2016
DECEMBER
DR ANNE-MARIE BACON
CNRS – Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Specimen examination of mammal skulls.
DR KAZUHIRO OHIRA
Museum of Nature and Human activities
DR YASUHIRO OHSHIMA
Mie Museum
Lepidoptera Taxonomist
DR YOSHIAKI HASHIMOTO
Museum of Nature and Human activities
DR ALEXEY RESHCHIKOV
College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-sen University
Sorting and identifying Ichneumonidae Wasps
NASIHIN SETH
Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Species examination of marine catfishes
LAM-PHUA SAI GEK
Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency
Examination of Culicidae collection
YEO HUIQING
Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency
Examination of Culicidae collection
NOVEMBER
DR DAVID LANE
Examination of echinoderm specimens
OCTOBER
DU ROSA CELIA POQUITA
National University of Singapore
Specimen examination of Pocillopora (Cnidaria)
NICKEL JEAN LAGARE
Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology
Research collaboration & specimen examination of freshwater crabs from Mindanao, Philippines.
ARLO HINCKLEY BONED
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Specimen examination of Eulipotyphla
SEPTEMBER
DR BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES
Noumea, New Caledonia
Specimen examination of spider crab genera in the families Epialtidae, Inachidae & Majidae
REIZL P JOSE
Bohol Island State University
Entomological Sorting & Identification
KAY P RAMOS
Western Mindanao State University
Entomological Sorting & Identification
DR SHERYL YAP
UPLB Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Examination of Derbidae and Curculionidae collection
DR DAVID LANE
Bohol Island State UniversityEntomological Sorting & Identification
Specimen examination, identification, and deposition of echinoderm specimens.
JULY
REIZL P JOSE
Bohol Island State UniversityEntomological Sorting & Identification
Specimen examination: hermit crabs, esp. Diogenidae
KAY P RAMOS
Western Mindanao State University
Entomological Sorting & Identification
DR DAISY WOWOR
Bogor Zoological Museum, LIPI, Indonesia
MRS MARIVENE MANUEL-SANTOS
National Museum, Manila, Philippines
MS CONNI SIDABALOK
James Cook University, Australia
Specimen examination: cirolanid isopods
MR JANNES LANDSCHOFF
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Specimen examination: hermit crabs, esp. Diogenidae
MR JONAS GEBURZI
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Germany
Specimen examination: Hemigrapsus spp.
MS SARAH HAYER
Zoologisches Museum der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
Specimen examination: brachyuran reproductive biology/anatomy
DR STEPHANIE KÖHNK
Zoologisches Museum Kiel, Germany
Specimen examination: thoracotreme & heterotreme pleon-holding mechanisms
DR SHANE AHYONG
Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
Specimen examination: Stomatopoda; Majoidea & other brachyurans
DR DWI LISTYO RAHAYU
Research Center for Oceanography, LIPI, Indonesia
Specimen examination: hermit crabs, esp. Diogenidae; Pilumnoidea
DR SHIH HSI-TE
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Specimen examination (crabs): Potamoidea, Gecarcinucoidea, Ocypodoidea)
DR JASON WILLIAMS
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA
Specimen examination: Isopoda Bopyroidea
DR CHRISTOPHER BOYKO
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
Specimen examination: Isopoda Bopyroidea, Anomura Hippioidea
DR PETER CASTRO
California State University, Pomona, CA, USA
Specimen examination (crabs); Goneplacidae, Rhizopinae, Trapezioidea
DR AMANDA WINSOR
US Food & Drug Administration, College Park, MD, USA
Specimen examination: Portunus sensu lato
DR JOHN MARKHAM
Arch Cape Marine Laboratory, OR, USA
Scan collection for specimens infected with bopyrid isopods
PROF SUN HONGYING
Nanjing Normal University, China
Specimen examination: Chinese freshwater crabs
DR JI YONGKUN
Nanjing Normal University, China
Specimen examination: Chinese freshwater crabs
CHU KELIN
Nanjing Normal University, China
Specimen examination: Chinese freshwater crabs
SHUI YIFANG
US Food & Drug Administration, College Park, MD, USA
Specimen examination: Portunus sensu lato
DR JEONG HYEON-GEONG
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, South Korea
JUNE
DR PATRICK GROOTAERT
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
MS VICTORIA MORGAN
University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Specimen examination for population genetics of Gecarcinidae (land crabs)
MS CATHERINE CRAIG
University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA
Specimen examination of Paguroidea, Diogenidae (hermit crabs).
APRIL
DR CHARLES LEH
Sarawak Museum, Malaysia
DR CHAVALIT VIDTHAYANON
MISS CLARE WILKINSON
Imperial College London, London, UK
Specimen examination and identification of Sabah freshwater fishes
DR TOHRU NARUSE
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Specimen examination of various brachyuran families (Ocipodoidea, Xanthoidae, etc)
MARCH
EARL OF CRANBROOK
DR ROBERT STUEBING
The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Chief Scientific Officer and International Coordinator for RIMBA-Sarawak Project
FEBRUARY
DR WAN FARIDAH AKMAL JUSOH
WWF-Malaysia
Research on Firefly (Lampyridae) systematics and other luminescent coleopterans
DR YANG CHIEN-HUI
National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan ROC
Visiting fellowship cum post-doctoral attachment. Research on slipper lobster (Scyllaridae) systematics and assistance with curation of non-brachyuran crustaceans in the Zoological Reference Collection
DR SHANE AHYONG
Marine Invertebrates Department, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Specimen examination of mantis shrimps (Stomatopoda)
DR BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES
Noumea, New Caledonia
Specimen examination of spider crab genera in the families Epialtidae, Inachidae & Majidae
DR JOHN W. ISMAY AND BARBARA ISMAY
John and Barbara are experts in Diptera: Chloropidae (Frit flies / Grass flies)
They were here in late Feb & early Mar to look at the Chloropidae specimens.
John is an Honorary Associate Curator from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
MR PATRICK JOHN CICCOTTO
Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesvilla, Florida, USA
Specimen examination of Crossocheilus and Lobocheilos (Cyprinidae)
DR ROBERT STUEBING
The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Chief Scientific Officer and International Coordinator for RIMBA-Sarawak Project
MR ROY LARIMER
Visionary Digital Imaging Systems
DR CHRISTOPH SCHUBART
Universität Regensburg, Institut für Zoologie, Germany
Revision of the systematics of the sesarmid crab genus Chiromantes and other related taxa
MR PUN YEESIN
Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, Thailand
Taxonomy and curation of freshwater crustaceans, molluscs, and fishes
MR SOMSAK BUATIP
Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, Thailand
Taxonomy and curation of freshwater crustaceans, molluscs, and fishes
