[Media Feature] “A Field Guide to Giant Clams of the Indo-Pacific” Book Launch

Congratulations to myself and my amazing team of young people! On February 14th, I launched my forthcoming field guide on the giant clams! The book launch event took place during the regional giant clam workshop from 13-17 February 2023, where we hosted a delegation of 14 Southeast Asian participants with two keynote speakers (Mr Jamie …

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[Media Feature] Meet ‘Giant Clam Girl’ of S’pore and her team’s plan to save species with Lego bricks by The Straits Times

Thank you, Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative and The Straits Times for featuring my research projects as part of the "We The Earth" partnership. This partnership showcases the many individuals in Singapore who are doing their part to solve the issues the earth faces. You can check out the full article and interview here.

[Media Feature] We Can Do Hard Things by Channel NewsAsia

Thank you, Channel NewsAsia and Very! for taking the chance to follow my team of researchers for over 1 year to document the hard work that goes behind the scene in marine science research. In this first documentary, we focused on the mariculture research of hard corals and cowrie snails, as well as glimpses of …

[Conference] Molluscs 2022

The Molluscs 2022 was organised by the Malacological Society of Australasia in Gold Coast, Australia from November 28 - December 1. The symposia was open to any aspects of molluscan research ranging from freshwater molluscs, aquaculture and fisheries, and biochemistry and physiology. We had an amazing line-up of Keynote Speakers! Jan Strugnell, James Cook University, …

[Conference] Pew Marine Fellows Annual Meeting 2022

After becoming a Pew Marine Fellow for 1.5 years, I finally had the chance to meet my cohort mates and the extended Pew Marine Fellows 'family'. I still feel so humbled and privileged to have become a part of this excellent community of people who I share many common things with. I cannot wait to …

[Conference] 7th International Marine Debris Conference (IMDC) 2022

The 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC) is the world's longest running international conference series dedicated to the issue of marine litter and plastic pollution. Traditionally, the conference has only been held within the United States, but the 7th iteration is the first outside of the US and in Asia-Pacific. The 7IMDC was held in …

[Conference] Southeast Asian Malacological Conference 2022

The inaugural Southeast Asian Malacological Conference was held virtually from July 14-15, 2022. It was an honour to be invited to speak at this conference as one of the Keynote Speakers! A big thank you to my colleague, Dr Ting Hui Ng for this kind invitation and recognition. In my keynote talk, I shared how …

[Media Feature] Eco-Business 24 hours with… me!

Thank you, Wai Mun of Eco-Business for inviting me to pen a People's feature on how one of my "24 hours" days would look like including my work and family routines. The interview piece was published on this year's World Oceans Day on the 8th June 2022. In this piece, I shared how I typically …

[Media Feature] Coral spawning efforts at the SJINML

Kudos to my mariculture team working on the hard coral spawning event earlier this year! One of the goals in our mariculture programme is to refine the techniques used in the spawning, rearing and husbandry of sexually-produced hard corals in the laboratory setting. The other aim is to produced genetically diverse stocks of corals that …

[Media Feature] Pillow talk about marine biology and motherhood with Sunday Bedding

Thank you to the team at Public Culture for inviting me to do this interview with them for Sunday Bedding, a homegrown brand aimed at delivering quality bedding textiles and other related items. In this feature, I even got to 'model' their latest collection of Sunday Loungewear - really great for our tropical weather! (Disclaimer: …