Anthony Bain is an ecologist working on the mutualism between the fig wasps (Agaonidae) and the fig trees (Ficus). His research spreads over many domains such as population genetics, behavioral ecology, pollination ecology, plant-animal interactions or, conservation biology.
We are working mostly outside as the research questions we try to elucidade require only simple binocular microscope. The lab routine is weekly surveys of fig trees on the NSYSU campus.
Fig and fig wasp mutualism.
2022 to 2025 fall semester outstanding course: General Biology (I) at National Sun Yat-Sen University
2024 fall semester Top20 percentile of all EMI undergraduate course: Ecology of Plant-animal Interactions
2022 National Sun Yat-Sen University College of Science Excellence in Teaching Award
Ph.D. National Taiwan University, Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Université de Montpellier, Center for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology (Dual-Degree) (January 2012)
Dissertation: Colonization and adaptations of Ficus in Taiwan