M.Sc. Shen-Chian Pei | RD 3 Marine Ecology | RU Experimental Ecology

Doctoral Researcher | FUBLUC, Ecophysiology | Topic 6

Office
ENB Building 5
Office 1.314
Tel.: +49 431 600 1729
E-Mail: spei(at)geomar.de

 

Address
GEOMAR
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung
Wischhofstraße 1-3
24148 Kiel
Germany

Research Focus

  • Species delineation of Mollicutes and Bradyrhizobium using genomic approaches
  • Comparative genomics of a poinsettia-associated phytoplasma and functional validation of its effectors involved in plant branching
  • DNA/RNA extraction and genome assembly
  • Phylogenetic analysis and comparative genomics

Project

FUBLUC - Blasentang (Fucus) als Blue Carbon-Kohlenstoffspeicher in der Ostsee

Project Lead GEOMAR: PD Dr. Florian Weinberger

Funded by the Federal Republic of Germany, funding body: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) based on a resolution of the German Bundestag.
Co-financed by the State of Schleswig-Holstein, funding body: Ministry of Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature, and Digitalization (MEKUN)

www.z-u-g.org/ank-meere-und-kuesten/foerderaufruf/projekte/fubluc/

Education and Professional Experience

Since 01/2026

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Doctoral Researcher | Project „FUBLUC“

05/2024 – 12/2025

Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology

Research Assistant

08/2021 – 11/2023

Master of Science
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
National Taiwan University, Taiwan

"Whole Genome Sequencing and Effector Gene Expression Analysis of ‘Ca. P. pruni’ Associate with Poinsettia"

Advisor: Chih-Horng Kuo and Ting-Hsuan Hung

09/2020 – 07/2021

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Untergraduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Chih-Horng Kuo

07/2020 – 08/2020

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Untergraduate Intern "Analysis of Mobile Genetic Elements in Phytoplasma"

Advisor: Chih-Horng Kuo

09/2017 – 07/2021

Bachelor of Science
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
National Taiwan University, Taiwan