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Academic Qualifications

PhD, NUS

BSc (Hons), NUS

Teaching Areas

Current

• LSM1111 – Biological Challenges and Opportunities for Humankind (consultation support)

• LSM2301 – Life Sciences Industry Seminar

• LSM3257 – Quantitative Methods for Ecological Research

• LSM4262 – Tropical Conservation Biology

• BL5199 – Research Project in Conservation and Nature-based Climate Solutions

• BL5233 – Data Analysis for Conservation Biology with R

Previous

• ENV1101 – Environmental Studies: An Interdisciplinary Overview

• LSM1103 – Biodiversity

• LSM2107 – Evolutionary Biology

• LSM3254 – Ecology of Aquatic Environments

• LSM4263 – Field Studies in Biodiversity

 

Research Interests

Animal behaviour – how animals interact with one another and their environment
Animal colour patterns – how animals use their appearance to communicate to one another
Sensory ecology – how animals perceive their world
Marine biology – the wide and wonderful world of our seas and oceans
Student learning – what makes students tick?

Publications

1. Bauman A.^†, Dunshea G., Fong J., Chan I.Z.W., Todd P.A. & Hoey A. (2021). Fear effects and group size interact to shape herbivory on coral reefs. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13867

2. Chan I.Z.W.^†,1, Ngan Z.C.1, Naing L., Lee Y., V Gowri & Monteiro A.^† (2021). Predation favours Bicyclus anynana butterflies with fewer forewing eyespots. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288: 20202840. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2840

Article in the Straits Times (20 Jun 2021) featuring the Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper.

 

3. Chan I.Z.W.^†, Wang Y.W. & Todd P.A. (2020). Facial band colour in the mangrove crab Parasesarma peninsulare Shahdadi, Ng & Schubart, 2018 plays a role in mate recognition. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 248: 106721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106721

4. Chan I.Z.W.^†,1, Rafi F.Z.¹ & Monteiro A. (2019). Interacting effects of eyespot number and ultraviolet reflectivity on predation risk in Bicyclus anynana (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Insect Science, 19(6): 19. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iez123

5. Lim A.Y.H.¹, Chan I.Z.W.^†,1, Carrasco L.R. & Todd P.A.^† (2019). Aposematism in pink warty sea cucumbers: independent effects of chromatic and achromatic cues. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 631: 157-164. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13159

6. Chan I.Z.W., Stevens M. & Todd P.A.^† (2019). PAT-GEOM: a software package for the analysis of animal colour pattern. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(4): 591-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13131

7. Chan I.Z.W.^†, Chang J.J.M, Huang D. & Todd P.A. (2018). Colour pattern measurements successfully differentiate two cryptic Onchidiidae Rafinesque, 1815 species. Marine Biodiversity, 49(4): 1743-1750. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00940-4

8. Chan I.Z.W., Stevens M. & Todd P.A.† (2016). Quantifying shell pattern and colour polymorphism in the button snail Umbonium vestiarium (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochacea) and comparing morph frequencies between two populations using the Mantel test. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 32: 22-32. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/S32rbz022-032.pdf

 

^† Corresponding author

¹ Co-first authors