SCoPS Lab
The Spatial, Conservation and Policy Studies (SCoPS) lab is an interdisciplinary group based at the Asian School of the Environment (ASE), in Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The team focuses on finding innovative ways to conserve biodiversity and addressing climate change. We come from a diverse range of backgrounds but we our work tends to revolve around three broad themes—conservation science and policy, spatial ecology and conservation, and applied ecology.
Our team is actively growing,
and so too will our interests and perspectives.
Interested in joining the team?
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Meet Our Team
Assistant Professor in Environment & Society
Asian School of the Environment
School of Social Sciences
Research interests:
Conservation Science and Policy, Sustainability Science, Spatial Ecology, Ecological Modelling, Invasion Biology
Research Fellow
Asian School of the Environment
Research interests:
Fish Biology, Fisheries, Historical Ecology, Marine Biology, Multilevel Modelling, Spatial Ecology
PhD Candidate
Asian School of the Environment
Research interests:
Sustainable Supply Chain, Telecoupling, Carbon (Commodity) Market
PhD Candidate
Asian School of the Environment
Research interests:
Conservation and Biodiversity, Development Studies, Environmental Policy, Geographic Information Systems, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
PhD Candidate
(co-supervised)
University of Sunshine Coast
Research interests:
Conservation Biology, Freshwater Biology, Climate Change, Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans, Animal Behaviour
Robyn Gwee
PhD Candidate
(co-supervised)
National University of Singapore
Research interests:
Nature-based Solutions, Sustainable Development, Remote Sensing, Marine Biogeochemistry
PhD Candidate
(co-supervised)
National University of Singapore
Research interests:
Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs), Ecosystem Integrity, Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), Biodiversity Finance
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PhD Candidate
(co-supervised)
Asian School of the Environment
Research interests:
Urban Ecology, Ecological & Spatial Modelling, AI for Biodiversity Monitoring, Land-use Change
Research Assistant
Asian School of the Environment
Research interests:
Conservation and Biodiversity, Spatial Ecology, Counterfactual Analysis
Tan Shu Yong
Undergraduate Student
Asian School of the Environment
Research interests:
Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Policy, Spatial Ecology
Zeng Chuwen
Undergraduate Student
Asian School of the Environment
Research interests:
Protected Areas, Geospatial Analysis, Nature-Based Solutions
Lab affiliates
Including fledged SCoPS lab members, SpaCE lab members, and friends
Dr. Low Bi Wei
Senior Researcher
NParks
Research interests: Freshwater conservation, invasive species, freshwater fishes, ecological modelling
Dr. Daisuke Taira
Post-doctoral fellow
National University of Singapore
Research interests: Nature-based solutions, Coral reef ecology, Fish ecology, Urban marine ecology
Dr. Aakash Lamba
Post-doctoral fellow
National University of Singapore
Research interests: Natural-based Climate Solutions, Conservation Science, Technology for Good, Applied Ecology
Dr. Anushka Sachin Rege
Chief of Staff (Sustainability & Intersectional Impact Strategy)
Farmers for Forests (F4F)
Research interests: Biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation
Dr. Rachakonda Sreekar
Post-doctoral fellow
University of Queensland
Research interests: Community ecology, Conservation biology, Natures-based solutions
Dr. Sean Pang
Post-doctoral researcher
University of Oxford
Research interests: Species distribution modelling, Demographic distribution modelling, Global change ecology, Conservation planning, Spatial analysis, Unsupervised clustering, Biogeography
Sean Ng
PhD student
Queensland University of Technology
Research interests: Conservation policy, wildlife trade, protected areas, ecosystem services
Valerie Kwan
PhD student
University of Queensland
Research interests: Coastal wetland restoration, field ecology, ecological modelling, decision science
Tan Jin Xiang
Undergraduate student
Nanyang Technological University
Research interests: Ecology, Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Science, Marine Environment
Koh Ci Juan
Undergraduate student
Nanyang Technological University
Research interests: Interactions and Relationships between Natural Environments and Human Societies, Geospatial Analysis
Yin Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Nanyang Technological University
Research interests: Protected Areas and OECMs, Community-Based Conservation, Human-Wildlife Conflict.
Joylynn Goh
Undergraduate student
Nanyang Technological University
Research interests: Ecological connectivity, Protected Areas, Conservation and Biodiversity
Joie Ho
Undergraduate student
Nanyang Technological University
Research interests: Spatial Ecology, Carbon Markets
Jon Tan Kai Young
Undergraduate student
Nanyang Technological University
Research interests: Climate Science and Policy, Geospatial Information Systems, Climate Justice, Community-Based Conservation
Ronan Siah
Undergraduate student
Nanyang Technological University
Research interests: Environmental Economics, Cost Benefit Analysis, Singapore Environment Policy
Muhammad Izz'Akil Bin Ahmad Junaidi
Undergraduate student
Nanyang Technological University
Research interests: Spatial Ecology, Ecological Modelling, Conservation and Biodiversity