Research
2024
AUGUST
DR DAVIDE MAGGIONI
Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Purpose of visit: Examining Hydrozoan specimens, as part of the RWS-NUS Living Laboratory collaboration
Purpose of visit: Examining Hydrozoan specimens, as part of the RWS-NUS Living Laboratory collaboration
JULY
DR TSANG LING MING
Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Purpose of visit: Collaborative research & high-level molecular systematics of brachyuran crabs
Purpose of visit: Collaborative research & high-level molecular systematics of brachyuran crabs
MR KEVIN MADRIGAL (PhD Student)
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium AND Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
Purpose of visit: Genomics of SE Asian stygobitic freshwater crabs
Purpose of visit: Genomics of SE Asian stygobitic freshwater crabs
MS LESLIE HARRIS
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, USA
Purpose of visit: Examining worm specimens, as part of the RWS-NUS Living Laboratory collaboration
Purpose of visit: Examining worm specimens, as part of the RWS-NUS Living Laboratory collaboration
MR CRISTIAN C. LUCAÑAS
Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Laguna
Purpose of Visit: Blattodea specimens and CCNR Field Work
Purpose of Visit: Blattodea specimens and CCNR Field Work
DR SHERYL YAP
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Purpose of visit: Examination of Philippines Reduviidae
Purpose of visit: Examination of Philippines Reduviidae
MR LESTER JOHN T SABADAO
Research Student at the University of the Philippines Los Baños
Purpose of visit: Research internship
Purpose of visit: Research internship
MS GAO YUTING
PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Purpose of visit: Studying the diet of certain species of primates using ancient microbial DNA extracted from calcified dental plaque on skulls.
Purpose of visit: Studying the diet of certain species of primates using ancient microbial DNA extracted from calcified dental plaque on skulls.
DR DANIEL GUSTAFSSON
Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
Purpose of visit: Slide preparation and identification of Singapore bird lice specimens
Purpose of visit: Slide preparation and identification of Singapore bird lice specimens
JUNE
DR HARUTAKA HATA
JSPS Overseas Research Fellow currently based at the Smithsonian Institution
Purpose of visit: Examining fish specimens
Purpose of visit: Examining fish specimens
DR TOHRU NARUSE
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Purpose of visit: Collaborative work & examination of brachyuran crabs
Purpose of visit: Collaborative work & examination of brachyuran crabs
DR PETER J. F. DAVIE
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Purpose of visit: Collaborative work (e.g. Systema Brachyurorum) & examination of various brachyuran crabs
Purpose of visit: Collaborative work (e.g. Systema Brachyurorum) & examination of various brachyuran crabs
DR BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France (and Réunion Island)
Purpose of visit: Collaborative research on deep-sea brachyuran crabs
Purpose of visit: Collaborative research on deep-sea brachyuran crabs
DR PAUL F. CLARK
The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Purpose of visit: Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs
Purpose of visit: Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs
MAY
DR PAUL F. CLARK
The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Purpose of visit: Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs
Purpose of visit: Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs
DR PATRICIA KAILOLA
Independent ichthyologist based in Suva, Fiji
Purpose of visit: Examining fish specimens
Purpose of visit: Examining fish specimens
DR GONG LIN
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Purpose of visit: Examination of hexactinellid sponge specimens from SJADES Expedition, subsampling for molecular analysis
Purpose of visit: Examination of hexactinellid sponge specimens from SJADES Expedition, subsampling for molecular analysis
PROFESSOR DR JOHN C. MORSE
Professor Emeritus of Entomology & Director Emeritus of The Clemson University Arthropod Collection (CUAC), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Purpose of visit: Taxonomic research and curatorial work on the Trichopteran (Caddisfly) specimens
Purpose of visit: Taxonomic research and curatorial work on the Trichopteran (Caddisfly) specimens
DR ELENA KUPRIYANOVA
Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney
Purpose of visit: Examination of polychaete, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey
Purpose of visit: Examination of polychaete, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey
DR CONNI M. SIDABALOK
Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey
Purpose of visit: Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey
APRIL
DR MAURICE KOTTELAT
Independent researcher based in Switzerland
Purpose of visit: To examine fish specimens
Purpose of visit: To examine fish specimens
DR GREGORY ROUSE
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA
Purpose of visit: Field collections, specimen processing workshop, examination of polychaete collection
Purpose of visit: Field collections, specimen processing workshop, examination of polychaete collection
MARCH
DR DANIEL GUSTAFSSON
Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
Purpose of visit: Slide preparation and identification of Singapore bird lice specimens
Purpose of visit: Slide preparation and identification of Singapore bird lice specimens
DR CONNI M. SIDABALOK
Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda
Purpose of visit: Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda
MS HELEN WONG
St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, Singapore
Purpose of visit: Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda
Purpose of visit: Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda
DR KRISTOF ZYKOWSKI
Yale Peabody Museum, United States
Purpose of visit: Examine and prepare bird specimens
Purpose of visit: Examine and prepare bird specimens
JOHN NASH
Yale Peabody Museum, United States
Purpose of visit: Examine and prepare bird specimens
Purpose of visit: Examine and prepare bird specimens
YUYANG SUN
Yale Peabody Museum, United States
Purpose of visit: Examine and prepare bird specimens
Purpose of visit: Examine and prepare bird specimens
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YOSHITAKA KAMIMURA
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Purpose of visit: Field collection of Apachyidae earwigs (Dermaptera) and processing of field samples
Purpose of visit: Field collection of Apachyidae earwigs (Dermaptera) and processing of field samples
FEBRUARY
DR RAFHIAH KAHAR
University Brunei Darussalam
Purpose of visit: Examination of fish
Purpose of visit: Examination of fish
DR SHIH YI-JIA
Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
Purpose of visit: Examination of leucosiid crabs (genus Arcania)
Purpose of visit: Examination of leucosiid crabs (genus Arcania)
DR SHIH HSI-TE
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Purpose of visit: Examination of grapsoid and freshwater crabs
Purpose of visit: Examination of grapsoid and freshwater crabs
MR HSU JHIH-WEI
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Purpose of visit: Curation and examination of varunid crabs
Purpose of visit: Curation and examination of varunid crabs
JANUARY
DR PORAMAD TRIVALAIRAT
Agrarajakumari College of Nursing, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
Purpose of visit: Examination of glossiphoniid freshwater leeches
Purpose of visit: Examination of glossiphoniid freshwater leeches
DR KRITTIYA CHIANGKUL
Animal Systematics and Ecology Speciality Research Unit (ASESRU), Kasetsart University, Thailand
Purpose of visit: Examination of glossiphoniid freshwater leeches
Purpose of visit: Examination of glossiphoniid freshwater leeches
DR NG TING HUI
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Purpose of visit: To study freshwater molluscs, focusing mainly on material from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia
Purpose of visit: To study freshwater molluscs, focusing mainly on material from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia
DR NONN PANITVONG
NGO siamensis.org, Thailand
Purpose of visit: Examining fish
Purpose of visit: Examining fish
