來自馬來西亞,畢業於台灣國立清華大學生命科學系學士暨碩士班,以及美國加州大學戴維斯分校(University of California at Davis)遺傳學博士班,從事果蠅演化遺傳學研究。曾於台灣中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心擔任博士後研究員,現任教於國立清華大學分子與細胞生物學研究所,從事鳥類的演化遺傳學、基因體學及演化發育生物學研究。過去曾長期擔任中文科學新聞網站「科景」(Sciscape.org)總編輯,現任台大科教中心CASE特約寫手、Readmoo部落格【GENE思書軒】、關鍵評論網專欄作家;個人部落格:The Sky of Gene;臉書粉絲頁:GENE思書齋。
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