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Research
Interests
Conservation Biology
Environmental Management and Behavioural Ecology of bird species
Research
Achievements
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highlighted
rain forest loss and degradation on South-east
Asian fauna
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developed
a novel and cutting-edge model that can more
accurately
predict the loss of tropical bio-diversity
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provided
guidelines for forest management practices within
South-east Asia
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participated
in a multi-disciplinary project that looked into
the set up of an islandwide park connector (corridor
system)
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Research
Strengths
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adopts
both descriptive and experimental approaches
to single or multidisciplinary questions
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concentrates
on poorly-studied locations and pressing issues
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Publication
Credits
| 65
papers published in major international scientific
journals including |
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Nature and Annual
Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics |
| Co-author
of A Guide to Urban Creatures (Singapore
Science Centre) and |
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Biology
of the Cattle Egret (Records of Zoological
Survey of India, Occasional Paper) |
Editorial
Board Memberships
Assigning Editor, Conservation Biology
Associate Editor, The Auk
Associate Editor, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
Member, Editorial Board, Ornithological Science
Contributions
to Community
Consultant to several government organisations on environmental
impact
assessment and bird control management from the perspectives of
public
health and air-safety in airports
International Standing
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sought
after by international media such as the New
York Times, Associated Press and Reuters as
an authority on Asian bird biology and conservation
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Awards
and Accolades
Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 2003-present
Charles Bullard Fellowship,
Harvard University, 2002
Research Aspiration
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to
help governments and appropriate agencies achieve
conservation
goals especially on how habitat loss in South-east Asia has
affected native bio-diversity.
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