Sean Yap

I am research fellow with the TEE lab who has a keen interest in entomology and molecular ecology. I will be assisting with the taxonomy and inventorising of dung beetle species in Singapore, as well as studying the soil invertebrate fauna of peat swamps in Brunei using molecular tools.

I have a soft spot for lesser-studied insect groups such as earwigs and mantisflies, though most of my experience thus far has been with beetles. Prior to my current position, I graduated from NUS having done my honours thesis with the Evolutionary Biology Lab surveying the beetle diversity of Singapore with DNA barcoding and Next-generation Sequencing, and further examined the reproductive evolution of dung beetles in Singapore and Malaysia in the Reproductive Evolution Lab for my PhD.

When not baking outfield or shivering in the lab, I am usually found falling off the walls in a bouldering gym or falling on my butt rollerblading in a skatepark. I am also currently accepting challenges in Pokemon battles. My favourite tea is a toss up between chai tea, burmese tea and thai milk tea, though my most frequent order is teh O kosong.