Choong-Jin Chang

About

Choong-Jin Chang is a professor on the viola faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, appointed in September 2013. A native of Seoul, Korea, he made his debut as a 12-year-old violinist with the Seoul Philharmonic after winning the grand prize in Korea’s Yook Young National Competition. At the age of 13, he moved to the United States to attend the Juilliard School. He further studied at the Esther Boyer College of Music of Temple University in Philadelphia and at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he earned degrees in both violin and viola under the guidance of Jascha Brodsky and Joseph de Pasquale. Chang served as principal viola of the Philadelphia Orchestra for 12 years prior to his appointment at Peabody.

Research topics

• Ecology
• Fishery
• Biology

Selected publications

• Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

  PLoS Biology · 2018-03-14 · 259 citations

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  Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo.

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• Litter quality, dispersal and invasion drive earthworm community dynamics and forest soil development

  Oecologia · 2018-06-12 · 29 citations

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• Forest and Rangeland Soil Biodiversity

  2020-01-01 · 4 citations

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  Regardless of how soil is defined, soils are the most diverse of all ecosystems. It is estimated that 25–30% of all species on Earth live in soils for all or part of their lives (Decaëns et al. 2006). A single gram of soil is estimated to contain 1 × 109 microorganisms, roughly the same population size as the number of humans in Africa (Microbiology by Numbers 2011). That same gram of soil likely contains 4000 species. They are only one part of a larger food web, however, that includes roundworm…

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• Two new earthworm species of the genus Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from southwestern Taiwan

  Zootaxa · 2018-10-04 · 4 citations

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  This study describes two new species of earthworms belonging to the genus Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from southwestern Taiwan. They are Drawida alishanensis sp. nov. and Drawida fenqihuensis sp. nov. The two species were found at elevations of 1407-1661 m in the Alishan area, Chiayi County. DNA barcodes from type specimens of the new species are reported. This is the first time that new species of Drawida are discovered from the island of Taiwan. In addition, Drawida keikiensis Kobay…

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• Data for "Acute resource pulses from periodical cicadas propagate to belowground food webs but do not affect tree performance"

  Figshare · 2022-01-01

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  The influence of resource pulse induced by periodical cicada bodies on soil fauna (nematodes and mites) communities, decomposition, soil nutrients, soil C and N, and American sycamore tree performance. See the "Metadata" tab in the Excel file for more details.

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Frequent coauthors

• Huei‐Ping Shen

  Natural History Museum

  21 shared

• Katalin Szlávecz

  18 shared

• Lise Dupont

  Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

  16 shared

• Jiun‐Hong Chen

  National Sun Yat-sen University

  15 shared

• Csaba Csuzdi

  Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic University

  15 shared

• Thibaud Decaëns

  Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

  10 shared

• Emma Sherlock

  Natural History Museum

  10 shared

• S. Pitz

  Johns Hopkins University

  9 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

  Johns Hopkins University

  2015

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