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Academia experience

Sep 2024 –                        Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Michigan State University

​Aug 2019 – Aug 2024        Ph.D, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program | Department of BioSciences, Rice University

                                           Advisor: Lydia Beaudrot, Ph.D | Beaudrot Lab

 

Sep 2017 – July 2019        Research Assistant, Biodiversity Research Center | Academia Sinica
                                           Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Ph.D, Associate Research Fellow | Eco-Acoustics and Spatial Ecology Lab

 

Sep 2014 – Aug 2017        Master of Science, Department of Geography | National Taiwan University

                                           Advisor: Mei-Hui Li, Ph.D. | Environmental Ecology Lab

Sep 2010 – Jun 2014        Bachelor of Science, Department of Geography | National Taiwan University

                                          Advisor: Mei-Hui Li, Ph.D. | Environmental Ecology Lab

Publication and Presentation

Journal Article​s

  • Hsieh, C., D. Gorczynski, R. Bitariho, S. Espinosa, S. Johnson, M.G.M. Lima, F. Rovero, J. Salvador, F. Santos, D. Sheil, L. Beaudrot (2024) Evolutionary history and environmental variability structure contemporary tropical vertebrate communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography: e13829, Article number. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13829
     

  • Chia, S. Y., Y.-T. Fang, Y.-T. Su, P.-Y. Tsai, C. Hsieh, S.-H. Tsao, J.-Y. Juang, C.-M. Hung, M.-N. Tuanmu (2023) A global database of bird nest traits. Scientific Data: 10, Article number. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02837-1
     

  • Gorczynski, D., F. Rovero, A. Mtui, S. Shinyambala, J. Martine, C. Hsieh, L. Frishkoff, L. Beaudrot (2023) Tropical forest mammal occupancy and functional diversity increase with microhabitat surface area. Ecology: e4181. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4181
     

  • Fricke, E., C. Hsieh, O. Middleton, D. Gorczynski, C. D. Cappello, O. Sanisidro, J. Rowan, J.-C. Svenning, L. Beaudrot. (2022) Collapse of terrestrial mammal food webs since the Late Pleistocene. Science 377: 1008-1011. DOI: 10.1126/science.abn4012
     

  • Gorczynski, D., C. Hsieh, J. Ahumada, E. Akampurira, M. H. Andrianarisoa, S. Espinosa, S. Johnson, C. Kayijamahe, M. Lima, B. Mugerwa, F. Rovero, J. Salvador, F. Santos, D. Sheil, E. Uzabaho, L. Beaudrot (2022) Human density modulates spatial associations among tropical forest terrestrial mammal species. Global Change Biology 28: 7205-7216. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16434
     

  • Gorczynski, D, C. Hsieh, J. Tonos Luciano, S. Johnson, M. H. Andrianarisoa, J. Hurtado Astaiza, C. Kayijamahe, J. Ahumada, S. Espinosa, F. Rovero, F. Santos, P. Jansen, M. Lima, J. Salvador, L. Beaudrot. (2021) Tropical mammal functional diversity increases with productivity and larger species pools and decreases with anthropogenic disturbance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (288): 20202098. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2098
     

  • Tsai, P.-Y., C.-J. Ko, C. Hsieh, Y.-T. Su, Y.-J. Lu, R.-S. Lin, M.-N. Tuanmu (2020) A trait dataset for Taiwan's breeding birds. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e49735. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e4973

Invited Seminar

  • Chia Hsieh, “Effects of evolutionary history and environmental variability on tropical vertebrates.” EEB Seminar at Michigan State University, the United States

Conference Oral Presentations

  • Chia Hsieh, Daniel Gorczynski, Evan Fricke, Lydia Beaudrot, “Evolutionary history and environmental variability shape resource specialization in tropical mammals.” 2024 IBS Biennial Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic
     

  • Chia Hsieh, Daniel Gorczynski, Evan Fricke, Lydia Beaudrot, “Evolutionary history and environmental changes shape trophic interactions of tropical mammals.” 2023 ESA Auunal Meeting in Portland, the United States
     

  • Chia Hsieh, Daniel Gorczynski, Patrick A. Jansen, Kelly Boekee, David Kenfack, Douglas Sheil, Robert Bitariho, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima, Fernanda Santos, Krisna Gajapersad, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Wilson R. Spironello, Ben Swanepoel, Vittoria Estienne, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Christine Fletcher, Arafat Mtui, Francesco Rovero, Oscar Madrigal, Rodolfo Vasquez, Santiago Espinosa, Julia Salvador, Lydia Beaudrot, “Evolutionary history, paleo- and contemporary environmental changes drive tropical mammal community structure.” 2023 ESA Auunal Meeting in Montreal, Canada
     

  • Chia Hsieh, Daniel Gorczynski, Patrick A. Jansen, Kelly Boekee, David Kenfack, Douglas Sheil, Robert Bitariho, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima, Fernanda Santos, Krisna Gajapersad, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Wilson R. Spironello, Ben Swanepoel, Terry Brncic, Vittoria Estienne, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Christine Fletcher, Arafat Mtui, Francesco Rovero, Oscar Madrigal, Rodolfo Vasquez, Santiago Espinosa, Julia Salvador, Lydia Beaudrot, “Evolutionary history, paleo- and contemporary abiotic filters drive tropical mammal community structure.” 2022 10th Biennial conference of IBS in Vancouver, Canada
     

  • Chia Hsieh, Daniel Gorczynski, Jadelys Tonos Luciano, Marion Donald, Luke O. Frishkoff, Daniel S. Karp, Jean-Philippe Lessard, Rahel Sollmann, Patrick A. Jansen, Fernanda Santos, Krisna Gajapersad, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Kelly Boekee, Wilson R. Spironello, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Mahandry Hugues Andrianarisoa, Francesco Rovero, Charles Kayijamahe, Santiago Espinosa, Julia Salvador, Johanna Hurtado Astaiza, Steig Johnson, Jorge Ahumada, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima, Douglas Sheil, Tim O'Brien, Badru Mugerwa, Lydia Beaudrot, “Edge effects on species richness distributions in tropical forest protected areas.” 2021 ESA Auunal Meeting Virtual, the United States
     

  • Daniel Gorczynski, Chia Hsieh, Jorge Ahumada, Emmanuel Akampurira, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Mahandry Hugues Andrianarisoa, Kelly Boekee, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Santiago Espinosa, Krisna Gajapersad, Johanna Hurtado Astaiza, Patrick A. Jansen, Steig Johnson, Charles Kayijamahe, Marcela Guimarães Moreira Lima, Badru Mugerwa, Tim O'Brien, Francesco Rovero, Julia Salvador, Fernanda Santos, Douglas Sheil, Wilson R. Spironello, Lydia Beaudrot, “Ecologically similar tropical forest mammals have higher spatial overlap in landscapes with higher human density.” 2021 ESA Auunal Meeting Virtual, the United States
     

  • Chia Hsieh and Mao-Ning Tuanmu, “Beta-diversity Patterns of Breeding Birds Influenced by Environmental and Climatic Heterogeneity in Taiwan.” 2018 US-IALE Annual Meeting in Chicago, the United States
     

  • Chia Hsieh and Mei-Hui Li, “Above-belowground Interactions on Soil Ecosystem Functioning in Subtropical Urban Ecosystem.” 2017 Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology in Kaohsiung, Taiwan


Conference Poster Presentations

  • Yu Tsai-Chen, Chia Hsieh, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, “Urban environment leads to functionally diverse but vulnerable avian assemblages.” 2021 ESA Auunal Meeting Virtual, the United States
     

  • Chia Hsieh and Mei-Hui Li, “Impact of Above-belowground Interactions on Ecosystem Functioning in Urban Ecosystem: by the Spectroscopy of Soil Dissolved Organic Matter.” 2016 British Ecological Society Annual Meeting in Liverpool, United Kingdom (supported by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
     

  • Chia Hsieh and Mei-Hui Li, “Spatial Variations of Dissolved Organic Matter Compositions and Characteristics in an Urbanized Watershed.” 2013 American Geophysical Union’s 46th annual Fall Meeting in San Francisco, United States (supported by College of Science, National Taiwan University)

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