CICASP | Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology

Research

Current Research

Individual Life History and Social Characteristics of the Con Song Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis condorensis) on Human-Macaque Interactions at Van Son Pagoda, Vietnam

Research Areas

Primatology, Macaques, Behavioural Ecology, Primate Social Structure, Human-Wildlife Interactions

Background

Current Position

MSc Program, International Course in Primatology and Wildlife Research (2025 – Present)

• Japanese Government MEXT Scholar
• Master’s Research: Individual Life History and Social Characteristics of the Con Song Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis condorensis) on Human-Macaque Interactions at Van Son Pagoda, Vietnam

Work Experience

Programme Manager, Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore) (Apr 2023 – Mar 2024)

Project Manager (Central Catchment Nature Reserve), National Parks Board (Jun 2022 - Mar 2023)

Selected Publications

Articles

Karuniawati, A. D., Setiawan, D., Ong, E. J., Ang, A., Chua, A., & Yokoyama, Y. (2024). PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS OF THE ENDANGERED BINTAN PALE-THIGHED LANGUR. Asian Primates Journal Vol. 11(1). http://www.primate-sg.org/storage/asian-primates-journal/volume-111/2025May13_Article%206_Ver3.pdf

Ang, A., Brandon-Jones, D., Ruppert, N., Lee, Z. H., Affendi, A., Anyie, Y. S., Boonratana, R., Cheyne, S., Chua, A., Hayunieta, Irawan, A., Jerusalinsky, L., Karuniawati, A., Khalid, S., Koh, J., Lee, C., Lhota, S., Lwin, N., Mittermeier, R. A., Nijman, V., Oram, F., Pan, S., Rizaldi, Rowe, N., Ruskhanidar, Rylands, A. B., Segaran, P., Setiawan, A., Taufiq, A., Thant, N. M. L., bin Zaini, M. K. Raghavan, R., & Roos, C. (2024). Asian langurs (Presbytis) conservation action plan 2024–2034. IUCN. https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/51546

Chua, A. (2023). Biodiversity Record: Occurrence of twins in wild long-tailed macaques. Nature in Singapore, 16, 12. https://doi.org/10.26107/NIS-2023-0114

SMACC Spotlight Report: The cruelty you don't see: The suffering of pet macaques for social media content. https://www.smaccoalition.com/macaque-report

Conferences & Presentations

Biodiversity & Wildlife 2025 Symposium – “Advancing Synergy in Biodiversity and Wildlife: Ecology, Health, and Human-Wildlife Conflicts”, Bangkok, Thailand, Poster Presentation (6 – 7 Dec 2025)

20^th International Symposium on Primatology & Wildlife Sciences, Kyoto, Japan, Poster Presentation (17 – 18 Nov)

International Primatological Society Congress 2023, Kuching, Malaysia, Participant (19 – 25 Aug 2023)

Social Media

All The Things Macaques Are. Our Wild Neighbours. https://www.ourwildneighbours.sg/post/all-the-things-macaques-are

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