Ting-Ting (Dana) Lin
CONTACT INFORMATION
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Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
333 Biosciences West
1041 E. Lowell
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 626-4747
FAX: (520) 621-9190
E-mail: danalin@email.arizona.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I’m broadly interested in the evolution of behaviors. In my M.S. research, I studied the mating system of the Asian lesser white-toothed shrew in Taiwan. It was the first study of Crocidurinae in subtropical area that presented both field and genetic data to look into their social and mating behaviors. Contrary to past presumption that they are monogamy, their social mating system was polygyny and genetic mating system was promiscuity. The discrepancy between theory and field data highlights the complicated interaction between animal evolutionary history and external environment. For my PhD research, I will look for the interface between behavior ecology and molecular evolution. I hope to study cause of behaviors and its consequences in genetic structure and evolution.
Lin T.-T., E.-M. You, and Y.K. Lin. 2009. Social and genetic mating system of the Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew, Crocidura shantungensis, in Taiwan. Journal of Mammalogy, 90(6): 1370-1380. 
Lin, T.-T. and T.-Y. Ho. The effect of trace metal availability on the formation of diatom frustules. Achievement Conference of National Science Council of Marine Science, Hualien, Taiwan. 2009. (poster)
Lin, T.-T. and Y.K. Lin. The mating system of the Crocidura shantungensis in a salt marsh in Northern Taiwan. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Brookings, SD. 2008. (poster)
Lin, T.-T. and Y.K. Lin. The mating system of the Crocidura shantungensis in a salt marsh in Northern Taiwan, from the perspective of spatial pattern. ESA & SER International Joint Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA. 2007. (poster)
Lin, T.-T. and Y.K. Lin. The interactions between food abundance, vegetation and popultion dynamic of Crocidura shantungensis in Guandu Salt Marsh. Symposium on Animal Behavior and Ecology, Pingtung, Taiwan. 2006. (poster)
Study Abroad Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2011-2012
Science Fair of Da-Qui Chei & Song-Yen Fong Memorial Scholarship, NTU, 2008
Distinguished Poster Presentation, NTU, 2008
International Conferences Student Travel Grant, NTU, 2008
Jian-Ren Chen Memorial Scholarship, NTU, 2007
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, NTU, 2007
2008 Zoology Lab, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan
2006-2007 Ecology and Human Society, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan
2006 Biology, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
M.S. Ecology and Evolution, 2008
National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
B.S. Medical Radiation Technology, 2004