Quantitative and Functional Ecology

Apa khabar! My name is Lai Hao Ran (賴浩然) and a plant community ecologist. My research aims to understand and generalise the dynamics of forest biodiversity through functional traits, statistical rigour, and long-term monitoring. My career goal is to build capacity and foster a more innovative research community in Malaysia and tropical Asia.

Please feel free to reach out for research collaboration, forest fieldwork, guest teaching, and project (co)supervision.

Current position

Ecologist / Data scientist, South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP), Malaysia

Past position

2019–2025 | Post-doctoral fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

2019 | Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, National Parks Board, Singapore

2015–2018 | Teaching assistant, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Education

2015–2018 | PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore

2009–2012 | BSc (Hons), School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia