memorial Award for Innovative Research Program, Chu-Yung Lin Plant Science Education Foundation and Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists, Taiwan (2019)
• Research Award for Junior Research Investigators, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2017)
• Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists, Taiwan (2013)
• James L. Carmon Honorarium for Innovative Use of Computers, University of Georgia Research Foundation, USA (2006)

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/

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