William H Piel
piel@piel-lab.com
PI, 2013-2020; 2023-
10 College Avenue East, #01-101, Singapore 138614
Office: RC1-02-06C
SMS: +65 9724 6482
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Selvi D
selvi@yale-nus.edu.sg
Lab Manager, 2015-2020
Selvi is training students in DNA sequencing and helping to develop methods in Phylogenomics.
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Cheng Dong-Qiang
dongqiang.cheng@yale-nus.edu.sg
Postdoc, 2015-2020
Dong-Qiang is applying his bioinformatics skills towards understanding the evolution in lycosoid spiders, particularly psechrids.
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Chen Ing
chen.inge@gmail.com
Postdoc, 2017-2020
Saoirse studies the phylogenomics of Inge is studying how orb weaving has evolved secondarily in Fecenia.
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Saoirse Foley
sfoley@u.nus.edu
Grad Student, 2016-2020
Saoirse studies the phylogenomics of tarantulas and the evolutionary histories of their colors, macrosetae, and biogeographies.
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Ricky George
rickytgeorge@u.yale-nus.edu.sg
Undergraduate, 2019-2020
Ricky is studying the heart physiology of Solifuges.
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Yin Xi Tan
anyinxi@u.yale-nus.edu.sg
Undergraduate, 2019
Yin Xi studied the dynamics of signal conduction in Fecenia and Acusilas using laser doppler vibrometry.
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Satheshkumar P
satheshpsk97@gmail.com
Undergraduate, 2017-2018
Sathesh is visiting from Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi to study Metepeira evolution in South America.
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Brandon Xyuen Xyen Lum
a0119262@u.nus.edu
Undergraduate, 2017
Brandon completed his honors research “Adaptive Function of UV Colouration in The Slender Pitcher Plant, Nepenthes gracilis“.
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Chua Jia Sin
a0118820@u.nus.edu
Undergraduate, 2017
Jia Sin completed her honors research “Web building behaviour in Fecenia protensa: how the orb web was reinvented.”
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Nicole Siew
a0115398@u.nus.edu
Undergraduate, 2017
Nicole completed her honors research “Phylogenetics of the Six-eyed Sand Spider Sicarius thomisoides (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Chile.”
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Shelley Chan Hiang Ming
shelleychm@yahoo.com.sg
Undergraduate, 2015
Shelley completed her UROPS research project “Phylogenetic Analysis to Resolve the Relatioships Between Fecenia and Other Lycosoid Spiders.”
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