Adrian Loo
Speaker: Adrian Loo, Wildlife Management and Senior Director, Singapore Botanic Gardens
Presentation: “Singapore's Centre for Wildlife Forensics - Using Science and Tech to Fight Illegal Wildlife Trade”
Bio: Dr. Adrian Loo, Group Director, Wildlife Management and Senior Director, Community Projects, National Parks Board (NParks), graduated with a Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore (NUS) studying palms in the montane forests of Peninsular Malaysia and was a post-doctoral fellow in Kew Gardens and then the National University of Singapore researching population genetics and biodiversity. He also chairs the Otter Working Group in Singapore and co-chairs the Long-Tailed Macaque Working Group. He carries out forest restoration, species recovery, animal rescue and rehabilitation work in the nature reserves.
