In urban areas, our research focuses on understanding the impacts of urban expansion and infrastructure development on biodiversity. Specifically, we focus on the impacts of urbanisation in Singapore, and examine how the country's greening initiatives and nature ways are supporting local biodiversity.

Extensive land use changes in Southeast Asia have led to the loss of more than half of the region's original forests, and resulted in fragments of old-growth and secondary forests. Here, we examine the mpacts of forest fragmentation on biodiversity and important ecosystem functions, such as nutrient recycling and bioturbation. We also study the effects of logging and conversion to oil palm and the importance of protected areas for invertebrates.

Over 38% of the Earth's land surface is agricultural land, resulting in significant impacts on global biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Here, we assess how new crop management approaches and biodiversity-friendly farming strategies aid in promoting and improving biodiversity in agricultural landscapes.

Riparian reserves (or buffers) are vegetation alongside waterways that are protected to mitigate flooding, erosion and sedemintation. In Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, these reserves are usually located in proximity to oil palm plantations. Our research determines how these reserves support forest animal communities and facilitate their movement among forest fragments. We also examine how the width of these reserves influences pest species in oil palm plantations.

Peatlands are important carbon stores and harbour unique biodiversity. Our research is focused on the Badas peat dome in Brunei Darussalem, where we document understudied wood and leaf litter communities, and determine decomposition rates across varying conditions in the peatland