Prof. Hung-Yen Hsieh graduated from the Institute of Marine Biotechnology and Resources at National Sun Yat-sen University with a PhD in 2007. He is a Professor and Acting Director at the Graduate Institute of Marine Biology, College of Environment Studies and Oceanography, National Dong Hwa University. His research interests mainly focus on Zooplankton aggregation ecology, the analysis of larval fish resources, and the ecological structure of the food chain at the ocean surface.