Zhehao Hu
About
Hi! 👋 I am Zhehao. 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 中文, 日本語, Deutsch, English, y un poquito Español 😉 feel free to write 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 entering deep sea research with special focus on isopods. 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.
My strengths are molecular barcoding, evolutionary, community ecology, and biogeography analysis. I started developing my taxonomic expertise around asellote isopods and the swimming Munnopsids are my favourite, despite their taxonomy and biogeography being quite difficult to decipher.
Beside these, I’m also a heavy R coder! I write a lot of codes to automate my daily works to prevent data lost and avoidable mistakes (typos are horrible when happening to identifiers! And yes it happens a LOT). And I love making pretty plots, maps, and analysis that makes boring data understandable and communicable.
2025/10 Backbone for the Peracarida! Helping organizing the workshop in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Logistics, Instruction on CLSM, etc … >> Read more
2025/09 Trip to Iceland! Brought thousands of legacy samples from BIOICE project from Iceland to Germany, which will be used for future workshops.
2025/08 My first professional workshop! Went back to Punta Arenas to join the Ocean Census species discovery workshop with the samples collected from February expedition!
2025/07 My first talk on a conference! Just made Acanthocope known by more people on The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting in Paris!
2025/02 My first expedition! Sailing on R/V Falkor (too) with Ocean Census from Punta Arenas to South Sandwich Island. >> Read more
The intention of this website is to share my knowledge and experience with everyone. I do this because I have been helped countless times by the other’s posts on the internet, and I don’t want this kindness to stop with me.
| Date | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | Descriptive Community Ecology using NMDS | |
| 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, but mostly small things in life that have made my day a bit different.
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.
You can see all my albums in my gallery and some picked motion pictures. Also check a special folder for star / astro topics.
One of the fantasy deep inside my heart is the stunning deep sky and the unlimited beauty hidden inside it.
And I also (finally) started trying out pixel art! Still need to learn a lot but it has been very fun so far!
- 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)