www.biosea.sgEcological planning, biodiversity assessments, wildlife infrastructure design, ecosystem services valuation & biomimicry consulting for the built environment in Asia. Our motto is to 'Shape built environments to function like rainforests'. We work with architects, landscape architects, urban planners, ecologists, building design consultants and other stakeholders. Our projects include developing a district-scale ecological and wildlife connectivity plan for the Bukit Timah Rochor Green Corridor, Kallang-Kolam Ayer Industrial Estate, biodiversity and ecosystem service assessments at state-of-the-art green buildings and parks such as OASIA Hotel Downtown and Tanjong Pagar Park, designing hyperdiverse vertical green walls for biodiversity and developing eco-totems and nest boxes for urban use. We have also developed the first-of-its-kind biomimicry design toolkit to tackle thermal comfort for tropical building facades.

Providing technical support to BirdLife Asia partners in projects on parrots, songbirds, hornbills, bustards and skimmers.

I provide technical support and develop projects with BirdLife partners on threatened birds of Asia. Key groups include hornbills, parrots, songbirds, vultures and grassland birds. Key projects include: - Coordinator for IUCN Helmeted Hornbill Working Group- Project Lead on a National Geographic grant to identify key population hotspots for the critically endangered Helmeted Hornbill- Parrot (White Cockatoo) conservation in North Maluku, Indonesia- Songbird conservation in Java. - Vice-chair, Community Engagement, IUCN SSC Asian Songbirds in Trade Specialist Group - Conservation of flagship Indian bird species - Great Indian Bustard, Lesser Florican, Bengal Florican, Indian Skimmer- Bird trade in the Indian subcontinent.

- Involved in planning and organizing a focus forum on rubber sustainability in May 2016 organized by International Rubber Study Group and supported by BirdLife International- Co-authored position paper involving multi-INGOs (BirdLife, WWF, RSPB, others) that evaluated the impact of rubber on biodiversity in southeast Asia

www.biomimicrysingapore.net A network to spread the meme of biomimicry in Singapore and the region by providing a unifying platform for people interested in biomimicry. We achieve this by providing biomimicry research, education, and consulting opportunities. Past activities include biomimicry talks & workshops, biomimicry nature walks, expeditions and finally, connecting challenges with biomimicry experts. Our ultimate objective is for nature to be regarded as the ultimate mentor, model, and measure of sustainability.

Creating a carbon-neutral and socially responsible travel platform centered in Southeast Asia

Teach ecological planning, ecosystem service evaluation, and biomimicry at the Integrated Sustainable Design studio at the NUS School of Design and Environment, Department of Architecture. Advise Masters students in Landscape Architecture on their thesis dissertations.

Teach ecological planning, ecosystem service evaluation, and biomimicry at the Integrated Sustainable Design studio at the NUS School of Design and Environment, Department of Architecture.

Teach a professional course on - a) butterfly ecology and habitat design for the landscape industry; b) biomimicry: designing with nature in the built environment.

Teach ecology and biomimicry design as part of the Nature & Architecture module and other sustainability modules to Masters of Architecture students.

Every Singaporean A Naturalist or ESN project aims to equip young citizen scientists with skills to identify, monitor and hopefully appreciate common urban wildlife (birds, butterflies, plants, mammals, frogs and lizards) in their schools so they can be engaged in a long-term study and appreciation of nature in Singapore. The program currently targets primary, secondary and tertiary schools but it will eventually be expanded to the wider public. Together, this program will enable us to know what are the common fauna and flora in urban Singapore and how do they change across months and years around us! Project page: https://www.nss.org.sg/project.aspx?id=47MediaCorp Channel 8 piece: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/more-than-just-pretty-little-things (project feature starts at 5m35s mark!).

- Established allometry relationships for carbon biomass estimation of peat swamp forests under SMART (Singapore-MIT alliance) funded project

- Conceptualized, designed and launched Vote to select Singapore's national butterfly project- Expanded the portfolio of the group from butterflies to also cover moths, dragonflies, and other insect groups - Co-authored field guide and proposal to conserve the Green Railway Corridor (26km former railway corridor in Singapore) as a nature 
corridor with Nature Society (Singapore)- Initiated citizen science based moth monitoring project on iNaturalist 'Singapore moths'​ with Dr. Roger Kendrick and Mr. Gan Cheong Weei. http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/singapore-moths

Project lead for design and implementation of world's first 4km long urban butterfly trail in Singapore in collaboration with multiple stakeholders (government, public and private). Significant project achievements: - Mentioned in Ministry of National Development report: Principles of Liveable High-Density Cities (2013) - Best conservation project awarded at Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium, China (2012)- Featured in Singapore Tourism Board attractions (2011)- Mention at CoP (2010) Nagoya, Japan by Prof. Tommy Koh (Singapore's Ambassador-at-large)- Worked with project fundraiser to bring ~ S$130,000 corporate social responsibility fundingURL: http://nss.org.sg/project.aspx?id=31

Designed low-power integrated-circuit design for laptop chargers and ballast applications.

Part of team that designed Ku-band satellite transmitters for ISRO's moon (Chandrayan) mission