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Ho, Kung-Suan  Curator & Chair
Exhibits Department
E-mail
ksho@mail.nmns.edu.tw
Main Duties
I have been working at the National Museum of Natural Science for almost 16 years now. In the beginning, my major responsibilities included rocks and minerals., drilling core and paleontological specimen collection and management, computerization of specimen data, and database building. I was also responsible for managing the maps and aerial photos of the Geology Department. In addition, I assisted with planning the 4th phase of development of the Geology Department facilities. I have been sent to the the U.S. 6 times to arrange the purchase and collection of mineral specimens.

Currently, I am continuing rock and mineral specimen collection and research. At the same time, I am conducting research on grochronology and geochemistry of late Cenozoic basaltic basaltic rocks in southern China; and mineralogy and geochemistry of megacrysts and ultramafic xenoliths in alkalibasaltic rock from southern China and the Penghu Islands. It is my hope that, through field work and laboratory experimentation, I will gain a new level of understanding regarding the age of volcanic activity in Taiwan and surround areas, the origin of basaltic magmas, as well as the constitution and evolution of the mantle. In addition, I am attempting to deeply explore the chemical characteristics and origins of tektites, as another of my research interests. Tektites are formed by impact melting of terrestrial rocks or sediments caused by the hypervelocity impact of a large meteorite or comet, and can be found in the Leiqiong area, southern China.
Journal
Seq.TitleAuthorPub. Date
1First report of leopard fossils from a limestone cave in Kenting area, southern TaiwanChi, Tzu-Chin;Gan, Yi;Yang, Tzu-Ruei;Chang, Chun-Hsiang2021
2First report of leopard fossils from a limestone cave in Kenting area, southern TaiwanChi, Tzu-Chin;Gan, Yi;Yang, Tzu-Ruei;Chang, Chun-Hsiang2021