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As a research assistant at EMEL, my research focuses on employing ecological engineering to better design seawalls and coastlines that can balance the needs of both human and nature.
During my time at EMEL as an Undergraduate, I worked on two ecological engineering projects. The first involved testing the efficacy of biodiversity enhancement units made of different materials and levels of topographical complexity at two depths along a vertical seawall. My second project investigated the biological benefit of non-linear shorelines compared to conventional linear seawalls, which involved conducting a variety of ecological surveys across six different locations in Singapore that yielded a total of 216 species.
As an avid SCUBA Diver and wildlife photographer, I am particularly interested in documenting the diversity of Indo-Pacific Marine Malacofauna, and I am currently working on a guide for Intertidal Seawall fauna in Singapore.
Research interests
Research interests
Urban Marine Ecology, Marine Biology, Nature-based Climate Solutions, Malacology
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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