Zhehao Hu
About
I was born and raised in Japan, lived both in Mainland China and Taiwan for some time, and I am currently studying in Hamburg. So I speak Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, German and English 😉 feel free to write to me in any of these!
I am a M.Sc. Biology Student at University of Hamburg. I have received my B.Sc. degree with focus on molecular ecology and am now pivoting into interdisciplinary evolution and ecology research. I love doing lab works but I love field works a bit more; I have interest in new technologies but I am more interested in biological process happening out there in the wild. I am trying my best to find a balance among all these.
In particular I am interested in eco-evolutionary dynamics of various ecosystems and organisms in terms of adaptation and biogeography. I am currently involved in two projects:
Acanthocope Beddard 1885 is a deep-sea isopod genus, with characteristic spiky body. Despite the gifted swimming ability as a munnopsid isopod, Acanthocope has shown so far quite high rate of endemism in their distribution, this is of course to be attributed to under-researched situation of the deep-sea. Recently, in one and the only cosmopolitan species Acanthocope galatheae Wolff 1962, active gene flow across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge was confirmed. I am reporting additional observation, genetic and proteomics data from multiple species in Northern Atlantic, to examine the current morphology-based taxonomy of this genus.
I have adopted this project as a project-based internship and am now striving to publish the result.
It is an honor, and also a privilege to sail with Schmidt Ocean Institute’s state-of-the-art research Vessel R/V Falkor (too), as an Ocean Census taxonomist, towards one of the world’s most remote place - South Sandwich Island.
Focusing on using ROV SuBastian, we seek to search for new species that the mankind has never seen before, and contribute to the overall knowledge of our mysterious Ocean.
Photos will be updated regularly at here before I could possibly find time to write blogs. You can find more details on the expedition website, and also my stories in my blog.
I also use this website to share my knowledge, many of them are basically refined version of my own notes. I do this because I’ve been helped by posts on the internet from others multiple times, and I don’t want this kindness to stop with me. I also value all kind of suggestions and comments.
| Date | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-16 | Descriptive Community Ecology using NMDS | |
| 2025-05-14 | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands | |
| 2025-05-07 | Species Records | |
| 2025-02-24 | 旅をする心 (Traveling Heart) | |
| 2024-09-18 | Niche Overlap Analysis Using nicheROVER and Stable Isotope Data | |
| 2024-07-27 | As a Biology Student |
I take a lot of photos, simply to treasure the moments that I enjoyed and loved. I don’t limit myself in certain technics or topics - I shoot both analog and digital, still and motion picture, I once tried cyanotype too, and would love to start again. I shoot wonderful nature, starlight, but also urban landscapes, people, or small things in life.
I use photography as a way to express myself. People say the world is as one sees it. I haven’t experienced excessive grief, but I’ve certainly seen enough. So when I create something back for the world, I want them to be something less hurting.
Here you can see all my albums and here are some picked motion pictures. Also check here for star / astro topics.
That being said, if human had the ability to explore the deep space physically, I will definitely go off-world.
- I drank my first beer at the age of 2 🍺 - according to my dad
- I work backstage at classical music concerts from time to time and it’s much more fun than being in the audience (and Elbphilharmonie is really an art work)
