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Our Staff

Head
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DARREN YEO
Freshwater Biodiversity & Ecology
Aquatic Invasions
Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans
Department of Biological Sciences profile
Deputy Head
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DANWEI HUANG
Coral Reef Ecology, Evolution & Conservation
Department of Biological Sciences profile
Tel: 6516 2696
huangdanwei@nus.edu.sg
Assistant Head
Dr Tan Swee Hee
Senior Associate Director
Advisors
EMERITUS PROFESSOR LEO TAN
Marine Biology
PROFESSOR NG KEE LIN, PETER
Crustacean & Fish Systematic
Department of Biological Sciences profile
RESEARCH, CURRICULUM AND COLLECTIONS
DR HWANG WEI SONG
Museum Officer (Senior Lecturer)
Entomology (Heteropteran Systematics)
Curator of Insects & Other Terrestrial Arthropods
ULS2202 Evolution
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https://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/about/people/hwang-wei-song/
DR JOSE CHRISTOPHER E. MENDOZA

Museum Officer (Senior Research Fellow)
Taxonomy & Systematics of Brachyuran Crabs (Carcinology)
Curator of Crustacea & Other Marine Arthropods
ULS2210 Invertebrate Innovations
Google Scholar

https://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/about/people/jose-christopher-escano-mendoza/

DR YUCHEN ANG

Museum Officer (Senior Lecturer)
Taxonomy & Systematics (Diptera)
Curator of Entomology (Diptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, Embioptera, Strepsiptera, Thysanoptera)
ULS2208 Biodiversity and Natural History in Singapore

https://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/curriculum/module-timetable/biodiversity-and-natural-history-in-singapore/

DR LAI CHIU YUN, JOELLE

Museum Officer (Senior Lecturer)
Crustacean Population Genetics, Phylogeny, Diversity
UTC 2402 Environment and Civil Society in Singapore
UTC 1419 Museums and the Public
BL5102 Environmental Science

https://capt.nus.edu.sg/people

DR LIM SWEE CHENG
Museum Officer (Research Fellow)
Taxonomy & Systematics (Porifera)
Curator of Porifera and Other Non-Arthropod Invertebrates
BL5312 Natural History Collections and Conservation
DR TAN YEN YI
Museum Officer (Research Fellow)
Ornithology, Population Genomics & Phylogenomics
Curator of Birds
LSM4263 Field Studies in Biodiversity
Mr Marcus A. H. Chua
Museum Officer (Senior Tutor)
Mammalogy
Curator of Birds & Mammals
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DR TAN HEOK HUI

Collections Manager/Curator
Ichthyology (Systematics & Taxonomy)
Curator of Fishes

DR WENDY Y. WANG
Scientific Officer
Ant Taxonomy & Systematics, Insect Ecology & Evolution
Curator of Entomology (Hymenoptera, Arachnida, Myriapoda, Collembola & Minor Insect Orders)
MR LIM KOK PENG, KELVIN
Senior Manager
Singapore Vertebrate Diversity
Curator of Amphibians, Birds, Fishes, Mammals & Reptiles
MR TAN SIONG KIAT
Malacology (Systematics & Biodiversity)
Curator of Molluscs & Other Non-Arthropod Invertebrates
MR FOO MAOSHENG

Scientific Officer
Diversity of Termites & Cockroaches
Curator of Biorepository (Cryo) & Entomology

MS JAYANTHI PUNIAMOORTHY
Scientific Officer
Entomology, Biodiversity Discovery
Managing molecular laboratory and associated projects
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MS TASHFIA RAQUIB

Scientific Officer
Polychaete Taxonomy
Curator of Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Echinodermata & Worms

MR MUHAMMAD DZAKI BIN SAFARUAN
Scientific Officer
Crustacea Taxonomy
Curator of Crustacea, Zooplankton & Marine Chelicerates (Merostomata & Pycnogonida)
MR CHUA KENG SOON
Curator of Herbarium
MS LEE KHEK YAN
Specialist Associate (Collections)
MR PAUL TIEN ZHI XIAN
Specialist Associate (Collections)
MR LESHON LEE
Research Assistant (Largescale Integrative Taxonomy of Scuttle Flies)
MR WOO BING JUN
Research Assistant (Marine Zooplankton Collection)
Publications
DR HWANG WEI SONG
Editor-in-Chief, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
MARCUS CHUA

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DARREN YEO
Editorial Advisor, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
PROFESSOR NG KEE LIN, PETER
Editor Emeritus, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
MR TAN SIONG KIAT

Editor, Nature in Singapore & Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum Ebooks

MR LIM KOK PENG, KELVIN
Deputy Editor, Nature in Singapore
Associate Editor, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum Ebooks
Mr Jonathan Ho Kit Ian

Scientific Officer
Copy Editor & Production Editor

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE (ICZN) SECRETARIAT
DR ALEX FIGUEROA

Research Fellow
Secretary, ICZN

Facilities
DR TAN SWEE HEE
Senior Associate Director
MS SHU SHWU LI

Manager

MR MUHAMMAD AIDIL IZWAN BIN ROSLI
Specialist Associate
Audio-Visual & Information Technology
Gallery
MS KATE POCKLINGTON

Senior Conservator

MS ESTHER PARN
Temporary Gallery Manager
MR RUZAINI BIN GHAZALI

Specialist Associate

Museum Administration And Development
MS SUSAN TAN

Director

MS YUSRINA BINTE MOHAMED YUSOFF
Senior Executive
MS NUR ALIAH BINTE OMAR

Senior Executive

MS DORIS HOW

Assistant Manager

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MS CLARE YONG

Senior Executive
Marketing & Communications Officer

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MS SHERLYN SIM

Executive
Marketing & Communications Officer

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MS JHARYATHRI THIAGARAJAH

Assistant Manager
Outreach & Education Officer (Lead)

MS CHERRY GOH PEI SHAN

Senior Executive
Outreach & Education Officer

MS LIM CHUN WEI

Senior Executive
Outreach & Education Officer

Lim-Jia-Xuan
MS LIM JIA XUAN

Senior Executive
Outreach & Education Officer

Celine-Cheng
MS CELINE CHENG
Executive
Outreach & Education Officer
MR ASNUL BIN RASIP
Senior Executive (Lead)
Front-of-house
MS FAFFYZA BINTE KHARSANI

Management Assistant Officer
Front-of-house

MS SITI YUHANIS BINTE IDRUS

Management Assistant Officer
Front-of-house

Biodiversity Histories
MR MARTYN E. Y. LOW
Research Associate
Biodiversity Histories and SIGNIFY: A Digital Archive of Singapore’s Historical Biodiversity
MS KATHY POH
Executive
Oral History Project
MS JESLYNN TEO
Executive
Archival Image Digitisation Project
MS SITI MAIMON BINTE HUSSIN
Specialist Associate
Biodiversity Histories & Collections
Ms Lydia Gan
Research Associate
SIGNIFY: A Digital Archive of Singapore’s Historical Biodiversity
Ms Tricia Cho
Research Assistant
SIGNIFY & Biodiversity Histories
MS DEON LEE
Research Assistant
SIGNIFY & Biodiversity Histories
MR PAUL NG
Research Assistant
SIGNIFY & Biodiversity Histories

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