I'm an NDPH Intermediate Fellow at the University of Oxford. I study the evolutionary, ecological, and epidemiological dynamics of pathogens using a variety of approaches, methods, and tools from genomics, population genetics, phylogenetics, and community ecology. My work involves developing novel computational methodologies and applying them to large-scale genomic datasets which are publicly available or generated through collaborations.
Ancestral recombination graphs
Zhan et al. 2023. Towards Pandemic-Scale Ancestral Recombination Graphs of SARS-CoV-2. (bioRxiv)[https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.08.544212v1.abstract]
Phylogenetic tools and methods
TODO
Chromosomal evolution in plants
TODO
Community ecology of extremophilic algae
Zhan et al. 2022. Geographic distance, sedimentation, and substrate shape cryptic crustose coralline algal assemblages in the world’s largest subtropical intertidal algal reef. (Mol Ecol.)[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.16455]. Hsieh*, Zhan*, Liao* et al. 2018. The effects of contemporary selection and dispersal limitation on the community assembly of acidophilic microalgae. (J Phycol)[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpy.12771].