Examination and verification or identification of Mesostigmata (Acariformes, Parasitiformes) mites
June
DR PAUL F CLARK
The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs
DR BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France (and Réunion Island)
Collaborative research on deep-sea brachyuran crabs
DR PETER J. F. DAVIE
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Collaborative work (e.g. Systema Brachyurorum) & examination of various brachyuran crabs
DR TOHRU NARUSE
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Collaborative work & examination of brachyuran crabs
DR HARUTAKA HATA
JSPS Overseas Research Fellow currently based at the Smithsonian Institution
Examining fish specimens
May
DR CONNI M. SIDABALOK
Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia
Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey
DR ELENA KUPRIYANOVA
Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney
Examination of polychaete, and post-processing of specimens from RWS-TMSI survey
PROFESSOR DR JOHN C. MORSE
Professor Emeritus of Entomology & Director Emeritus of The Clemson University Arthropod Collection (CUAC), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Taxonomic research and curatorial work on the Trichopteran (Caddisfly) specimens
DR GONG LIN
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Examination of hexactinellid sponge specimens from SJADES Expedition, subsampling for molecular analysis
DR PATRICIA KAILOLA
Independent ichthyologist based in Suva, Fiji
Examining fish specimens
DR PAUL F CLARK
The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Collaborative research (e.g. SIGNIFY) & examination of brachyuran crabs
April
DR GREGORY ROUSE
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA
Field collections, specimen processing workshop, examination of polychaete collection
DR MAURICE KOTTELAT
Independent researcher based in Switzerland
To examine fish specimens
March
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YOSHITAKA KAMIMURA
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Field collection of Apachyidae earwigs (Dermaptera) and processing of field samples
YUYANG SUN
Yale Peabody Museum, United States
Examine and prepare bird specimens
JOHN NASH
Yale Peabody Museum, United States
Examine and prepare bird specimens
DR KRISTOF ZYKOWSKI
Yale Peabody Museum, United States
Examine and prepare bird specimens
MS HELEN WONG
St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, Singapore
Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda
DR CONNI M. SIDABALOK
Research Center for Biosystematics & Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong, Indonesia
Examination of coral reef and deep-sea Isopoda
DR DANIEL GUSTAFSSON
Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
Slide preparation and identification of Singapore bird lice specimens
February
DR SHIH HSI-TE
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Examination of grapsoid and freshwater crabs
MR HSU JHIH-WEI
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Curation and examination of varunid crabs
DR SHIH YI-JIA
Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
Examination of leucosiid crabs (genus Arcania)
DR RAFHIAH KAHAR
University Brunei Darussalam
Examination of fish
January
DR PORAMAD TRIVALAIRAT
Agrarajakumari College of Nursing, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
Examination of glossiphoniid freshwater leeches
DR KRITTIYA CHIANGKUL
Animal Systematics and Ecology Speciality Research Unit (ASESRU), Kasetsart University, Thailand
Examination of glossiphoniid freshwater leeches
DR NG TING HUI
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
To study freshwater molluscs, focusing mainly on material from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia
