I joined WildCRU in 2014 after completing my first postdoctoral research position and DPhil in Zoology at the Edward Grey Institute of Ornithology, University of Oxford. Prior to my postgraduate studies, I did my B.Sc. in Life Sciences at the National University of Singapore. My DPhil thesis focused on understanding the role of relatedness in the sexual dynamics of the red jungle fowl and the fruit fly while my first postdoctoral research examined an important but relatively unexplored mechanism of cryptic female choice: immune-mediated sperm selection, in the red jungle fowl.

My passion for the arts and education drives my constant pursuit of novel and exciting ways of integrating science and arts both to teach and to disseminate research work to children and other non-scientists. My current position thus entails innovative teaching and outreach in conservation and research into the effectiveness of such methods. I am developing training methods, within the Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice, and directing training courses in Malaysia and China, along with associated field research on the ecology of clouded leopards. I am on the Editorial Board of Science Advances by AAAS and am a College Lecturer at Wadham and St Catherine’s College.

Outreach and Education

Video on Saving Ulu Muda, the forest site for research on the clouded leopard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYEEa5t_Ugo

Also available in Malay language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHMlEStFL60

Malaysia workshops: http://cleanmalaysia.com/2015/12/15/oxford-professors-wild-educational-experiment-ignites-conservation-in-southeast-asia/

https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2017/10/291264/playing-help-environment

China workshops (in Chinese): http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2017/4/372895.shtm; http://m.xtbg.cas.cn/kpbd/201706/P020170629641825049021.pdf

Media on clouded leopard work: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/08/wildcru-conserve-area-for-spotted-leopards-sake/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/08/wildcru-conserve-area-for-spotted-leopards-sake/

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/08/ulu-muda-wildlife-under-threat-poachers-from-as-far-as-laos-and-myanmar-detected-in-forest-reserve/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/08/ulu-muda-wildlife-under-threat-poachers-from-as-far-as-laos-and-myanmar-detected-in-forest-reserve/

http://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/letters/2017/05/12/turn-ulu-muda-into-national-park/

Nominated by students for the Oxford University Student Union ‘Outstanding Tutor’ award in 2012, 2014, 2017

Video on understanding the clouded leopard habitat use in Peninsular Malaysia:
https://vimeo.com/198191339

Video on how the immune system can evade inhibition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51IY5XhdJR8&feature=youtu.be

Printable RoundTable for Sustainable Palm Oil game:
http://www.rspo.org/smallholders/rspo-smallholders-boardgame

Printable Eco-divo game:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eco-divo-a-card-game-build-a-food-web-using-uk-species-learn-about-ecosystems-and-biodiversity-11307445

A two-part video on same-sex behaviour in animals and humans
https://vimeo.com/129345008
https://vimeo.com/131138049

Winner of Dance you PhD 2013 by Science:
http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2013/11/dance-your-ph.d.-and-winner-%E2%80%A6

Winner of Evolution 2012 Video Contest by NESCent (National Evolution Synthesis Center): https://vimeo.com/44808911

Winner of Dance your PhD 2012 (Biology category) by Science: http://vimeo.com/30211782

Report in New York Times for Nature paper: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/science/fruit-fly-brothers-tend-to-cooperate.html?_r=0

Report in New York Times for Proc B paper: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/science/female-fruit-flies-like-one-mate-or-his-brother.html?_r=0

Winner of the ‘Use of technology for outreach and impact’ prize given during the Oxford Teaching and Learning Enhanced by New Technology (OxTALENT) 2012 awards ceremony.