Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University

Specialization:

Parasitology、Taxonomy、Ethology

Tel: +886-2-3366-5574

E-mail: mingchung310@ntu.edu.tw

Lab: Insect Parasite and Behavior Laboratory

Education:

Ph.D. of Agriculture in Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (Aug 2010-Jan 2017)

Master of Agriculture in Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (Aug 2008-Jun 2010)

B.S. of Agriculture in Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (Aug 2004-Jun 2008)

Experience:

1. Assistant professor (National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Sep. 2023-)
2. Postdoctoral research fellow (National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Sep. 2022-2023)
3. Postdoctoral research fellow (National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan, Jun. 2020-Jul. 2022)
4. Adjunct assistant professor (Providence University, Taiwan, Aug. 2020-Jul. 2022)
5. Postdoctoral research fellow (Kobe University, Japan, Nov. 2019-Mar. 2020)
6. Visiting scholar (Kobe University, Japan, Aug. 2018-Jul. 2019)
7. Postdoctoral research fellow (National Chiayi University, Taiwan, Sep. 2017-Aug. 2018)

Research interests:

1. Taxonomy of parasitic helminth
2. Parasitic effects on host behavior and development
3. Insect cannibalism

Links:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8760-2017

Website: https://scholar.google.com.tw/citations?user=QlqImgQAAAAJ&hl=zh-TW

Publications:

1. Chiu, M. C., Z. H. Lin, P. W. Hsu, and H. W. Chen. 2022. Molecular identification of the broodsacs from Leucochloridium passeri (Digenea: Leucochloridiidae) with a review of Leucochloridium species records in Taiwan. Parasitology International 91: 102644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2022.102644
2. M. Sakura, S. Tamotsu, M. C. Chiu, and T. Sato. 2021. Enhanced polarotaxis can explain entering water of mantids infected by nematomorph parasites. Current Biology 31: R777-R778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.001
3. Chiu, M. C., C. G. Huang, W. J. Wu, Z. H. Lin, H. W. Chen, and S. F. Shiao. 2020. A new millipede-parasitizing horsehair worm, Gordius chiashanus n. sp., at medium altitudes in Taiwan (Nematomorpha, Gordiida). ZooKeys 941: 25-48. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.49100
4. Chiu, M. C., C. G. Huang, W. J. Wu, and S. F. Shiao. 2017. A new orthopteran-parasitizing horsehair worm, Acutogordius taiwanensis sp. n., with a redescription of Chordodes formosanus and novel host records from Taiwan (Nematomorpha, Gordiida). ZooKeys 683: 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.683.12673
5. Chiu, M. C., C. G. Huang, W. J. Wu, and S. F. Shiao. 2016. Annual survey of horsehair worm cysts in Northern Taiwan, with notes on a single seasonal infection peak in chironomid larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Journal of Parasitology 102: 319-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/15-907
6. Chiu, M. C., C. G. Huang, W. J. Wu, and S. F. Shiao. 2015. Morphological allometry and intersexuality in horsehair-worm-infected mantids, Hierodula formosana (Mantodea: Mantidae). Parasitology 142: 1130-1142. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182015000360
7. Chiu, M. C., C. G. Huang, W. J. Wu, and S. F. Shiao. 2011. A new horsehair worm, Chordodes formosanus sp. n. (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) from Hierodula mantids of Taiwan and Japan with redescription of a closely related species, Chordodes japonensis. ZooKeys 160: 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.160.2290