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Teaching Areas

• LSM2251 Ecology and the Environment (Sem 1)

• LSM2252 Biodiversity (Sem 1& 2)

• LSM1303 Animal Behaviour (Sem 2)

• HSI1000 How/Why Science Works (Sem 1& 2)

• HS2902 Do Play Play (Sem 2)

Research & Mentorship

• Research Interests: otters and other mammals; human-wildlife coexistence; mangroves

• Research projects for UROPS, Honours and Masters students (~125 projects since 2008; see Otterman Holt).

• UPIP Academic Advisor

• Staff advisor, NUS PEACE, NUS VEGE

 

Teaching Awards

• Faculty (FTEA): 2014–2018 (Honour Roll) | 2008 – 2011 (Honour Roll)

• University (ATEA) 2008 – 2010; 2013 – 2015 (Honour Roll)

Action for Biodiversity

• NUS Toddycats 2000– [Link]

• International Coastal Cleanup Singapore 2000– [Link]

• Biodiversity Roundtable of Singapore 2011–

  • Festival of Biodiversity [Link] | Biodiversity Friends Forum [Link]

• Wildlife Working Groups in Singapore, Friends of Parks & EIA engagements [Link]

• IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group,1999– [Link]

Selected Publications

1. Quek, Z. B. R., Chui, S. X., Lam, W. N., Fung, T. K., & Sivasothi, N., 2020. Autecology of the common fishtail palm, Caryota mitis (Arecaceae), in Singapore. Botany Letters, 1-11.

2. Khoo, Max De Yuan & N. Sivasothi, 2018. Population structure, distribution, and habitat use of smooth-coated otters Lutrogale perspicillata in Singapore. IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull, 35(3), 171-182.

3. Khoo, Max De Yuan & N. Sivasothi, 2018. Observations of the variation in group structure of two urban smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata groups in the central watershed of Singapore. IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull, 35(3), 148 – 154.

4. Theng, M. & N. Sivasothi, 2016. The smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata (Mammalia: Mustelidae) in Singapore: Establishment and expansion in natural and semi-urban environments. IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull, 33(1), 37-49.

5. Theng, M., H. H. Tan, & N. Sivasothi, 2016. Diet of the smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata (Geoffroy, 1826) at natural and modified sites in Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64: 290–301.

6. Chua, M. A., N. Sivasothi, N. & R. Meier, 2016. Population density, spa:o-temporal use and diet of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in a human-modified succession forest landscape of Singapore. Mammal Research, 61(2), 99-108.

7. Ng, D. J. J. D. C. J. Yeo, N. Sivasothi & P. K. L. Ng, 2015. Conservation challenges and ac:on for the Critically Endangered Singapore freshwater crab Johora singaporensis. Oryx, 49(2), 345-351.