Professional Experience

2023–Present

Graduate Student Researcher

2023–Present

Graduate Research Assistant

Lab PI: Dr. Jennifer Thaler (Department of Entomology, Cornell University)
Project: Using methyl jasmonate seed treatments for pest management of seed corn maggot (Delia platura) in corn (Zea mays)

2022–2023

Research Assistant

Lab PI: Dr. Po-Ju Ke (Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University)
Project: The temporal decay trajectory of plant-soil microbe interactions and its effects on plant community structure

2021

Bachelor’s Degree Thesis

Advisor: Dr. Chuan-Kai Ho (Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University)
Thesis: Using stable isotopes (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) to quantify the diet compositions of generalist arthropod predators in organic and conventional rice farms
(Thesis successfully defended on April 26, 2021)

2017–2021

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Lab PI: Dr. Chuan-Kai Ho (Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University)
Project: The strategic development and operation model trials for the strengthening and completion of form and function of rural ecosystem service─quantification of the biological control efficacy of arthropod generalist predators in rice agro-ecosystems using a stable isotope approach

2017–2018

Ministry of Science and Technology Research Grant for University Students (Project No. 106-2813-C-002-163-B)

Advisor: Dr. Chuan-Kai Ho (Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University)
Project: Effects of experimental warming, elevated CO₂, and drought on above- and below-ground biomass and competition of a C₃ and a C₄ grass species

Conference Presentations

Hsu, G-C. (Jan. 2024). Effects of temperature on risk-induced prey responses and non-consumptive predator effects. The 13^th Department of Entomology Annual Symposium, Cornell University, Ithaca, US.
Hsu, G-C., J-A. Ou, and C-K. Ho. (Mar. 2019). Stable isotopes reveal trophic dynamics of generalist arthropod predators in organic and conventional rice farms. The 66^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Kobe, Japan.
Hsu, G-C., J-A. Ou, and C-K. Ho. (Jan. 2019). Trophic dynamics of generalist arthropod predators in organic and conventional rice paddy farms—a stable isotope approach. The 30^th Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsu, G-C., J-A. Ou, and C-K. Ho. (Oct. 2018). Trophic dynamics of generalist arthropod predators in organic and conventional rice paddy farms—a stable isotope approach. The International Long-term Ecological Research Scientific Conference, Taichung, Taiwan.

Hsu, G-C., F-C. Hsu, C-C. Lee, C-C. Lin, Scotty Yang, and C-K. Ho. (May 2023). Catch a free ride with me—ant hitchhiking on vehicles in Taiwan. The 4^th International Congress on Biological Invasions, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Hsu, G-C., J-A. Ou, and C-K. Ho. (Nov. 2018). Trophic dynamics of generalist arthropod predators in organic and conventional rice farms across landscapes. The 6^th Taiwan-Japan Ecological Workshop, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hsu, G-C., J-A. Ou, and C-K. Ho. (Mar. 2018). Trophic dynamics of generalist arthropod predators in organic and conventional rice farms across landscapes. The 65^th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Sapporo, Japan.
Hsu, G-C., J-A. Ou, and C-K. Ho. (Jan. 2018). Effects of farming practice and landscape on arthropod food web structure and biocontrol in rice paddies. The 29^th Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Hsu, G-C., J-A. Ou, and C-K. Ho. (Oct. 2017). Effects of farming practice and landscape on arthropod food web structure and biocontrol in rice paddies. The 39^th Annual Meeting of Taiwan Entomological Society, Taichung, Taiwan.

2024 Fall

Teaching Assistant for Insect Ecology at Cornell University

2024 Spring

Teaching Assistant for Applied Statistics: Biological Experiments in Practice at Cornell University

2021 Fall

Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Theoretical Ecology at National Taiwan University \(~\) Website

The 13^th Department of Entomology Annual Symposium, Cornell University

Date and location: January 19, 2024 at Morrison Room, Corson/Mudd Hall, Cornell University
Role: Member of the Symposium Planning Committee of the Cornell Entomology Graduate Student Association (The Jugatae Club)

“Meeting Conservation” Seminar Series

Date and location: December 4, 2019 at Room 251C, Hilgard Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Allen (US National Park Service)
Talk title: A paradigm shift in conservation of public lands for 21^st century
Role: Member of The Society of Conservation Biology Berkeley Chapter