YAP Yan Zhi

PhD Student

Some people have asked me why I wanted to do research on Marine Biology. All I can say is that the famous Marine Biologist George Costanza was a great inspiration for me. Ever since I saw him rescue a beached whale on TV, I have told myself this is what I wanted to do as well, saving cute marine animals. Although having gone through a UROPS, I have come to realised that most of the work marine biologist do, do not directly involve saving animals, in fact killing them seems to be much more common. Nonetheless, I wish that the work I do, the papers I hope to eventually publish, along with the countless of other published papers by other great scientists, will help better inform policy makers to implement policies that can lead to more animals being saved. May their deaths not be in vain.

Research interests

Corals

Research group: Multifunctional and Adaptive Green-Grey Shorelines (MAGGShore)

Coastal urbanisation and climate change are driving ocean sprawl (the global proliferation of manmade structures such as seawalls), leading to losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban coasts. The overarching objective of this project is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the ecological, physical, and engineering requirements for coastal protection systems, and to develop multi-functional, adaptive shoreline designs with ‘green’ element, integrating climate change and land use considerations.

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