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Visiting Researchers
Visiting Researchers
Check out our list of visiting researchers who have visited the Museum over the years:
December
November
October
September
DR PHAN QUOC TOAN
Center for Entomology & Parasitology Research, College of Medicine & Pharmacy, Duy Tan University
Examination of and deposit to Odonata collection in the ZRC
DR ANDREW H. BAIRD
James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Examination of ZRC coral collection, as part of CMBSII
MS JENNY WANG
University of Sydney & Australian Museum
Collection of morphological data from vouchered labrid (wrasses) specimens using morphometric and meristic methods
August
MS LESLIE HARRIS
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, USA
Examination of ZRC polychaete collection, in collaboration with Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) and St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory (SJINML)
DR ELENA KUPRIYANOVA
Australian Museum Research Institute Australian Museum, Sydney
Examination of ZRC polychaete collection (Serpulidae), in collaboration with Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) and St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory (SJINML)
DR IZWANDY IDRIS
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
Examination of ZRC polychaete collection, in collaboration with Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) and St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory (SJINML)
MS CHLOÉ LOÏS FOURREAU
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
Examination of sponge-associated Syllidae in ZRC collections, in collaboration with Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) and St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory (SJINML)
PROF SATOSHI SHIMANO
Science Research Center/Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Hosei University, Japan
Examination, identification and sorting of oribatid mite (Acari, Sarcoptiformes, Oribatida) specimens in the ZRC, in collaboration with NTU
MR MASAHARU OSHIMA
Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
Examination, identification and sorting of oribatid mite (Acari, Sarcoptiformes, Oribatida) specimens in the ZRC, in collaboration with NTU
DR MARCOS ROCA-CUSACHS
University of New South Wales, Australia
Specimen examination and identification of ZRC Pentatomoidea collection
DR ARTUR TASZAKOWSKI
University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Specimen examination and identification of ZRC Isometopinae (Miridae) collection
July
MS CHARLOTTE BAIRD
School of Biosciences, University of Cardiff
Examine and sample the skulls of bearded pigs (Sus barbatus)
June
DR LEE BEE YAN
St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory, National University of Singapore
Examination of horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura) in the ZRC for SJINML/RWS research project
DR LIU XINMING
Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China
Collaborative research on faunistics & systematics of South China Sea brachyuran crabs and evolutionary studies on anomuran crabs and octocorals
DR YANG CHIEN-HUI
National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
Collaborative research on Indonesian swimming crabs (Portunoidea)
May
MS JOANNA ROSE ALO
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology
Taxonomy of Ensifera from Mount Apo, Mindanao, Philippines
DR KANYAKORN PIRAONAPICHA
Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, The Botanical Garden Organization, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Joint fieldwork in Nee Soon Swamp Forest to search for and collect samples of native stingless bees (i.e., Tetragonula laeviceps) and assorted Neuropterida (including Megaloptera)
MR SAM KING FUNG YIU
The University of Hong Kong
Collect and examine Azooxanthellate coral specimens [CMBS II]
April
DR DAVID LANE
Independent Researcher, UK
Examination of deep-sea Asteroidea
DR BELLA GALIL
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv, Israel
Examination of leucosiid and other oxystomatous crabs in the Zoological Reference Collection
MR YIN ZIXU
Ocean University of China
Examine the Gryllacrididae collection and discuss future collaborative work
MR ANDY LAM SHU HIM
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Further integrative taxonomy of various Asian-African siluriforme clades
March
DR PETER DAVIE
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Collaborative work on the Systema Brachyurorum (2nd ed.)
MR ALEXANDRE CASADEI-FERREIRA
Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Germany
Studying mantises
DR KENNETH JOHNSON
NHM London, UK
Prepare coral specimens and workflow for micro-CT scanning
MS MADELEINE LOUISE WIDDOWSON
NHM London, UK
Select coral specimens and conduct micro-CT scanning
DR LEONARDO BERTINI
University of Liverpool, UK
Prepare coral specimens and workflow for micro-CT scanning
DR RUPERT COLLINS
Natural History Museum, London
Assist with the SIGNIFY project
DR TOHRU NARUSE
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Research collaboration on pilumnoid crab taxonomy
February
DR SHIH HSI-TE
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Examination of thoracotreme crabs in the Zoological Reference Collection
DR HSU JHI-WEI
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Examination of thoracotreme crabs in the Zoological Reference Collection
MR MIKA LIEBLANG
Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), Kiel, Germany
Internship on crustacean curation and systematics and museum education
MR GIULIANO GIACOBELLI
Museo di Storia Naturale (La Specola), Florence, Italy
Taxonomic study of the genus Pilumnus and related Pilumnidae (Brachyura)
MS HELEN H HAIBIL
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
Taxonomy of Ensifera from Sulu Archipelago, Philippines
PROF TONY ROBILLARD
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, France
Examination of Eneopterinae specimens in ZRC
January
ASSOC PROF ZHU QI DI
Jiangxi Agricultural University, China
Taxonomy and systematics of Rhaphidophoridae (camel crickets or hump-backed crickets)
