Visiting Researchers

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December

PROFESSOR HIROSHI MIYAKE

School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Japan

Examination of Hydrozoa

DR SHO TOSHINO

Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation, Japan

Examination of Scyphozoa

DR NICHOLAS WEI LIANG YAP

St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, Singapore

Examination of Actinaria

DR WAN FARIDAH AKMAL

Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia

Taxonomic research and curatorial work on the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) specimens

November

DR ERNEST TEO

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan

Examination of ticks (Arachnida, Acari) from Southeast Asia

DR DWI LISTYO RAHAYU

Marine Bio-industry Division, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Lombok Utara, Indonesia

Examination of hermit crabs & selected brachyuran families

DR DAISY WOWOR

Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Examination of Indonesian freshwater crabs & shrimps

DR PETER J. F. DAVIE

Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

Collaborative work & examination of various brachyuran crabs

DR SHANE T. AHYONG

Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

Collaborative work & examination of spider crabs and mantis shrimps

October

MARY MARGARET

Cornell University, USA

Skinning and stuffing bird specimens

ERYN WOERNLEY

Cornell University, USA

Skinning and stuffing bird specimens

DR MICHAEL RAUPACH

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Munich

Examination of ZRC aquatic Heteroptera collection

DR LIU XINMING

Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China

Collaborative research & examination of anomuran decapod crustaceans

PROFESSOR DALTON AMORIM DE SOUZA

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Research collaboration on Singaporean fungus gnats

PROFESSOR JOSTEIN KJAEDERSEN

Arctic University of Norway, Tromso

Research collaboration on Singaporean fungus gnats

August

DR KANYAKORN PIRAONAPICHA

Native Honey Bee & Pollinator Research Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi

Examination and taxonomic comparisons of stingless bees – genera Lepidotrigona and Tetragonula – from Southeast Asia

DR TOMOHIDE YASUNAGA

American Museum of Natural History, Nagasaki, Japan

Examination of Miridae (Plant Bugs)

July

PROFESSOR HIROSHI MIYAKE

School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Japan

Examination of Medusozoa

PROFESSOR VALIALLAH KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

Examination and identification of marine isopod crustaceans

June

PROFESSOR CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN

Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College, USA

Processing and examination of soft corals

PROFESSOR YEHUDA BENAYAHU

School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Processing and examination of soft corals

MR STEFANO BORGHI

James Cook University, Australia

Processing and examination of soft corals

May

MR SOLO ARMAN PERALTA MERCENE

Department of Agriculture, Philippines

Taxonomic and molecular training of assassin bugs as potential biological control for fall armyworm in cornfields

PROFESSOR TOSHIHIKO FUJITA

Head of Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan

Examination of Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)

MR DENG ZONGJING

Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan

Examination of Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)

PROFESSOR MARYMEGAN DALY

Director of the Museum of Biological Diversity, Ohio State University, USA

Examination of Actiniaria (anemones)

DR CHOO LE QIN

University of Sheffield, UK

Examination of Pteropoda (sea butterflies) and zooplankton

DR NICHOLAS YAP

St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory

Examination of Actiniaria and co-hosting of visitors

DR PAN DA

Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

Examination of Chinese & Indochinese freshwater crabs

DR SHI BOYANG

Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

Examination of Chinese & Indochinese freshwater crabs

MR SATAPAT KUMPITAK

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Research visit to photograph and collect data from skulls of rats and mice

MS NITCHANAN NANTAWONG

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Research visit to photograph and collect data from skulls of rats and mice

April

DR PETER CASTRO

California Polytechnic University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Examination of goneplacoid and other brachyuran crabs

DR MAURICE KOTTELAT

Independent researcher

To examine fish specimens

DR ARNE RASMUSSEN

The Royal Danish Academy Institute of Conservation, Denmark

To examine specimens of sea-snakes

DR JOHANA GOYES VALLEJOS

University of Missouri, USA

Examine specimens of fanged frogs (Limnonectes) as part of a broader study on the systematics and evolution of the group

March

National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan

Examination of penaeoid prawns & scyllaroid lobster

DR LIN CHIA-WEI

National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Checheng, Taiwan

Examination of galatheid lobsters and brachyuran

DR CAI YIXIONG

National Biodiversity Centre, Nparks

Examine Atyid shrimp specimens

DR PATRICK GROOTAERT

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium

Taxonomic revision of Dolichopodidae from Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia

DR NOBUYUKI YAMAGUCHI

Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

Examine and measure skulls of large cats (leopards and tigers)

February

DR CAI YIXIONG

National Biodiversity Centre, Nparks

Examine Atyid shrimp specimens.

PROFESSOR FRED WELLS

Curtin University, Australia

To obtain oyster material for molecular analyses.

MS SHERRALEE LUKEHURST

Curtin University, Australia

To obtain oyster material for molecular analyses.

DR SHIH HSI-TE

National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Examination of grapsoid and freshwater crabs in the Zoological Reference Collection.

MR HSU JHIH-WEI

National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Examination of varunid crabs in the Zoological Reference Collection.

DR TOHRU NARUSE

University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Examination of brachyuran crabs in the Zoological Reference Collection.

MR HIROKI NAKAJIMA

University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Examination of mantis shrimps in the Zoological Reference Collection.

MR TAIGI SATO

University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Examination of hexapodid & other brachyuran crabs in the Zoological Reference Collection.

January

PROFESSOR MATJAŽ KUNTNER

National Institute of Biology, Slovenia

Work on the biodiversity of spiders from Southeast Asia with a focus on a few families, Nephilidae, Araneidae, Theridiidae, and Liphistiidae.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TRAN ANH DUC

Vietnam National University

Work on the systematics of aquatic Heteroptera from Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia & give a public seminar on water bugs, with emphasis on Southeast Asian fauna

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December

PROFESSOR HIROSHI MIYAKE

School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Japan

Examination of Hydrozoa

DR SHO TOSHINO

Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation, Japan

Examination of Scyphozoa

DR NICHOLAS WEI LIANG YAP

St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, Singapore

Examination of Actinaria

DR WAN FARIDAH AKMAL

Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia

Taxonomic research and curatorial work on the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) specimens

November

DR ERNEST TEO

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan

Examination of ticks (Arachnida, Acari) from Southeast Asia

DR DWI LISTYO RAHAYU

Marine Bio-industry Division, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Lombok Utara, Indonesia

Examination of hermit crabs & selected brachyuran families

DR DAISY WOWOR

Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia

Examination of Indonesian freshwater crabs & shrimps

DR PETER J. F. DAVIE

Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

Collaborative work & examination of various brachyuran crabs

DR SHANE T. AHYONG

Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

Collaborative work & examination of spider crabs and mantis shrimps

October

MARY MARGARET

Cornell University, USA

Skinning and stuffing bird specimens

ERYN WOERNLEY

Cornell University, USA

Skinning and stuffing bird specimens

DR MICHAEL RAUPACH

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Munich

Examination of ZRC aquatic Heteroptera collection

DR LIU XINMING

Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China

Collaborative research & examination of anomuran decapod crustaceans

PROFESSOR DALTON AMORIM DE SOUZA

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Research collaboration on Singaporean fungus gnats

PROFESSOR JOSTEIN KJAEDERSEN

Arctic University of Norway, Tromso

Research collaboration on Singaporean fungus gnats

August

DR KANYAKORN PIRAONAPICHA

Native Honey Bee & Pollinator Research Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi

Examination and taxonomic comparisons of stingless bees – genera Lepidotrigona and Tetragonula – from Southeast Asia

DR TOMOHIDE YASUNAGA

American Museum of Natural History, Nagasaki, Japan

Examination of Miridae (Plant Bugs)

July

PROFESSOR HIROSHI MIYAKE

School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Japan

Examination of Medusozoa

PROFESSOR VALIALLAH KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

Examination and identification of marine isopod crustaceans

June

PROFESSOR CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN

Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College, USA

Processing and examination of soft corals

PROFESSOR YEHUDA BENAYAHU

School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Processing and examination of soft corals

MR STEFANO BORGHI

James Cook University, Australia

Processing and examination of soft corals

May

MR SOLO ARMAN PERALTA MERCENE

Department of Agriculture, Philippines

Taxonomic and molecular training of assassin bugs as potential biological control for fall armyworm in cornfields