Joseph Cham Email & Phone Number

• Handled escalated animal welfare and rescue cases by acting as the point of contact between members of the public, animal welfare group stakeholders and various governmental agencies • Collaborated with internal teams to improve existing policies and streamline workload and processes• Member of a working group involved in formulating nationwide policy• Project lead for field operations; job scope includes budget, proposal, liaison with stakeholders and managing contractors• Managed stakeholder expectations and acted as point of contact for multiple concurrent projects • Supported Deputy Director in using data to optimise workload distribution • Member of in-house research team managing data collection, field research and predictive analytics • Project Co-lead in scientific studies • Formulated outreach and education materials

• Published scientific paper: Joseph S.K. Cham, Edwin J.K. Ong & Zeehan Jaafar (2021) Biodiversity Record: First record of at-sea copulation of hawksbill turtles in Singapore. Nature in Singapore, 14:e2021053• Collaborated with stakeholders, including governmental bodies to ensure smooth delivery of project deliverables • Co-lead for office risk assessment audit review and ensured laboratory adherence to all risk matrices • Reviewed undergraduate project timeline and risk assessment • Assisted undergraduate in fieldwork and academic/scientific writing • Procurement of research consumables

• Initiated and established the first nationwide turtle database using a pattern recognition software• Supported project leads in conceptualizing floor plan and content of Singapore's first turtle hatchery. • Supported Marine Turtle Working Group in coordinating efforts for biodiversity beach patrols• Coordinated with members of public and conducted beach patrols for turtles and coastal horseshoe crabs• Involved in media press release of captive hawksbill and green turtle by Resort World Sentosa (June 2018)• Festival of Biodiversity ’18 community outreach and education

Philippines

• Worked with volunteers from diverse international backgrounds• Daily in-water photo identification of whale sharks and green sea turtles• Engaged local tourist operators to facilitate in-water compliance between tourists and wild animals• Data collection on environmental parameters • Sorting of unstructured data

• Operational in-charge and point of contact for all operational safety and security matters• Project lead for organisation wide events of up to 200 people• Chief Safety Officer for Army-level event and worked with civilian medical agencies to ensure the safety of participants• Assistant team captain for 9SIR Dragon Boat team

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Life Sciences With Minor In Aquatic Ecology

Activities and Societies: • NUS Toddycats -Volunteer guide Festival of BiodiversityDean's List AY 19/20 Sem 2

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marine Sciences

Activities and Societies: University of Auckland Marine Science Society