Hey there, I’m Gaik Ee. I’m a lecturer and plant taxonomist living in Malaysia. Besides, I am a fan of sports, cooking, and education. I’m also interested in food and coffee. My research interests include the systematics of early land plants, especially liverworts (bryophytes), and its biodiversity in the Southeast Asia region. Liverworts are abundant and occur everywhere in tropical rainforests in Malaysia, however, they have been frequently overlooked or ignored by botanists. Many forests and mountains in Malaysia are largely unexplored from a hepaticological perspective. I started my research with a sense of urgency to document this interesting group of plants in Malaysia, however, as time goes by, it has turned into a great motivation and increasing passion in me to further research these tiny plants (many of them being only a few millimeters tall) including the integrative taxonomy based on morphological and molecular data, chemical study, character state evolution and historical biogeography. Liverworts particularly the epiphylls are very sensitive at natural fluctuations in humidity, climate change and forest fragmentation, and they are being highly recognized as important environmental indicators and possible indicators of global warming. This inspires me to further investigate their roles, functions, and life strategies in the rainforest biome. Detailed monographic revision with identification key, and well-illustrated, up-to-date and comprehensive field guides for identifying Malaysian liverworts species are also my focus. It is expected many new discoveries may be made in the future as Malaysia is blessed with one of the richest biodiversities in the world.