Visiting Researchers

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September

DR CHEN YEN-JEAN

National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan

Examining skulls of civet and otter families

August

DR DAVIDE MAGGIONI

Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Examining Hydrozoan specimens, as part of the RWS-NUS Living Laboratory collaboration

MR PHAM BA MINH DAT

Life Science Center, Experta LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam

Taxonomy of Vietnamese primary freshwater crabs

MS HOANG TRAM ANH

Life Science Center, Experta LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam

Taxonomy of Vietnamese primary freshwater crabs

MR DANG QUANG KHAI

Life Science Center, Experta LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam

Taxonomy of Vietnamese primary freshwater crabs

DR DO MANH CUONG

Life Science Center, Experta LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam

Taxonomy of Vietnamese primary freshwater crabs

MR SRINIVASAN PANDIARAJAN

American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Examining mayfly specimens

July

DR DANIEL GUSTAFSSON

Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Slide preparation and identification of Singapore bird lice specimens

MS GAO YUTING

PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Studying the diet of certain species of primates using ancient microbial DNA extracted from calcified dental plaque on skulls.

MR LESTER JOHN T SABADAO

Research Student at the University of the Philippines Los Baños

Research internship

DR SHERYL YAP

University of the Philippines Los Baños

Examination of Philippines Reduviidae

MR CRISTIAN C. LUCAÑAS

Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Laguna

Blattodea specimens and CCNR Field Work

MS LESLIE HARRIS

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, USA

Examining worm specimens, as part of the RWS-NUS Living Laboratory collaboration

MR KEVIN MADRIGAL (PhD Student)

Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium AND Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Genomics of SE Asian stygobitic freshwater crabs

DR TSANG LING MING

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Collaborative research & high-level molecular systematics of brachyuran crabs

DR JENNIFER DEVER

Department of Biology, University of San Francisco, USA

Examining frog specimens

PROFESSOR ALIREZA NEMATI

Plant Protection Deparment, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Iran

Examination and verification or identification of Mesostigmata (Acariformes, Parasitiformes) mites

June

DR PAUL F CLARK

The Natural History Museum, London, UK

Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs

DR BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France (and Réunion Island)

Collaborative research on deep-sea brachyuran crabs

DR PETER J. F. DAVIE

Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

Collaborative work (e.g. Systema Brachyurorum) & examination of various brachyuran crabs

DR TOHRU NARUSE

University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Collaborative work & examination of brachyuran crabs

DR HARUTAKA HATA

JSPS Overseas Research Fellow currently based at the Smithsonian Institution

Examining fish specimens

May

DR CONNI M. SIDABALOK

Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey

DR ELENA KUPRIYANOVA

Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney

Examination of polychaete, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey

PROFESSOR DR JOHN C. MORSE

Professor Emeritus of Entomology & Director Emeritus of The Clemson University Arthropod Collection (CUAC), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA

Taxonomic research and curatorial work on the Trichopteran (Caddisfly) specimens

DR GONG LIN

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, China

Examination of hexactinellid sponge specimens from SJADES Expedition, subsampling for molecular analysis

DR PATRICIA KAILOLA

Independent ichthyologist based in Suva, Fiji

Examining fish specimens

DR PAUL F CLARK

The Natural History Museum, London, UK

Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs

April

DR GREGORY ROUSE

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA

Field collections, specimen processing workshop, examination of polychaete collection

DR MAURICE KOTTELAT

Independent researcher based in Switzerland

To examine fish specimens

March

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YOSHITAKA KAMIMURA

Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Field collection of Apachyidae earwigs (Dermaptera) and processing of field samples

YUYANG SUN

Yale Peabody Museum, United States

Examine and prepare bird specimens

JOHN NASH

Yale Peabody Museum, United States

Examine and prepare bird specimens

DR KRISTOF ZYKOWSKI

Yale Peabody Museum, United States

Examine and prepare bird specimens

MS HELEN WONG

St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, Singapore

Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda

DR CONNI M. SIDABALOK

Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda

DR DANIEL GUSTAFSSON

Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Slide preparation and identification of Singapore bird lice specimens

February

DR SHIH HSI-TE

National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Examination of grapsoid and freshwater crabs

MR HSU JHIH-WEI

National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Curation and examination of varunid crabs

DR SHIH YI-JIA

Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China

Examination of leucosiid crabs (genus Arcania)

DR RAFHIAH KAHAR

University Brunei Darussalam

Examination of fish

January

DR PORAMAD TRIVALAIRAT

Agrarajakumari College of Nursing, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand

Examination of glossiphoniid freshwater leeches

DR KRITTIYA CHIANGKUL

Animal Systematics and Ecology Speciality Research Unit (ASESRU), Kasetsart University, Thailand

Examination of glossiphoniid freshwater leeches

DR NG TING HUI

Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

To study freshwater molluscs, focusing mainly on material from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia

DR NONN PANITVONG

NGO siamensis.org, Thailand

Examining fish

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September

DR CHEN YEN-JEAN

National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan

Examining skulls of civet and otter families

August

DR DAVIDE MAGGIONI

Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Examining Hydrozoan specimens, as part of the RWS-NUS Living Laboratory collaboration

MR PHAM BA MINH DAT

Life Science Center, Experta LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam

Taxonomy of Vietnamese primary freshwater crabs

MS HOANG TRAM ANH

Life Science Center, Experta LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam

Taxonomy of Vietnamese primary freshwater crabs

MR DANG QUANG KHAI

Life Science Center, Experta LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam

Taxonomy of Vietnamese primary freshwater crabs

DR DO MANH CUONG

Life Science Center, Experta LLC, Hanoi, Vietnam

Taxonomy of Vietnamese primary freshwater crabs

MR SRINIVASAN PANDIARAJAN

American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Examining mayfly specimens

July

DR DANIEL GUSTAFSSON

Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Slide preparation and identification of Singapore bird lice specimens

MS GAO YUTING

PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Studying the diet of certain species of primates using ancient microbial DNA extracted from calcified dental plaque on skulls.

MR LESTER JOHN T SABADAO

Research Student at the University of the Philippines Los Baños

Research internship

DR SHERYL YAP

University of the Philippines Los Baños

Examination of Philippines Reduviidae

MR CRISTIAN C. LUCAÑAS

Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Laguna

Blattodea specimens and CCNR Field Work

MS LESLIE HARRIS

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, USA

Examining worm specimens, as part of the RWS-NUS Living Laboratory collaboration

MR KEVIN MADRIGAL (PhD Student)

Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium AND Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Genomics of SE Asian stygobitic freshwater crabs

DR TSANG LING MING

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Collaborative research & high-level molecular systematics of brachyuran crabs

DR JENNIFER DEVER

Department of Biology, University of San Francisco, USA

Examining frog specimens

PROFESSOR ALIREZA NEMATI

Plant Protection Deparment, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Iran

Examination and verification or identification of Mesostigmata (Acariformes, Parasitiformes) mites

June

DR PAUL F CLARK

The Natural History Museum, London, UK

Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs

DR BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France (and Réunion Island)

Collaborative research on deep-sea brachyuran crabs

DR PETER J. F. DAVIE

Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

Collaborative work (e.g. Systema Brachyurorum) & examination of various brachyuran crabs

DR TOHRU NARUSE

University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Collaborative work & examination of brachyuran crabs

DR HARUTAKA HATA

JSPS Overseas Research Fellow currently based at the Smithsonian Institution

Examining fish specimens

May

DR CONNI M. SIDABALOK

Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey

DR ELENA KUPRIYANOVA