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Andie Ang

SG

Research Scientist

Editions

Successful People in Singapore (2nd Edition)

2023 February

Successful People in Singapore (1st Edition)

2022 February

E - EDUCATION

Studied in Hong Wen Primary School; Studied in Cedar Girls' Secondary School; Studied in Victoria Junior College; 2004 - 2008 Studied Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences in National University of Singapore; 2008 - 2011 Studied Master's Degree in Biology in National University of Singapore; 2011 - 2016 Studied Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological Anthropology

CA - CAREER

2015 - 2020 Commission Member in IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (Southeast Asia); 2014 - Explorer in National Geographic; 2016 - Chairperson in Raffles' Banded Langur Working Group (RBLWG); 2018 - President (Volunteer) in Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore); 2021 - Co Vice-Chair in IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (Southeast Asia); 2021 - Research Scientist in Mandai Nature

WACW - WRITINGS AND CREATIVE WORKS

Ang A., Jabbar S., D’Rozario V. and Jayasri S.L., 2021. Citizen science program for critically endangered primates: a case study from Singapore. Primate Conservation 35, 1–10. Gamalo L.E., Sabanal B. and Ang A., 2021. Three decades of Philippine non-human primate studies: research gaps and opportunities for Philippine primatology. Primates 62, 233–239 . Ang A., Jabbar S. and Khoo M., 2020. Dusky Langurs Trachypithecus obscurus (Reid, 1837) (Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Singapore: potential origin and conflicts with native primate species. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(9), 15967-15974. Ang A., Roesma D., Nijman V., Meier R., Srivathsan A. and Rizaldi, 2020. Faecal DNA to the rescue: Shotgun sequencing of non-invasive samples reveals two subspecies of Southeast Asian primates to be Critically Endangered species. Scientific Reports 10, 9396. Nijman V., Robbins T., Jackson A., Maddock S.T. and Ang A., 2020. Molecular phylogeny, taxonomy and conservation of slender lorises. Primate Conservation 34, 143-151. Ang A. and Jabbar S., 2020. Use of forest in state land along Upper Thomson Road by Raffles’ banded langurs Presbytis femoralis (Martin, 1838) in Singapore. Nature in Singapore 13, 7-10. Rizaldi, Kurnia I., Prasetio I., Lee Z.H., Jabbar S. and Ang A., 2019. Preliminary study on the distribution and conservation status of the East Sumatran banded langur Presbytis femoralis percura in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Asian Primates Journal 8(1), 25-36. Ang A. and Jabbar S., 2019. Raffles’ banded langurs at Windsor Nature Park. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2019, 32-35. Ang A., D’Rozario V., Jayasri S.L., Lees C.M., Li T.J. and Luz S., 2016. Species action plan for the conservation of Raffles’ banded langur (Presbytis femoralis) in Malaysia and Singapore. IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN, USA, 31 pp. Ang A., Srivathsan A., Meier R., Luu Tuong Bach, Le Khac Quyet and Covert H., 2016. No evidence for mitochondrial genetic variability in the largest population of critically endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys in Vietnam. Primates 57(4), 449-453. Srivathsan A., Ang A., Vogler A.P. and Meier R., 2016. Fecal metagenomics for the simultaneous assessment of diet, parasites, and population genetics of an understudied primate. Frontiers in Zoology 13, 17-29. Ang A., Srivathsan A., Md.-Zain B.M., Ismail M.R.B. and Meier R., 2012. Low genetic variability in the recovering urban banded leaf monkey population of Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60, 589-594. Ang A., Ismail M. and Meier R., 2010. Reproduction and infant pelage coloration of the banded leaf monkey in Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58, 411-415.

AW - AWARDS

ASP Conservationist Award (2019) in American Society of Primatologists 2019; Great Women of Our Time Award (Science & Technology) in Women's Weekly Magazine (Singapore) 2019; Prestige Singapore (40 under 40 - 2017) in Prestige Singapore; Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund 2017; Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund, WRS 2016; Willena D. Cartwright Anthropology Fund, CU Boulder 2015; National Geographic Waitt Grant, National Geographic Society/Waitt Foundation; Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund, WRS; Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant, CU Boulder 2014; Scott Ferris Graduate Research Award, CU Boulder; Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant, CU Boulder Department of Anthropology Pre-dissertation Grant, CU Boulder; Haskell-Houghtelin Scholarship Fund, CU Boulder 2012; Primate Research Grant, Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore); Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund, WRS 2010

LS - LANGUAGE SKILLS

English, Mandarin, French, Japanese

H - HOBBY

Playing Tennis, Mahjong, Animal lover

ROS - REASON OF SUCCESS

Individual effort can bring excellence but only collective efforts can deliver positive outcomes effectively.

WEB - WEBSITE

www.primatewatching.com; www.andieang.org

B - BORN

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