Wei-An (Vivien) Tsai — ASN Events

Wei-An (Vivien) Tsai

The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia

Dr. Vivien Tsai graduated with a Bachelor of Science in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, as well as a Master of Science from the Institute of Plant Biology at National Taiwan University in Taiwan. In 2023, she completed her PhD at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, researching the role of small RNA in the plant-capsicum chlorosis virus pathosystem under elevated temperatures. Before joining QAAFI, she worked at the Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Ministry of Agriculture in Taiwan, focusing on plant-induced resistance to viruses. Post-PhD, Vivien joined Mitter’s group as a postdoctoral researcher. Her current focus lies in topical applications of dsRNA for targeting both whitefly and whitefly-transmitted DNA viruses.