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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 Mobile: +60 128301208 Research Associates
Prof. Aaron Bauer
Villanova University, USA
Research Interest: Gekkonid lizard systematics Home page: http://www42.homepage.villanova.edu/aaron.bauer/ Prof. Alexander Haas
Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, 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 Hertwig
Naturhistorisches 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
Friends of the Herpetofauna Research Group
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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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I am fascinated by the beauty of nature, and am currently doing my M.Sc. on the systematics, ecology and biogeography of the Bornean Cnemaspis geckos. The project focusses on documenting these gekkonids and also the conservation of their respective habitats, such as limestone forest and formations. My interest includes exploring places, conservation and also observing animals in the wilderness. email: izneilnshrq[a]gmail.com
mobile: +601125182058 |
Anthony Kegan Pine |
I am a Master's student that is currently 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 current research project focuses 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. Currently doing my B.Sc. (with Honors) on comparative habitat use and foraging ecology of Varanus salvator. In the future, I hope to delve deeper into habitat conservation work. |
Siti Nor Baizurah Bt Abd 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. Currently doing a PhD on the ecology of the Spiny Hill Turtle, Heosemys spinosa. |
Adi Shabrani Mohd. Ridzuan
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My research tries 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 am also studying structures of amphibian guilds and possible effects of forest fragmentation. |
Mohamad Paisal bin Wahab
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My research looks at the life history of the Bornean Horned Toad, Megophrys nasuta in the Baram and Rajang drainages of Sarawak. I am studying 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. Office: +60 82 583801 Mobile: +60 148820603 |
Engkamat Lading
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I am a Wildlife Officer with the Sarawak Forest Department. I am studying the long-term effect of the flood mitigation channel on the ecology of Crocodylus porosus, at the Kuching Wetlands National Park. I am also surveying major rivers in the State, to estimate crocodile populations. |
Veronica Martin
I am currently doing my MSc on the thermal ecology of the Bornean pit vipers. Interested in nature, food, traveling, scuba diving...
email: vero35nica[at]gmail.com Wong Jye Wen
I was born in Kuala Lumpur. I have been interested in lizards and snake since I was young. My current MSc research is on Angle-headed Lizards of the genus Gonocephalus. I am interested to find out whether the four syntopic tropical lizards partition resources spatially and trophically via examination of diet, thermal biology, habitat preference and home range.
email: sandrawongjyewen[at]gmail.com Alumni |
Ong Jia Jet
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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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Did her M.Sc. on the ecology of the Malayan Softshell Turtle, Amyda cartilaginea. Currently, Wildlife Biologist with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento.
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Jeet Sukumaran
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. Currently, he is Assistant Professor in Computational Evolutionary Biology at the San Diego State University.
