The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Molecular systematics of Brachyuran superfamilies & horseshoe crabs
November
DR DAVID LANE
Independent researcher
Examination of deep-sea asteroidea material
PROFESSOR DANIÈLE GUINOT
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Examination of brachyuran crabs (Systema Brachyurorum ver. 2)
DR PETER DAVIE
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Examination of brachyuran (Systema Brachyurorum ver. 2)
DR TOHRU NARUSE
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Examination of brachyuran crabs
DR PETER UETZ
Virginia Commonwealth University
Visiting the herpetology collection to photograph specimens for the Reptile Database at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/
September
DR RALF BRITZ
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Specimen examination of Phallostethidae
DR ARIANE STANDING
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Specimen examination of Phallostethidae
DR PETE DAVIE
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Work on the descriptions of several new crab species and revision of several crab genera from the Superfamily Grapsoidea from the Indo-West Pacific region
DR ANCHALEE AOWPHOL
Kasetsart University, Bangkok
Examine gecko specimens of the genus Cyrtodactylus and Cnemaspis.
MR NATEE AMPAI
Kasetsart University, Bangkok
Examine gecko specimens of the genus Cyrtodactylus and Cnemaspis.
MS KORKHWAN TERMPRAYOON
Kasetsart University, Bangkok
Examine gecko specimens of the genus Cyrtodactylus and Cnemaspis.
August
MR HAYDEN DAVIS
Department of Biology, University of Washington
To conduct a thorough morphological assessment of all Bornean Cyrtodactylus
DR ADNAN SHAHDADI
University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Collaborative work on the systematics of the mangrove crab genera, Parasesarma and Perisesarma
DR TRAN ANH DUC
Hanoi University of Science, Faculty of Biology, Department of Applied Zoology
Work on the taxonomy of Ranatrinae (water stick insects) and Rhagoveliinae (riffle bugs) of Southeast Asia
July
MS NICKEL JEAN LAGARE
Mindanao State University, Iligan City, Mindanao, Philippines
Collaborative work on the diversity & systematics of the freshwater crabs of Mindanao, Philippines
DR SIMON CRAGG
University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Processing of sunken wood invertebrates
June
MISS NUR SYAFIQAH BINTI SHAMSUL KAMAL
Department of Foresty, Sabah
OJT and fish specimen examination
DR SOO CHEN LIN
Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah
OJT and fish specimen examination
DR PATRICK GROOTAERT
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Working on Dolichopodidae specimens and mangrove field work
DR YANG CHIEN-HUI
National Taiwan Ocean University, Centre of Excellence for the Oceans
Work on the “Systematics and Taxonomy of Prawns and Lobsters in Singapore and nearby waters” and “Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of the symbiotic crabs of the subfamily Eumedoninae, Pilumnidae”
MS SELVIA OKTAVIYANI
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Work on deep sea fish materials
DR TEGUH PERISTIWADY
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Work on deep sea fish materials
MR MUHAMMAD FARHAN BIN ABD WAHAB
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Examine specimens of rats and shrews
DR HANS HO
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan
Specimen examination of deep sea fish from SJADES expedition
DR SHANE AHYONG
Australian Museum, Australian Museum Research Institute
Revision of Pinnotheridae of Southeast Asia
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TSANG LING MING
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Work on various aspects of collaboration on decapods, including shrimps
May
DR PETER CASTRO
California State Polytechnic University
Revision of Carcinoplax species complexes and Ethusidae
DR GEORGE M VAN DER POORTEN & NANCY E VAN DER POORTEN
Independent Researchers
Photographing butterfly specimens for the upcoming 5th ed. of Corbet and Pendlebury’s ‘The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula’
DR DAVID LANE
Independent Researcher
Examination of deep-sea asteroidea material
April
DR MOHD ZAIN KHAIRONIZAM
Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penang)
Examining fish specimens
MR LI JHENG-JHANG
National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Examination of sesarmid crabs
March
DR SHANE AHYONG
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Examination of pea crabs and other brachyuran crabs
MS EMILY ANNE HARTOP
Stockholm Unversity, Department of Zoology
Work on the comparative taxonomy and studying biogeographic patterns of Phoridae (Diptera) based on specimens from Singapore and the region
DR BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES
Noumea, New Caledonia
Examination of spider crabs
DR TOHRU NARUSE
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Examination of swimming & spider crabs, and other brachyuran crabs
DR RALF BRITZ
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Specimen examination of Channidae and Phallostethidae
DR ARIANE STANDING
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Specimen examination of Channidae and Phallostethidae
MR ZACHARY EMBERTS
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Examination of Coreiodea and fieldwork
DR PATRICK GROOTAERT
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Working on Dolichopodidae specimens and mangrove field work
February
DR DAVID LANE
Independent Researcher
Examination of deep-sea Asteroidea material
DR ALEXANDER ZIEGLER
University of Bonn
Examination of various sea urchin specimens
MS UMILAELA ARIFIN
University of Hamburg, Centrum für Naturkunde – Zoologisches Museum
To conduct a thorough morphological assessment of all Torrent-frogs (adult and larva)
DR SHIH HSI-TE
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Examination of grapsoid crabs (Grapsoidea)
January
DR CONNI SIDABALOK
Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong, Indonesia
Examination of marine isopod crustaceans and identification of recent expedition material
DR GEORGE M. VAN DER POORTEN & NANCY VAN DER POORTEN
Independent researchers
Photography of Arhopala and Flos butterfly specimens in LKCNHM collections – for plates in upcoming 5th ed. of Corbet and Pendlebury’s ‘The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula’
DR KAREN CONNIFF
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Photography of Arhopala and Flos butterfly specimens in LKCNHM collections – for plates in upcoming 5th ed. of Corbet and Pendlebury’s ‘The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula’
MR DAVID COURT
Independent researcher
Identification, reorganization and labelling of BTNR spider specimens
DR JIN XINGBAO
Shanghai Institute of Entomology, Academia Sinica, Shanghai, China
Examination of Tettigoniidae specimens in dry collections
MR TAN MING KAI
Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
Examination of Tettigoniidae specimens in dry collections
DR NIEL BRUCE
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Examination of marine isopod crustaceans and identification of recent expedition material
MS HELEN WONG
St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, Singapore
Examination of marine isopod crustaceans and identification of recent expedition material
