I am interested in the community ecology of meiofauna, especially marine nematodes. The community structure of marine nematodes shifts simultaneously according to the characters of ambient environment, and I hope I could use the nematodes to monitor the long-term regional changes. My previous scientific experiences distributed from dicyemid parasites of cuttlefish, octopus taxonomy, fruit fly genetics, molecular phylogeny of polychaete, and community ecology of meiofauna, whereas my interests keep aiming at various marine invertebrates. My recent project is focused on the meiofauna of submarine canyon and adjacent slope. I would like to examine how the submarine geohazards affect the relationship between meiofauna diversity and ecosystem functioning.
2015 Ph.D. Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan 2003 M.Sc. Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan 2001 B.Sc. Zoology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017-present Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University (IONTU)
2016-2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
2015-2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University (IONTU)
2003-2006 Research Assistant, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
PUBLICATIONS
Liao JX, Chen GM, Chiou M, Jan S, Wei CL (2017). Internal tides affect benthic community structure in an energetic submarine canyon off SW Taiwan. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
Liao JX, Dovgal I (2015) A new Thecacineta species (Ciliophora, Suctorea) on Desmodora pontica (Nematoda, Desmodorida) from a seagrass bed in Taiwan. Protistology, 9: 75–78.
Liao JX, Mok HK, Yeh HM (2015) Do the abundance, diversity, and community structure of sediment meiofauna differ among seagrass species? Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1017/S0025315415000879.
Liao JX, Mok HK, Yeh HM (2015) Meiofaunal communities in a tropical seagrass bed and adjacent unvegetated sediments with note on sufficient sample size for determining local diversity indices. Zoological Studies, 54: 14.
Liao JX, Lu CC (2009) A new species of Cistopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from Taiwan and morphology of mucous pouches. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75: 269–278.