Our new paper on sea anemone metabolomics is out! 👉 …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

It was such a pleasure to host Dr. Wing Chan Wing Y Chan from the University of Melbourne here in Taiwan last week. We had great dives and productive lab work - it was an all round excellent kick off to our collaboration together! Can't wait for 'round 2' of our work this summer!

Just a quick follow up - if you are interested in tuition waivers/graduate stipends make sure to contact me before the application deadline (supervisor pre-approval is needed for eligibility). I am aiming to wrap up interviews by the end of February, so get in touch soon!

I am wrapping up interviews for these positions this week - if you are still interested please get in touch by Feb 28th.

Check out the last episode of Botanical Wonders on TaiwanPlus Originals to catch a glimpse of the beauty of Taiwan! #Taiwan

Southern Taiwan is home to the globally rare uplifted coral reef ecosystem. A coral reef pushed from the sea and covered with trees, this landscape is both vsisually stunning & ecologically unique. Come exore it with us! taiwan-scene.com/2025/05/02/the…

It was my pleasure to join as a panelist on the MARRES Around the World event - a 24-hour tour of marine ecosystems/issues! Check out this link for all of the live and recorded sessions: univ-cotedazur.eu/msc/marres/uno…

It’s been an exciting semester! We have been busy with in-situ monitoring/sampling, built our new aquaculture room, and hosted our first photogrammetry workshop (thank you to Guan Yan Chen, University of Hawaii). mcraemarinelab.weebly.com/outreach--lab-…

Our lab had a great time at the Taiwan Geosciences Assembly in Taipei this week. A great way to learn about the vast array of marine science being done here in Taiwan - talks spanned research on sponges to barnacles to blue carbon...and corals too, of course! #Taiwan

📢Research Assistant Job Opportunity📢 Come join my lab at National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan). One-year full-time contract (responsibilities: administrative work, tank maintenance, lab work/field assistance) | Start date: Aug 1. See link for details: mcraemarinelab.weebly.com/opportunities.…

The BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage just celebrated its 201st birthday episode. Nish Kumar wanted to know: so, climate change, are we screwed? My answer: we are not screwed, yet. Listen to the whole episode: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Bako National Park becomes global-class research hub with new Bako Research Station #Sarawak dayakdaily.com/bako-national-… via DayakDaily #Malaysia

The start date (August 1st) for this position is quickly approaching. I am hoping to wrap up interviews by early next week, so if you are interested in applying, please send me your CV soon. Thanks! (note: fluency in Mandarin is required for this position)

Thank you for your interest - this position has been filled 👍

Botanical Wonders is now available on YouTube! The first episode takes you high up into the central mountain range - check out the link posted by co host Trevor Padgett below to gain a glimpse into the beauty and biodiversity of Taiwan!

Taiwan ecology, art, society, public outreach & eduction...& much more. Happy to share my chat with Taimei Library in Pingtung, Taiwan. Their exceptional work in local development & public education is inspiring. Grab a coffee and join us for a chat! youtu.be/LRrImvC3s7M?si…

Ferns! Taiwan is home to an amazing diversity of ferns - more than all of North America & Europe *combined*! In our 2nd episode we explore why the nickname "fern kingdom" is truly apt! The World’s Hidden Hotspot for Plant Diversity | Botanical Wonders youtu.be/LXC6W1a2kBY?si…

Look up, look way up! The next episode of Botanical Wonders is out and it is full of tree climbing excitement!

We studied how habitat structure and reef soundscapes shape fish recruitment on degraded coral reefs—finding that rugosity and healthy nighttime choruses boost recruits, while turf algae holds them back. 🐟🌊

Just wrapped up another photogrammetry workshop at National Sun Yat-sen University. Special thanks to the awesome teaching team from the Stuart Sandin Marine Community Ecology Lab at UCSD/Scripps for sharing their expertise. We're excited to apply what we've learned in Taiwan!