Research

2018

NOVEMBER
MR IBUKI FUKUYAMA
Kyoto University, Japan
Purpose of visit: To examine coral snakes of the genus Calliophis
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DAVID LANE
Bohol Island State University, Philippines
Purpose of visit: Examination of deep-sea asteroidea material
MR LI XUAN KUN
Research School of Biology, Australian National University (ANU), Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC), CSIRO Canberra, Australia
Purpose of visit: Work on the “Biodiversity Discovery for North-Oriental Sepsidae (Diptera)”
DR SHANE AHYONG
Marine Invertebrates Department, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Purpose of visit: Examination of pea crabs (Pinnotheridae)
DR MAURICE KOTTELAT
Independent researcher
Purpose of visit: Work on freshwater fishes of Myanmar and Southeast Asia
PROFESSOR DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM
Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP- Universidade Estadual Paulista Sao Paolo, Brazil
Purpose of visit: To continue on a long-term Diptera Diversity project
PROFESSOR VERA CRISTINA SILVA
Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP- Universidade Estadual Paulista Sao Paolo, Brazil
Purpose of visit: To continue on a long-term Diptera Diversity project
MS YAO CHIOU-JU
National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan
Purpose of visit: Examine specimens of nightjars and marine mammals
OCTOBER
MR DAVID COURT
Independent Researcher
Purpose of visit: Identification, reorganization and labelling of BTNR spider specimens.
THE EARL OF CRANBROOK
Independent researcher
Purpose of visit: Work on the basis of domestication of farmed “Edible-nest Swiftlets Aerodramus fuciphagus
DR S. RAVICHANDRAN
Center of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, India
Purpose of visit: Work on the grapsoid crabs of Vellar Estuary and Pichavaram Mangroves and the deep-sea crustaceans collected from the nearby fish landings
MR MUHAMMAD MASRUR ISLAMI
Center for Deep Sea Research, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Ambon, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Collaboration on mollusc material collected during the SJADES (2018) expedition
DR PATRICK GROOTAERT
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium
Purpose of visit: Working on Dolichopodidae specimens and mangrove field work
MR CHAO HUANG
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Purpose of visit: Examination of ZRC material of potamid freshwater crabs
DR TSANG LING-MING
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Purpose of visit: Work on various aspects of collaboration on decapods, including shrimps
SEPTEMBER
DR SHANE AHYONG
Marine Invertebrates Department, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Purpose of visit: Examination of pea crabs (Pinnotheridae)
DR R. RAVINESH
University of Kerala, Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, India
Purpose of visit: Photography and examination of mollusc specimens
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DAVID LANE
Bohol Island State University, Philippines
Purpose of visit: Examination of specimens from the SJADES deep-sea expedition
MS ISMILIANA WIRAWATI
Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of specimens from the SJADES deep-sea expedition
MR INDRA BAYU VIMONO
Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Development Unit for Competency Oceanographic Human Resources, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of specimens from the SJADES deep-sea expedition
MS CONNI SIDABALOK
Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Research Center for Biology, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of marine isopod specimens from SJADES expedition
PROFESSOR STEPHEN A. MARSHALL
University of Guelph, Canada
Purpose of visit: Work on Diptera diversity in Singapore, especially on the Micropezidae specimens
DR PETER CASTRO
Department of Biological Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona, CA, USA
Purpose of visit: Examination of marine crabs (Goneplacoidea, Dorippoidea), and identification of recent expedition material
AUGUST
MS NURUL FITRIYA
Indonesia Institute of Sciences, Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Work on samples from the Multiple Mega Corer, including centrifugation of the sediment and sorting of animals into their major taxa
MR HADIYANTO
Indonesia Institute of Sciences, Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Work on samples from the Multiple Mega Corer, including centrifugation of the sediment and sorting of animals into their major taxa
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SHERYL YAP
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
Purpose of visit: Examination of Philippines Reduviidae collection
MR SOLO ARMAN PERALTA MERCENE
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
Purpose of visit: Examination of Philippines Reduviidae collection
MS ERNAWATI WIDYASTUTI
Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of squat lobster specimens from the Superfamily Galatheoidea
DR LIN CHIA-WEI
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan
Purpose of visit: Examination of squat lobster specimens from the Superfamily Galatheoidea
DR DWI LISTYO RAHAYU
Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of hermit crab specimens obtained from SJADES 2018 deep-sea expedition and Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey
JULY
DR MICHAEL GATES
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, USA
Purpose of visit: Sorting and identification of small parasitoid wasp specimens collected from local mangroves as part of the Biodiversity Discovery Project
DR JAMES ROSINDELL
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, UK
Purpose of visit: Examination of venomous vipers
DR PATRICK GROOTAERT
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium
Purpose of visit: Working on Dolichopodidae specimens and mangrove field work
JUNE
MISS MAO ASAMI
Kyoto University of Japan, Japan
Purpose of visit: Examining dentition on mammal skulls
MR HALMI INSANI
Kyoto University of Japan, Japan
Purpose of visit: Examining dentition on mammal skulls
MR RAMVILAS GHOSH
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala, India
Purpose of visit: Examination of gorgonian specimens
DR DAISY WOWOR
Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Research Centre for Biology, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Work on the taxonomy of freshwater Macrobrachium shrimps collected from Myanmar and taxonomy of freshwater crabs from Indonesia in the genera Geosesarma and Karstama
DR WIN MAR
Bamaw University, Department of Zoology, Myanmar
Purpose of visit: Work on the taxonomy of freshwater Macrobrachium shrimps collected from Myanmar
MAY
DR LARRY PAGE
University of Florida, USA
Purpose of visit: To examine fish
DR STEPHANIE LORIA
American Museum of Natural History, USA
Purpose of visit: To identify, database, and help organize the scorpion material in the collection
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DAVID LANE
Bohol Island State University, Philippines
Purpose of visit: To examine echinoderms
DR IAN MCALLAN
Macquarie University, Australia
Purpose of visit: To examine Christmas Island avifauna
APRIL
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR STEFANO CANNICCI
Swire Institute of Marine Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, China
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of mangrove crabs
MS CHRISTINE CHENG
Swire Institute of Marine Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, China
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of mangrove crabs
DR TSANG LING-MING
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Purpose of visit: Work on various aspects of collaboration on crab systematics
DR DWI LISTYO RAHAYU
Indonesian Research Institute, LIPI, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Sorting and examination of anomuran
DR DHARMA ARIF NUGROHO
Indonesian Research Institute, LIPI, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of crustaceans specimens
DR DANIEL LUMBAN TOBING
Ichthyology Laboratory, Indonesian Institute of Science, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of Cyprinidae
MARCH
DR BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France
Purpose of visit: Work on deep sea crabs
MS EMILY ANNE HARTOP
Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
Purpose of visit: Study phorid flies
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KEVIN CONWAY
Department of Ecology and Conservation of Biology, Texas A&M University, USA
Purpose of visit: Examination of fishes in ZRC collection and revision of gobies in the genus Gobiopterus
DR HELEN LARSON
Independent researcher
Purpose of visit: Examination of fishes in ZRC collection and revision of gobies in the genus Gobiopterus
FEBRUARY
MR HALMI INSANI
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
Purpose of visit: Examining and measuring primate skulls
THE EARL OF CRANBROOK
Independent researcher
Purpose of visit: Work on swiftlets of South-east Asia and give a joint-organised talk for the LKCNHM and NParks on the swiftlets of South-east Asia: 60 years of collaborative research
DR ROWLAND SHELLEY
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, USA
Purpose of visit: Examination of millipede specimens from the family Platyrhacidae
JANUARY
DR YANG CHIEN-HUI
National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Purpose of visit: Examination of shrimp and lobster specimens
DR KANTAPON SURAPRASIT
Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand
Purpose of visit: To photograph recent mammal skulls
DR SHERYL YAP
UPLB Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
Purpose of visit: to examine the Philippines reduviid collection

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