Lead Researcher
Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak Malaysia Email: idas[at]unimas.my Office: +60 82 582996 Research Associates
Prof. Aaron Bauer
Center for
Biodiversity and Environmental Stewardship, Villanova University, USA Research Interest: Gekkonid lizard systematics Home page: http://www42.homepage.villanova.edu/aaron.bauer/ Prof. Alexander Haas
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Germany
Research Interest: Evolutionary morphology and systematics of the anuran larvae Home page: http://www.uni-hamburg.de/biologie/BioZ/zmh/her/for_e.html Dr. Stefan Thomas HertwigNaturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland
Research Interest: Phylogenetic systematics of vertebrates Home page: http://www.nmbe.ch/informieren/team/wirbeltiere/stefan-hertwig Dr. Hans Hazebroek
Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Chien C. Lee
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I have a background in ecology, evolution, and environmental education in California, though have lived in Sarawak since 1996. Nepenthes (tropical pitcher plants) have been a major focus of my work for the past 25 years, but I am also interested in a broad range of Borneo’s terrestrial biodiversity, particularly insects, birds, and amphibians.
Home page: https://photos.chienclee.com/index |
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Pang Sing Tyan
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My journey of research and conversation embarked with the study of insects. Later, it expanded to avian and mammal foraging ecology. I was then fascinated by wildlife nutritional studies and statistics. Current research interest includes citizen science and public engagement in ecotourism. Sharing knowledge and delivering messages to the public for conservation and wildlife protection is the ultimate goal of this journey.
Note from Neil- Pang has been the Secretary of the International Bornean Frog Race from its inception (2012) and we are proud to have her as a member of this group. email: tyanpang (at) gmail.com tel: +60 10 977 2648 |
Hans Breuer
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I was born in West Germany, where I studied Sinology, thereafter spending 22 years in Taiwan, as a translator for Mandarin, German and English and starting a translation agency. In 2011, I moved to Kuching. Besides giving talks on snakes to the public, I also operate a website, snakesoftaiwan.com. Email: habre3[at]gmail.com |
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I am interested in Bornean biodiversity and conservation, herpetology in particular, frog systematics, ecology and conservation. I studied zoology at University of Surrey, and subsequently, taxonomy and biodiversity at the Natural History Museum and Imperial College London. I have fieldwork experience in Belize, Central America and Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. My other hobbies are triathlon and esoteric spiritual science. I also like to go herping In Surrey when I get the chance… |
Graduate Students
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Izneil Nashriq
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Completed my M.Sc. on gekkonid systematics. I am now pursuing my Ph.D. on spatial use in metacommunity, thermoregulatory behavior and threat response in the Bornean Short-tailed Python, Python breitensteini. My discipline includes taxonomy, ecology, and biogeograpy. email: izneilnshrq[a]gmail.com
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Anthony Kegan Pine |
I am interested in the ecology and conservation of crocodilians in Sarawak. I also have a keen interest in public education and awareness for science, conservation, and endangered species. My M.Sc. research project focused on better understanding subaerial habitat structures in rivers of Sarawak and how these underwater habitats and environmental conditions relate to the ecology of crocodiles and endangered river turtles. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or interest.
email: tonykp89[at]gmail.com
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Marius Joscha Maiwald
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My academic interests are in ecology, herpetology and conservation in particular although any animal or extraordinary plant can attract my attention easily. My B.Sc. (with Honors) was on comparative habitat use and foraging ecology of Varanus salvator, using radio-telemetry techniques. In the future, I hope to delve deeper into habitat conservation work. |
Siti Nor Baizurah binti Abdul Malik Chang |
I am from Sabah, and did an M.Sc. on the effects of patch size on herpetofaunal communities living specifically in an interesting but harsh ecosystem, the peat swamps of central and western Sarawak. I hope to help improve conservation and management practices for forested peatlands through these studies. I completed a PhD on the ecology of the Spiny Hill Turtle, Heosemys spinosa. |
Adi Shabrani Mohd. Ridzuan
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My research tried to document the diversity of Bornean amphibian species and their reproductive modes in northern Sarawak. Reproductive mode is a combination of ovipositional and developmental factors, including oviposition site, ovum and clutch characteristics, rate and duration of development, stage and size of hatchling, and any type of parental care. Diversity in reproductive mode is thought to permit coexistence through reduction of competition during larval development. I also study structures of amphibian guilds and possible effects of forest fragmentation. |
Mohamad Paisal bin Wahab
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My research looked at the life history of the Bornean Horned Toad, Megophrys nasuta in the Baram and Rajang drainages of Sarawak. I studied its diet, vocalization, movement, microhabitat and reproductive timing, in relation to habitat quality, in order to understand how it affects critical aspects of its life history. |
Pui Yong Min |
I come from Sarawak, the land of hornbills and headhunters. My research interests include natural history of amphibians and reptiles, their bioacoustics and the biogeography of highland herpetofaunas. I completed my M.Sc. on amphibian spatial ecology and am into my PhD on calling phenology and acoustic characteristics of frog assemblages in central Sarawak. Mobile: +60 148820603 |
Engkamat Lading |
I am a Wildlife Officer with the Sarawak Forest Department. I studied the long-term effect of the flood mitigation channel on the ecology of Crocodylus porosus, at the Kuching Wetlands National Park for a PhD. I am also surveying major rivers in the State, to estimate crocodile populations. |
Ong Jia Jet |
I am a Penangite, and worked on the ecology of Ansonia latidisca, the Bornean Rainbow Toad, on Gunung Penrissen, western Sarawak, a species I helped rediscover. It was among the World’s Top 10 Lost Frog in a list prepared by Conservation International in 2011. My study focussed on its life history and I hope my studies, that was supported by the Rufford Foundation, will help in its conservation. |
Karen Ann Jensen
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Jeet was with us for several months, attached to the Volkswagen Stiftung Project on amphibian larvae and frog morphology and ecology, helping develop protocol for bioacoustics. Subsequently, he earned a PhD in computational phylogenetics from the University of Kansas.
Currently, he is Assistant Professor in Computational Evolutionary Biology at the San Diego State University. |
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