Awards and grants

·2010-2012: James Cook University Graduate Research Scheme

·2011-2012: IDEA WILD

·2011-2012: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Zoological Society, Asian Seed Grant.

·2010-2012: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Assistance Award, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund

·2010-2011: Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation

·2010-2012: Universiti Malaya Research Grant

·2010-2012: James Cook University Postgraduate Research Scholarship

·2009: Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008 – International Institute for Species Exploration

·2008: WWF-Netherlands grant in aid of WWF-Malaysia’s Tigers Alive! III programme

·2008: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Assistance Award, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund in aid of WWF-Malaysia’s Tigers Alive III programme.

·2006-2007: Unitas Malacologica Student Research and Travel Award

·2006: Program ‘Merlion’ Égide Fellowship, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (Professor Phillippe Bouchet).

·2005-2007: Wildlife Conservation Singapore Fund Award

·2004-2007: National University of Singapore Research Scholarship