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Dr Ko-Huan Lee

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Biography

I am a behavioural ecologist studying the consequence of animal interactions in terms of disease transmission, mating, and species co-occurrence. I am also interested in the evolution of animal communications, including acoustic and visual signals.

Having the interests in disease transmission and invasive species, I am now working at CSIRO to study the population control and disease infection in rodents. Before joining the Health & Biosecurity at CSIRO, I worked as a postdoc in the animal communication lab at Ewha Womans University in 2023. I completed my PhD with a focus on behavioural ecology at Macquarie University in 2022, where I integrated fieldwork and laboratory experiments to determine whether bacteria and parasite infections are related to physiological performance in lizards. Prior to my PhD, I received the Master’s degree in National Taiwan Normal University, where I studied the variation in acoustic signal of amphibians. I worked as a research assistant in the same lab to investigate sexual selection signals in lizards and prevalence of salamander chytrid fungus. During this period, I also wrote a check list of invasive herpetofauna in Taiwan, which proved to be an excellent resource for policy-making process of invasive species control.

Other Interests

I am passionate about diving and spearfishing. As an active member of St George Spearfishing & Freediving Club, I dive all over the south coast of Sydney. I am always ready to jump into herping and diving whenever I have spare time.

Academic Qualifications

  • 2022

    PhD
    Macquarie University

  • 2015

    Master
    National Taiwan Normal University

  • 2012

    Bachelor
    National Sun Yat-Sen University

Current Roles

  • CERC Postdoctoral Fellow
    Mouse Ecology

Professional Experiences

  • 2024-2024

    Research Technician
    CSIRO

  • 2023-2023

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Ewha Womans University

  • 2022-2023

    Technical Officer
    Australian Museum

  • 2019-2019

    Demonstrator
    Macquarie University

  • 2016-2018

    Research Assistant
    National Taiwan Normal University

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