Akin is a tutor at Wong Hoo Chuen, the hostel where I am the warden. He recently went on a TV show here in Hong Kong called “The Taste of Hometown”, talking about himself and his life in Hong Kong (along with cooking some Nigerian food). Great work Akin,...

Recently I became an associate editor for the journal Frontiers In Ecology and Evolution. One of my tasks was to start a research topic on something I am interested in. I decided to start a topic on museomics–a fancy name for genetic studies using museum specimens. There have been...

Result: funded Just one word, but many of our research (and emotional) successes depend on it. Academia is a tough career that has put an emphasis on grants and publications, but also provides the joys of being in a dynamic workplace where the outdoors is also our “office”. I...

Last year I started to work with Asaqua, a group of Lingnan students/alumni addressing water issues in developing countries. They wanted to develop a cheap, safe water tank to help people collect and save water. The tank is currently being being tested in Uganda. Lingnan interviewed one of Asaqua’s...

Wrote a blog post for the Lingnan Natural History Collection about my journey into a career in science. Its not an easy path, that depends on timing, luck, and help from lots of people. Wanted to take this opportunity to some of those along the way that helped. Sorry...

We had a great chance to introduce the natural history collection to the local media. This was my first time to prepare a press release for any of my work. It was a new and great experience! I was pleasantly surprised at the engaged questions that were asked. It...

Lingnan University has been working hard to promote research done at the university. I was (un)lucky enough to be asked to be the topic of one of their videos. It was an awkward, but great experience. Really forced me to condense my work into a few impactful sentences. Great...

Starting a new collection takes time, but we are slowly but surely making progress prepping the specimens and uploading the records onto Arctos. Itzue has been doing a great job adding content through a blog. She has gotten volunteers (thanks!) to write about their journey into studying biology. Take...

Chermaine Lee and Lawrence Hylton have written an article at Hong Kong Free press about herping in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Free Press is one of the major English media outlets in Hong Kong. I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Ms. Lee for the piece. Never imagined...

With the growth of the Science Unit at Lingnan University, we have hired Dr. Anthony LAU as a new research assistant professor. Another great addition to the group of herpetologists at Lingnan. The herptology community in Hong Kong is small—I have had the pleasure of first meeting Anthony in...