Mr. Sim Hong Jhun

Academic Qualifications

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Life Sciences with a specialization in Environmental Biology, National University of Singapore

Research areas

Mutualistic interactions, seed dispersal, biogeography

Research interests

Hong Jhun is currently working on a project using models to evaluate the effects of large-bodied mammal assemblages on aboveground carbon at a regional scale.

Biography

Sim Hong Jhun is a second-year PhD student in NUS supervised by Asst. Prof. Lim Jun Ying. He is generally interested in ecological and evolutionary applications of statistics and mathematics. His research experience includes projects involving plant functional traits, theoretical species interaction models, and urban biodiversity modelling.

Selected publications:

• H. J. Sim, W. N. Lam, R. A. Chisholm, K. Y. Chong. (2022) Downstream Resource Leakage: a Necessary Condition for the Stress-Gradient Hypothesis in Processing Chain Commensalisms. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 111043.
• N. Lam, P. J. Chan, Y. Y. Ting, H. J. Sim, J. J. Lian, R. Chong, L. W. A. Tan, N. E. Rahman, Q. Y. Ho, Z. Chiam, S. Arora, S. J. Ramchunder, K. S.-H. Peh, Y. Cai, H. R. Lai, K. Y. Chong. (2021) Habitat Adaptation Mediates the Influence of Leaf Traits on Canopy Productivity: Evidence from a Tropical Freshwater Swamp Forest. Ecosystems, 1-14.