Dr Amy Choong Mei Fun is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Singapore. She teaches Fungal Biology, Comparative Botany, Tropical Horticulture, and Natural Heritage of Singapore. Her Ph.D. was from the University of Hong Kong where she studied Patterns of herbivory on Fagaceae Leaves and her Botany Honours Degree was from the National University of Singapore. Her publications on leaf toughness are still cited even till today. She has worked with Republic Polytechnic as a Technology Development Manager and as senior manager, Research Fellow at the Tropical Marine Science Institute, Givaudan Pte Ltd (world’s largest flavor and fragrance company) and Sungei Buloh Nature Park. She strongly believes that each and everyone of us can and must take care of our only home, planet Earth.

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The Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) was a result of merger between two of the oldest departments in the Faculty of Science: the Department of Botany, founded in 1949 and the Department of Zoology, founded in 1950. It is the largest department with the most number of staff and teaching the most number of students that enrolled into the Faculty of Science. It aims to provide the best education and research opportunities to our students and to equip them with critical thinking, analytical and communication skills to be future-ready for the new economy. DBS’ teaching and research staff investigate different areas of science such as Human Health, Climate Change and Food Security.