2017
OCTOBER
DR VERA CRISTINA SILVA
Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP- Universidade Estadual Paulista
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of Diptera
DR DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM
Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP- Universidade Estadual Paulista
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of Diptera
DR KEITH BAYLESS
California Academy of Sciences
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of Diptera
DR TRAN ANH DUC
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Science
Purpose of visit: Co-instructor for Heteroptera short course and examination of Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha ZRC collection
DR CHRISTIANE WEIRAUCH
Department of Entomology, University of California
Purpose of visit: Co-instructor for Heteroptera short course
DR PATRICK GROOTAERT
Honorary Museum Associate
Purpose of visit: Examination of Dolichopodid flies
DR ALEXEY RESHCHIKOV
College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-sen University
Purpose of visit: Sorting and identifying Ichneumonidae Wasps
SEPTEMBER
DR SIMON CRAGG
School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth
JULY
DAVID COURTS
LKCNHM Honorary Research Affiliate
Purpose of visit: Look for spiders of the genus Pseudanapis amongst jars of Anapidae from NParks spider survey, and find Paratheuma armata amongst unsorted material collected from Pulau Semakau.
JAN-FRITS VELDKAMP
Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore
Purpose of visit: Examining the grasses of Singapore
DR A. BIJU KUMAR
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Purpose of visit: Research collaboration on the brachyuran crabs of India
DR SUVARNA S. DEVI
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Purpose of visit: Research collaboration on the brachyuran crabs of India
DR SHIH HSI-TE
National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Purpose of visit: Systematics of select heterotrematan crabs, collaboration
DR TSANG LING MING
National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
Purpose of visit: Suprageneric systematics of brachyuran crabs
DR DAISY WOWOR
Research Centre for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Examination of Indonesian freshwater decapod crustaceans
MS DOREEN MASCAREÑAS
Marinduque State College, Boac, Marinduque, Philippines
Purpose of visit: Examination of freshwater shrimps
JUNE
DR EVAN QUAH
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Purpose of visit: Research on snake diversity in Peninsular Malaysia
MAY
DR VALERY A. KORNEYEV
I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Purpose of visit: Identification and study of Singaporean Tephritoidea fly specimens
JESSICA B. BAROGA
Purpose of visit: Examination of Gryllidae collection
ELORDE JR. S. CRISPOLON
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Purpose of visit: Examination of Cercopidae collection
DR DANIEL EDISON M. HUSANA
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
Purpose of visit: Research collaboration on the freshwater crabs of the Philippines
DR SHUHAIDA SHUIB
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden. Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Purpose of visit: Examination of mangrove crabs and molluscs
NOR SYUHAIDAH MOHAMMAD ZEE HOOD
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden. Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Purpose of visit: Examination of mangrove crabs and molluscs
NUR HANNAH ABD RAHIM
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden. Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Purpose of visit: Examination of mangrove crabs and molluscs
NUR LISA SHAIERA NOR AZLAN
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden. Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Purpose of visit: Examination of mangrove crabs and molluscs
DR SÉRGIO STAMPAR
São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil
Purpose of visit: To examine collections of cerianthids and medusa
APRIL
LIM TZE TSHEN
Zoology Museum, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
University of Malaysia
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of gibbons and elephant.
DR ALEXANDER BALAKIREV
Laboratory of Mammalian Microevolution, Severtsov’s Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS, Russia, Moscow
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of treeshrew (Scandentia) and rodent (Rodentia) skulls and sampling of tissue from specimens
JAN-FRITS VELDKAMP
Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore
Purpose of visit: Examining the grasses of Singapore
DR WAN FARIDAH AKMAL
Purpose of visit: Working with Yuchen Ang on the Natural History of Alfred Russel Wallace.
MARCH
LOUISE NEO
Plant Systematics lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Purpose of visit: Examine herbarium specimens in the SINU Herbarium
GEORGE STAPLES
Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore
Purpose of visit: Examine the Convolvulaceae specimens of Singapore
MADELINE ANG
National Environment Agency
Purpose of visit: Examining the late Triassic rock sample from the Lake Sentosa facies, Jurong Formation.
DR REZA NADERLOO
School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Iran
Purpose of visit: Research collaboration on the brachyuran crabs of the Persian Gulf
AMIRHOSSEIN DOUSTALI
School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Iran
Purpose of visit: Research collaboration on the brachyuran crabs of the Persian Gulf.
DR TSUNEMI KUBODERA
National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of squid beaks found in the Singapore sperm whale.
FEBRUARY
DR TOHRU NARUSE
Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Iriomote, Japan
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of various brachyuran families
DR COLIN MCLAY
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of dromioid (sponge) crabs
DR DAISY WOWOR
Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of freshwater shrimps, esp. Macrobrachium, and Indonesian freshwater crabs
DR DWI LISTYO RAHAYU
Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Lombok, Indonesia
Purpose of visit: Collaboration/planning for Java Deep-Sea Cruise; specimen examination of paguroid (hermit) & brachyuran crabs
DAVID COURT
Purpose of visit: Examine the Spiders specimens
ZACHARY EMBERTS
Entomology & Nematology Department, University of Florida
Purpose of visit: Examination of Coreidae collection + Fieldwork
DR PATRICK GROOTAERT
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Purpose of visit: Examining Dolichopodidae specimens
EMILY ANNE HARTOP
Urban Nature Research Center, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Purpose of visit: Working on Phoridae specimens from the Biodiversity Discovery Project and discussing a potential BioSCAN project for Singapore
NUR AFIQAH BINTI ZAINURI
Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) skulls and skins
MUHAMMAD RASUL BIN ABDULLAH HALIM
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
Purpose of visit: Purpose of visit: Examine specimens for study on taxonomy of cyprinid fish genus Poropuntius
DR RALF BRITZ
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of Channidae
DR ARIANE STANDING
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of Channidae and Phallostethidae
JANUARY
DR LU YAO
American Museum of Natural History
Purpose of visit: Specimen examination of gibbon (Hylobatidae) skulls and skins
DR CAI YIXIONG
NParks, Singapore
Purpose of visit: Freshwater Shrimps
REIZL P JOSE
Bohol Island State University
Purpose of visit: Entomological Sorting & Identification
KAY P RAMOS
Western Mindanao State University
Purpose of visit: Entomological Sorting & Identification
DR STEFANO CANNICCI
Swire Institute of Marine Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Purpose of visit: Ecology of mangroves
REBEKAH BUTLER
Swire Institute of Marine Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Purpose of visit: Ecology of mangroves
PEDRO JULIAO JIMENEZ
Swire Institute of Marine Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Purpose of visit: Ecology of mangroves
