ANG YUCHEN
Lecturer & Museum Officer,
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum,
National University of Singapore
nhmay@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6601 6035
Brief Introduction
Dr Yuchen Ang is a Lecturer in the University Scholars Programme (USP) at National University of Singapore (NUS), and a Museum Officer at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, where he researches the systematics of Diptera (true flies) and curates the entomological (fly and beetle) collection. Dr Ang is also an Associate Editor for Raffles Bulletin of Zoology and he manages the Biodiversity of Singapore - a digital reference collection that showcases the rich natural heritage of Singapore!
He received a PhD in Biology in 2015 from NUS and is also an alumnus of USP, graduating in the Class of 2007.
Teaching Modules @ USP
Dr Ang teaches in the domain of Sciences and Technologies. He offers the following module:
Research Interests
- Taxonomy & Systematics (Diptera)
- Natural History
- Bioimaging & Cybertaxonomy
- Virtual Repatriation of colonial specimens
Title of Independent Study Modules (ISMs) Previously Supervised (for USP students)
- [2020] Developing a pedagogy-oriented scoring system for an iNaturalist-based birding competition
- [2021] The Taxonomic Tangle: Cultural Diversity of Names for Biological Nomenclature
- [2021] How to Describe a New Species in Diptera Using Phobeticomyia spp. (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) As a Case Study
- [2022] Would You Spray It or Save It?: A Review of Perspectives on Entomophobia