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Chang-Yu Chang 張昌祐
Professional Appointment and Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Dr. Corlett W. WoodPh.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
Advisor: Dr. Alvaro SanchezM.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University
Advisor: Dr. Sheng-Feng ShenB.S., Life Science, National Taiwan University
Presidential and Dean’s Award (ranking top 5% in the class) GPA: 4.1/4.3Publications
* these authors contributed equally
Emergent coexistence in multispecies microbial communities
ScienceChang-Yu Chang, Djordje Bajic, Sylvie Estrela, Jean Vila, Alvaro Sanchez
Top-down and bottom-up cohesiveness in microbial community coalescence
PNASJuan Diaz-Colunga*, Nanxi Lu*, Alicia Sanchez-Gorostiaga*, Chang-Yu Chang, Helen Cai, Joshua Goldford, Mikhail Tikhonov, Alvaro Sanchez
Functional attractors in microbial community assembly
Cell SystemsSylvie Estrela, Jean C C Vila, Nanxi Lu, Djordje Bajic, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Chang-Yu Chang, Joshua E. Goldford, Alicia Sanchez-Gorostiaga, Alvaro Sanchez
Engineering complex communities by directed evolution
Nature Ecology & EvolutionChang-Yu Chang*, Jean C C Vila*, Madeline Bender, Richard Li, Madeleine C Mankowski, Molly Bassette, Julia Borden, Stefan Golfier, Paul Gerald L Sanchez, Rachel Waymack, Xinwen Zhu, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Alvaro Sanchez
Directed Evolution of Microbial Communities
Annual Review of BiophysicsAlvaro Sanchez, Jean C C Vila, Chang-Yu Chang, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Artificially selecting bacterial communities using propagule strategies
EvolutionChang-Yu Chang*, Melisa L Osborne*, Djordje Bajic, Alvaro Sanchez.
Ecological effects of cellular computing in microbial populations
Natural ComputingMaia Baskerville*, Arielle Biro*, Mike Blazanin*, Chang-Yu Chang*, Amelia Hallworth*, Nicole Sonnert*, Jean C C Vila*, Alvaro Sanchez
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
Data Driven Discovery Postdoctoral Fellow ($27,500)
University of PennsylvaniaGovernment Fellowship for Oversea Study ($126,000)
Taiwan Ministry of EducationTeaching Fellow Experience
BIOL104: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
E&EB729: Microbial Ecology and Evolution, Yale University
PBoC2019: Physical Biology of the Cell course, Marine Biological Laboratory
EEB250/550: Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods, Yale University
EEB251L/551L: Laboratory for Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods, Yale University
EEB223L/523L: Laboratory for Evolution & Functional Traits, Yale University
LS3022: Biostatistics, National Taiwan University
LS1019: General Botany Lab, National Taiwan University
Invited Seminars
Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
Princeton University. Lab-invited seminar
University of Pennsylvania. Lab-invited seminar
Workshop on Limits to Diversity Assembly, ICTP
Microbial Sciences Institute SMAL talks, Yale University
Contributed Presentations
Evolution 2023. Contributed talk
Albuquerque, NMASN Asilomar 2023. Contributed talk
Honorable mention postdoc presentation Pacific Grove, CAEvolution 2022. Contributed talk
Cleveland, OHConnections Across Borders - Microbial Ecology Conference
Travel grant $250; Yale GSA CTF traint $750 Mexico City, MXThe Graduate Research in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Annual Symposium (GREBE). Contributed talk
New Brunswick, NJYale EEB graduate student symposium
Best contributed poster New Haven, CTMicrobial Sciences Institute Retreat, Yale University. Contributed poster
New Haven, CT17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME). Contributed poster
Leipzig, DE18th Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology. Winner Prize for research and oral presentation
Chiayi, TWGraduate student symposium, National Taiwan University. Best contributed poster
Taipei, TW15th Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE). Contributed talk
Exeter, UKServices
President, Yale Taiwansese Student Association
Organized recreational and holiday events for Taiwanese students
Facilitated connections among Taiwanese students across universities
Organizer, Yale EEB Hutchinson speaker
Dr. Dolph Schluter (UBC) invited as the 2019 Hutchinson Speaker
Organized and modulated invited speaker talks, sessions, and meetings
References
Dr. Corlett W. Wood
Postdoc advisor corlett@sas.upenn.eduAssistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Alvaro Sanchez
Ph.D. advisor alvaro.sanchez@cnb.csic.esPrincipal investigator, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Spain
Dr. Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Dissertation committee mreboll1@uci.eduAssistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
Dr. David Vasseur
Dissertation committee david.vasseur@yale.eduProfessor, Yale University