Dr. Lim Lee Sim

Profile

Academic Qualifications :

EDUCATION :

• 2007-2012   PhD in Zoology
  Queen Mary, University of London
  Thesis title: Assemblage and genetic structure of insectivorous bats in Peninsular Malaysia
• 2002-2006   MSc in Genetics (thesis and coursework)
  Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  CGPA: 3.94
  Thesis title: Phylogenetic Relationships of Orang Asli (Proto Malay) in Peninsular Malaysia
• 1998-2002   BSc and Ed. (Biology)
  Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  CGPA: 3.60
  Final Year Thesis title: Science Teachers’ Perceptions on Implementation of Multiple Intelligence Theory in Teaching and Learning Process of KBSM Science in Smart Schools

EMPLOYMENT :

• Nov 2012-present Senior Lecturer in Biology
  School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
• Aug 2012-Oct 2012 Scientific Officer
  Cave Management Group, Batu Caves, Malaysia
• Sept 2007-May 2012 PhD student
  Queen Mary, University of London
  Funded by Fellowship of the Academic Staff Training Scheme, Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Dec 2006-Jun 2007 Research Assistant
  Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  Project: Impact of Forest Fragmentation on Genetic Structure of Tropical Insectivorous Bats
• Jun 2006-Oct 2006 Lecturer for Cambridge A-level Biology
  Taylor’s College, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
• Jul 2005-May 2006 Research Assistant
  Bioscience and Biotechnology School, Science and Technology Faculty, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  Project: Impact of Forest Fragmentation on Genetic Structure of Tropical Insectivorous Bats

Research

Key Research Areas :

• Zoology
• Conservation genetics
• Bats
• Phylogeography
• Bioacoustics

Publication

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS :

1. Tamás Görföl, Joe Chun-Chia Huang, Gábor Csorba, Dorottya Győrössy, Péter Estók, Tigga Kingston, Kriszta Lilla Szabadi, Ellen McArthur, Juliana Senawi, Neil M. Furey, Vuong Tan Tu, Vu Dinh Thong, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, Emy Ritta Jinggong, Melissa Donnelly, Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran, Jian-Nan Liu, Shiang-Fan Chen, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Ying-Yi Ho, Heng-Chia Chang, Nurul-Ain Elias, Nur-Izzati Abdullah, Lee-Sim Lim, C Daniel Squire, Sándor Zsebők (2022). ChiroVox: a public library of bat calls. PeerJ. 10, e12445.
2. Juliana Nordin, Chew, T.H., Lee-Sim Lim, Mohd Shahir Shamsir. 2021. Temporal changes of bat diversity in the urban habitat island of Batu Caves, Malaysia. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 736: 012051
3. Mohamad Rani Ismail Hashim, Hao-Chih Kuo, Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah, Lee-Sim Lim. 2020. Physical Conditions and microclimate of two Cynopterus species roosts in an abandoned village in Lambor, Perak. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management. 15(5):59-71 (Correspondence author)
4. Lim, L-S, Struebig, M., Nor Zalipah Mohamed, Adura Mohd-Adnan, Juliana Senawi, Akbar Zubaid, Shahrul Anuar Sah, Rossiter, S.J. 2019. Bats from the understorey of lowland tropical rainforests across Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Bat Research and Conservation. 12(1):68-82 (Correspondence author)
5. Huang, J.C-H, Nurul Ain Elias, Shahrul Anuar Sah, Nur Izzati Abdullah, Lim, L-S. 2019. The first record of Coelops frithii (Blyth, 1848) to Penang, Malaysia, with a note of the potential acoustic plasticity of the species. Journal of Bat Research and Conservation. 12(1):21-26 (Correspondence author)
6. William-Dee, J., Khan, F. A. A., Rosli, Q., Morni, M. A., Azhar, I., Lim, L. S., Tingga, R.C.T. & Rahman, M. R. A. 2019. Comparative Distribution of Small Mammals Diversity in Protected and Non-Protected Area of Peninsular Malaysia. Tropical Life Sciences Research, 30(2):131-147.
7. Sa'Adiah Shahabudin, Rohayu Hami, Lee-Sim Lim, Amalina Salleh, Amalina Salleh, 2018, The Effect of Dental Unit Waterline Flushing on the Quality of Water in Dental Teaching Center in Malaysia, Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 3: 72-74
8. Priscillia Miard*, Lee Sim Lim*, Nur Izzati Abdullah, Nurul Ain Elias, Nadine Ruppert. 2018. Ultrasound use by Sunda colugos offers new insights into the communication of these cryptic mammals, Bioacoustics, DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2018.1463294 (*Both of the authors contributed equally and share equal role in the authorship of this article)
9. Emma C. Teeling, Sonja C. Vernes, Liliana M. Dávalos, David A. Ray, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Eugene Myers, Bat1K Consortium. 2018. Bat biology, genomes, and the Bat1K Project: To generate chromosome-level genomes for all living bat species. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. 6:23-46 (I am one of the member in the Bat1K Consortium)
10. Md-Zain, B. M., Teh, M., Ang, K.C., Lim, L.S., & Yaakop, S. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships of the Orang Asli (Proto Malays) tribe based on the HVS II gene sequences. Malaysian Applied Biology 46(4): 35–42
11. Görföl, T., Bates, P. J., Lim, L. S., & Francis, C. M. 2016. Hypsugo macrotis. IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES, 1-7.
12. Lim, L.S., Csorba, G., Wong, C.-M., Akbar Zubaid, Sultana Parvin Habeebur Rahman, Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, Huang, J.C.-C., Nazalan Najimudin & Görföl. 2016. The systematic position of Hypsugo macrotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and a new record from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa. 4170(1):169-177
13. Lim, L.S., Adura Mohd-Adnan, Akbar Zubaid, Struebig, M. & Rossiter S. 2014. Diversity of Malaysian insectivorous bat assemblages revisited. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 30(02):111-121
14. S. Lim, K.C. Ang, M.C. Mahani, A.W. Shahrom & B.M. Md-Zain. 2010. Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism and Phylogenetic Relationships of Proto Malays in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Biological Sciences 10: 71-83
15. Shahrom, A.W., Lim, L.S., Md-Zain, B.M., Mansor Clyde, M. & Noor Azma, S. 2-D (When Skull is not available) using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) phylogeny tree and image morphing techniques: a preliminary study.  International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Legal Medicine 8: 1-5
16. Lim, L.S., Mahani, MC, Badrul, MZ, Shahrom, A.W. HVS I as a tool in phylogenetic analysis among human populations in Peninsular Malaysia.  Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 10: 1-8

BOOK CHAPTERS :

• Nurul-Ain Elias, Nor Amira Abdul Rahman, Nur Izzati Abdullah, Khairi Azri Nazari, Mohd Hafizul Hasmadi Mohd Noor, Lim Lee-Sim (2021). Chapter 4.14: A short notes on bats of Penang Hill. In Nadine Riuppert, Meg Lowman, Siti Azizah Mohd Nor (eds). The Biodiversity of Penang Hill: Findings of the Penang Hill BioBlitz 2017. The Habitat Foundation. ISBN 9789671998809
• Ang, K.C., Lim, L.S., Md-Zain, B.M. & Clyde, M.M. 2012. Molecular Systematics of Orang Kanaq (Proto Malay) as Inferred from Maternal and Paternal Markers. In Zafarina Zainuddin (eds) Genetic and Dental Profiles of Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia. ISBN 9789838615501

PUBLISHED DATABASE :

• Abdullah N I, Lim L. S., Elias N, Huang J C C (2020). Bats of Penang Island, Malaysia. Version 1.4. Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tn7zxw accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-11-24.
• Elias N A, Abdullah N I, Lim L. S., Huang J C C (2020): Bat collection of Bats Ecology and Conservation Lab, Universiti Sains Malaysia. v1.5. Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bifa/resource?r=bifa04-24-03&v=1.5

PUBLISHED MEGAZINE ARTICLES :

• Lee-Sim Lim, Mohd Shahir Shamsir (2019) Mapping the Mysterious Dark Cave 360° with Special Focus on the Roosting Bats. Malaysian Naturalist 73:20-24

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS :

1. Nur Izzati Abdullah, Huang, J.C.C., Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, Mohd Muin Abdullah Akil, Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah, Lim, L.S. 2015. Values of forest patches in conserving bat diversity on Penang Island, Malaysia.
2. (Poster presented in 3rd International Southeast Asia Bat Conference, 14-17 August 2015, at Grand Margherita, Kuching Sarawak)
3. Lim, L.S., Adura Mohd-Adnan, Zubaid Akbar Mukhtar Ahmad, Rossiter, S.J. 2009. How forest fragmentation affect forest bat populations? A preliminary study on Blyth’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus lepidus) in Peninsular Malaysia.
4. (Poster presented at Southeast Asia Gateway Evolution, 14-17 September 2009, Royal Holloway University, United Kingdom)
5. Lim, L.S., Faulkes, C.G., Adura Mohd-Adnan, Zubaid, A., Rossiter, S.J. 2009. The impact of forest fragmentation on tropical bats: a preliminary study of Blyth’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus lepidus) in Malaysia.
6. (Poster presented at Student Conference on Conservation Science, 24-26 March 2009, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
7. Lim, L.S., Rossiter, S., Struebig, M., Kingston, T., Zubaid Akhbar Mukhtar Ahmad, Adura Mohd-Adnan. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of Kerivoula Species from Peninsular Malaysia.
8. (Poster presented at 1st International Southeast Asia Bats Conference, 7-11 May 2007, Phuket, Thailand)
9. Lim, L.S., Md Zain, Badrul Munir, MC Mahani, Hood Mohd Salleh, AW Shahrom. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships between Proto-Malays and three main races from Peninsular Malaysia.
10. (Poster presented in 5th Human Genome Organization (HUGO) Pacific Meeting and 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics, 17-20 November 2004, Singapore)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS :

1. Lim, L.S., Juliana Nordin, Foong, Adrian J. Y., Zarris Kem Hymier, Nurul Hidayah Abdullah. 2016. Sustainable practices for the Conservation, Education and Ecotourism management of the Dark Cave at Batu Caves
2. (Presented in Conservation Asia 2016, 29 Jun-3 July, at UTown, National University of Singapore)
3. Lim, L.S., Syarafina Ramli,Mohamad Rani Ismail Hashim, Sheema Abdul Aziz, Christine Fletcher, Ting, J.S., Nur Artiqah Abdul Rahman, Nur Izzati Abdullah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah, Akbar Zubaid. 2015. Roost selection by bats in the Anthropogenic areas along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia
4. (Presented in 3rd International Southeast Asia Bat Conference, 14-17 August 2015, at Grand Margherita, Kuching Sarawak)
5. Lim, L.S., Struebig, M., Adura Mohd-Adnan, Zubaid Akhbar, Rossiter, S. 2010. Broad scale patterns in species and genetic diversity of forest bats in peninsular Malaysia
6. (Presented in British Bat Research Symposium, 16 April 2010, at Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom)
7. Lim, L.S., Struebig, M., Adura Mohd-Adnan, Rossiter, S. 2006. Impact of forest fragmentation on the genetic structure of tropical insectivorous bats.
8. (Presented in British Council Networking for Population Genetics, 13 to15 February 2006, at Human Genome Center USM)

Teaching

TAUGHT COURSES :

• 2016-2017, 2019 : present JIB 116 Animal Diversity
• 2014-2015 JIB 322 : Molecular Biology
• 2013-2018 JIB 225 Animal Physiology
• 2013-present JIB 431/JIB531 Biosystematics
• 2013-2014 JIB 432 Environmental and Conservation Biology
• 2006 Cambridge A-Level Biology

TEACHING MATERIALS : 

Lim, L.S., Chee, S.Y. 2015. JIB 431/4 Biosystematics: Laboratory practical 1-2 Animal Systematics. School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia: Penang.

Supervision

POST-GRAD SUPERVISION :

• 2014-2015 : Co-supervisor Nurul Syarafina Ramli (UKM - Mixmode), Roost Selection by Bats in Man-made Structure in the Klang Valley and Seremban
• 2015-2018 : Main supervisor Nur Izzati Abdullah (PPPJJ, USM, research mode), Echolocation and Community Structure of Bats from Different Landscapes on Penang Island
• 2020-present : Co-supervisor Juliana Nordin (UTM, research mode), Biological and Ecological Characterisation of Roosting Bats in the Dark Cave Conservation Site

Recognition

MEDIA COVERAGE :

• 7 Dec 2019 : Live with bats in harmony- China Press (https://penang.chinapress.com.my/20191207/【今日北马头条】栖息山林洞穴不怕光-蝙蝠与人共/)
• 1 May 2018 : First record of ultrasound communication in the mysterious Sunda colugo (Interviewed by Shreya Dasgupta, mongabay.com)
• 18 Apr 2018 : Colugo Ultrasound Call Discovery- Penang Hill BioBlitz 2017 (https://youtu.be/g58nqh0mC9s) (Interviewed by Jason Learning, USA)
• 24 Oct 2017 : Bat Survey Update - Penang Hill BioBlitz 2017 (https://youtu.be/OROEiJ8o65Q) (Interviewed by Jason Learning, USA)
• 4 Dec 2013 : Article author for “Malaysian students win Green Film Competition 2013 with “Save our Bats”” (Link: http://www.seabcru.org/1239)
• 2013 S.O.B (Save Our Bats) - Green Film Winner Anugerah Hijau 2013. (Interviewed by the Eco-Preneurs of King George V Secondary School, Malaysia.) (Link: http://www.anugerahhijau.my/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ksc0ba28M)
• 9 Oct 2012 : In the Dark Cave, Fearsome Living Fossils. Green Blog. New York Times. (Interviewed by Rachel Nuwer)
• 2010-2011 : Bats in international forestry scholarships. The U.S. Forest Service International Programs & Bat Conservation International. (Brochures. Link: http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/global/wings/bats/scholarship_brochures/bats_scholarship_2010_2011.pdf)
• 2010 : News editor for Geographical Directions, the associated blog site (blog.geographydirections.com) for RGS-IBG Journals and Geography Compass, Wiley-Blackwell’s review journal covering the geographical disciplines.
• 2010 : BCI Scholarships. 2009-2010 Annual Report. Bat Conservation International. (Report on bat study)
• 2009-2010 : Bats in international forestry scholarships. Bat Conservation International. (Brochures. Link: http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/global/wings/bats/scholarship_brochures/bats_scholarship_2009_2010.pdf)
• July 2009 Apply for a scholarship. E-newsletter, Bat Conservation International. Vol 7, no.7. (List of scholars)

RESEARCH GRANTS AND SUPPORTS :

• 2016 : Tabung Persidangan Luar Negara, Universiti Sains Malaysia (MYR6929)
• 2014-2016 : Short term grant, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Principal Invertigator) (MYR39,680.00)
• 2014-2015 : IDEA WILD sponsorship (Principal investigator) (USD1,498)
• 2009-2010 : Central Research Fund Grant (GBP 6,300)
• 2008-2009 : Bat Conservation International Students Research Scholarships (GBP 2,039)
• 31 Jan 2018 : Bats Monitoring for Subterranean Ecosystems. Talk delivered at 2018 CAVE & KARST TALK, organised by Cave Management Group Sdn Bhd, Aman Rimba Private Estate, Malaysia
• 21 July 2016 : Sustainable practices for the show caves: Observations based on two Malaysian caves. Talk delivered at Tourism Cave Management Workshop in Myanmar
• 5 January 2015 : Talk 1: The bats; Talk 2: Bats on Penang Island. Talks delivered at Tropical Spice Garden, Penang.
• 20 June 2013 : The bats and our society. Talk delivered at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King George V, Seremban.

Consultancies :

2011-2018 : Scientific Advisory Panel of Cave Management Group, Batu Caves, Malaysia. (Accounts for bat diversity and bats related research)

Professional Memberships :

• Since 2004 - Life time member Persatuan Genetik Malaysia
• Since 2008 - Member Malaysian Nature Society
• Since 2008 - Member Bat Conservation International, United States of America
• Since 2009 - Ordinary Member The Genetics Society, United Kingdom
• Since 2015 - Member Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
• 2015-2018 - Committee Member Malaysian Cave and Karst Conservancy
• Since 2010 - Member British Ecological Society
• 2010 - Postgraduate fellow Royal Geographical Society with IBG, United Kingdom