Rory is the Professor of Physical Geography and Head of the Department of Geography at the University of Wales Swansea, UK. Rory has led the hydrology research programme at Danum Valley for many years, has supervised several PhD and masters students based at Danum and collaborated on numerous other projects in the fields of hydrology, climate change and forest dynamics.

Rory was appointed Research Co-ordinator in 2000. His role is to promote SEARRP internationally, target leading scientists and research groups who may be interested in working at Danum and to approve membership applications to SEARRP.

Email: r.p.d.walsh@swan.ac.uk

Dr Glen Reynolds
Programme Manager & Senior Scientist

Glen started working for SEARRP in 2000. He did his PhD at Danum and has subsequently collaborated on several research projects, particularly in the fields of forest management, forest rehabilitation and conservation planning. Glen is a Research Fellow of the Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea and an Honorary Research Fellow of the NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College.

Based mainly in Sabah, his main tasks are to administer the programme, manage SEARRP's staff and facilities at Danum Valley, provide advice to scientists when planning their work, to advise on research application and immigration department procedures, liaise with our Malaysian partners and promote SEARRP within Malaysia and the wider region.

Email: glen@searrp.org

Philip Ulok
Fieldwork Manager (Sabah Biodiversity Experiment)

Philip's main role is to manage one of SEARRP's core projects, the Sabah Biodiversity Experiment (link to section 3.3) - a large forest biodiversity experiment based close to Danum. Philip joined SEARRP in 2000, but worked for the previous 8 years on a large-scale forest rehabilitation project based close to Danum Valley.

Email: philip@searrp.org

Johnny Larenus
Senior Research Assistant

Johnny has worked with SEARRP since 1992. His main responsibilities are the climate and atmospheric monitoring programmes, of which he has extensive experience. Johnny also assists in the day-to-day management of SEARRP's staff and facilities and takes charge of the Programme when Glen is away from Sabah.

Email: johnny@searrp.org

Alexander Karolus
Senior Research Assistant

Alex has worked at Danum since 1992 and with SEARRP since 1998. He has a comprehensive range of research skills, particularly plant taxonomy, plot enumeration and vegetation survey techniques. Alex is also a qualified climber (British Standards approved techniques), holds a diploma in forestry and plays an active part in Danum's environmental education and training programmes.

Email: alex@searrp.org

Jamil Hanapi
Senior Research Assistant

Jamil has worked with SEARRP since 1994 and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the climate, hydrological and erosion monitoring programmes at Danum, including the archival and distribution of the Danum climate records. He is highly experienced in many hydrological and soil analysis techniques and the operation of automatic weather and hydrological gauging stations and datalogging equipment. Jamil is also a trained engineer.

Email: jamil@searrp.org

Bernadus Bala Ola "Mike"
Botanist

Mike has worked at Danum since 1985 and is one of the most skilled botanists in Sabah. He has a comprehensive knowledge of the flora of Malaysia's lowland forests, but is also familiar with many species found at higher elevations. Aside from extensive practical experience, Mike has received formal training in taxonomy at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Mike also has excellent bird identification skills and is an experienced general naturalist.

Email: mike@searrp.org

Shaidih Samat
Research Assistant

Shaidih has worked with SEARRP since 1995, has a wide range of general research skills, particularly plot mapping and enumeration, and has assisted on numerous projects at Danum. Shaidih is a qualified climber and holds a diploma in forestry.

Email: shaidih@searrp.org

Adzley Madran "Gibby"
Research Assistant

Before joining SEARRP in 2003, Gibby was employed at the Forest Research Centre, Sepilok. He has worked on a wide range of research projects, has extensive experience and training in data entry/management, plot enumeration, nursery experiments and is a trained climber.

Email: gibby@searrp.org

Nasir Majid
Research Assistant

Nasir has worked with SEARRP since 1995 and specializes mainly in entomological research methods. He is particularly skilled in the identification of Lepidoptera - and is now one of the most highly trained and skilled moth taxonomists in Sabah. Nasir is also qualified climber.

Email: nasir@searrp.org

Unding Jemy
Junior Research Assistant

Unding joined SEARRP in 2001. He has worked on a range of projects including the Sabah Biodiversity Experiment, Orang utan and other primate monitoring programmes and various entomological studies. Unding plays an active part in Danum's environmental education programme - especially on overseas university field courses.

Email: unding@searrp.org

Anthony Karolus
Junior Research Assistant

Anthony joined SEARRP in 2006 and is currently training and gaining experience in a number of research areas including forest enumeration, large mammal and entomological studies.

Email: anthony@searrp.org

Siew Yee
Administration Officer

Siew Yee joined SEARRP in 2006. Her main tasks are to manage the databases for the Sabah Biodiversity Experiment and SEARRP's long-term monitoring programmes and assist Glen with the administration of the Programme at Danum Valley. Siew Yee has a BSc degree in forestry from Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Email: siew-yee@searrp.org