Experts

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seah Ying Giat

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Gender
Male

Expertise

  • Biodiversity
  • Marine & Coastal
  • Molecular

Specialization

  • Fishes (Taxonomy)

Locality

  • Peninsular Malaysia
  • Sabah
  • Sarawak

Educational Background

  • 2006 - 2010
    PhD in Marine Fish Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny, University Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 2005 - 2006
    Master in Marine Biology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 2002 - 2005
    Bachelor in Marine Biology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia

Working Experience

  • 2010 - 2011
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Marine Ecosystem Research Center (EKOMAR) Faculty of Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor

Recognition

  • 2015
    Larimichthys terengganui
  • 2013
    Insentif penerbitan Makalah Jurnal Kuartil 2, UMT
  • 2011
    Young Scientist Financial Award Program, The 8th IOC/WESTPAC International Science Symposium Local Organizing Committee
  • 2008
    Best presenter, cluster sea to space, NSF
  • 2006
    National Science Fellowship (NSF)

Research

  • 2015 - 2017
    SYSTEMATIC AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF SEA CATFISH (SILURIFORMES: ARIIDAE), IN SABAH AND SARAWAK WATERS, MALAYSIA
  • 2015 - 2017
    Species discrimination among Carangoides spp. complex using molecular and morphological approach
  • 2013 - 2015
    Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Gelama (Sciaenidae) in the waters of Malaysia
  • 2012 - 2014
    Genetic diversity and population structure of terubok, Tenualosa spp. in Sarawak.
  • 2011 - 2013
    Trawl Fish Species in Landing Port of LKIM, Chendering
  • 2006 - 2010
    Study on the taxonomy and phylogeny of ponyfishes (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) in the waters of Malaysia

Publication

  • 2016
    Ikan Lutsinar
  • 2016
    Authentication of Tenualosa species in Perak River, Malaysia: application of morphological measurement and molecular analysis of partial CO1 and 16S genes to resolve species ambiguity
  • 2016
    Distribution Range Extensions of Parapercis bicoloripes and P. diplospilus (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) in the South China Sea and the Adjacent Waters, with Notes on Ontogenetic Changes in P. bicoloripes
  • 2016
    Length-weight relationships of seven fish species from a fish landing port at Sungai Udang, Penang, Malaysia.
  • 2016
    Preliminary study on the morphology and biology of coexist Nemipterus furcosus and Nemipterus tambuloides from Terengganu waters, Peninsular Malaysia.
  • 2016
    Morphological Variations of Plicofollis Species (Siluriformes: Ariidae)in Peninsular Malaysia: An Insight into Truss Network Approach
  • 2015
    Mitochondrial DNA Diversity of Terubok (Tenualosa toli) from Daro and Mukah, Sarawak Inferred by Partial Cytochrome b (Cyt-B)
  • 2015
    A new species of Larimichthys from Terengganu, east coast of Peninsular Malaysia (Perciformes: Sciaenidae)
  • 2012
    Meristic, Morphometric and Length-weight Relationship of Tropical Silverside, Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835) in Seagrass and Mangrove Habitats of Tinggi Island, Johor, Malaysia
  • 2012
    Phylogeny and morphological delineation of leiognathids in the waters of Peninsular Malaysia
  • 2011
    Feeding guild of the dominant trawl species in the southeastern waters of Peninsular Malaysia
  • 2011
    Overview of the leiognathid species of Malaysia
  • 2009
    Systematic accounts and some aspects of feeding and reproductive biology of ponyfishes (Perciformes: Leiognathidae)
  • 2008
    Molecular phylogeny of Leiognathidae in the waters of Perhentian Islands, Terengganu, Malaysia.
  • 2008
    Phylogeny of ponyfishes from coastal waters of the South China Sea
  • 2006
    Meristic and length-weight relationship of ponyfishes (Leiognathidae) in the coastal water of Pulau Sibu-Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia
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