News Archives - Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum

POSTED ON September 9, 2020 BY Aw Jeanice

Highlights of the LKCNHM5 Celebrations

Last Saturday, we celebrated our fifth anniversary during the ‘LKCNHM5 e-Celebrations’! The event was months in the making, and our staff successful hosted a suite of digital activities from 10 am to 3:30 pm over Zoom. It comprised a line-up of web-talks by our research and education staff, as well as a live cast of

POSTED ON January 29, 2020 BY Chua Keng Soon

Notice to visitors

We are confronting an extraordinary public health challenge. To succeed in stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus in our community, each of us must play our part. We seek your thoughtful cooperation for the following measures. Visitors are advised to: Practise frequent hand washing with soap; Use our hand sanitizers located at the

POSTED ON September 3, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

Wallace & Ali Statue Launch

After months of hard work and preparation, last Friday we officially unveiled the latest addition to our museum! A statue of British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and Ali, his trusted assistant, now stands in front of our museum. Crafted by students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, the statue celebrates Wallace and Ali’s explorations

POSTED ON June 3, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

Museum Tour for Symposium Participants

Last Friday, a group of academic staff from institutes of higher education in ASEAN had a tour of our museum gallery, courtesy of our Deputy Head, Prof. Darren Yeo. They were here as participants of a 2-day symposium hosted by the Faculty of Science of NUS, titled: Higher Education in a Disruptive Landscape: The State

POSTED ON October 22, 2018 BY Clarisse Tan

Visiting Scientist Feature – Mr. Muhammad Masrur Islami

Hello! We are back again with another visiting scientist feature – this time, on Mr. Muhammad Masrur Islami, a research associate from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Ambon, Indonesia. Mr. Masrur is collaborating with our curator, Mr. Tan Siong Kiat, and Dr. Tan Koh Siang from the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) to

POSTED ON October 16, 2018 BY Clarisse Tan

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Management Assistant Officer, Visitor Services/Casual Visitor Services Officer

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Management Assistant Officer, Visitor Services (1 year contract-renewable)/Casual Visitor Services Officer (6 months contract – renewable) Department: Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) is Singapore’s only natural history museum at the National University of Singapore. We are looking for a self-motivated and hands-on individual to

POSTED ON October 15, 2018 BY Clarisse Tan

Visiting Scientist Feature – Dr. S. Ravichandran

Early last week, we welcomed a new visitor to the museum! Dr. S. Ravichandran, an Assistant Professor at Annamalai University in India, will be here till the end of this week. He is a crab taxonomist (or carcinologist), with a research career spanning over two decades. On this visit, Dr. Ravichandran is collaborating with Prof.

POSTED ON October 3, 2018 BY Clarisse Tan

Visiting Scientist Feature: Ms. Conni Sidabalok

We’re back yet again with another visiting scientist feature – this time, on Ms. Conni Sidabalok from the Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), in Cibinong, Indonesia. Ms. Sidabalok was here to sort and examine marine isopod specimens collected from the SJADES 2018 expedition. During her 3-week visit, she examined marine isopods

POSTED ON July 26, 2018 BY Clarisse Tan

Visiting Scientist Feature – Dr. Michael Gates

Earlier this week, we hosted Dr. Michael Gates, research entomologist with the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); he is also an adjunct scientist at the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Gates is an expert in the study of parasitoid wasps from the order Hymenoptera, having 23 years of research experience

POSTED ON April 6, 2018 BY Chua Keng Soon

Black Soldier Flies and the War against Food Waste

The research team at the Department of Biological Sciences of the National University of Singapore, led by Prof Rudolf Meier (Deputy Head of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum) is waging a war against food waste. Their secret weapon? An army of black soldier fly larvae breaking down anything from a plate of uneaten