Dr. Jani Tanzil, Facility Director & Senior Research Fellow

Dr Jani Tanzil, Facility Director, St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory & Senior Research Fellow, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, is a marine ecologist whose research on marine ecosystem dynamics focuses on better understanding the marine environment and coral resilience to climate/environmental disturbances. She hopes her work can better strategies for environmental assessments, policies for resource management and ecosystem recovery. Jani is the Facility Director at the St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory and a Senior Research Fellow at the Tropical Marine Science Institute, NUS. She leads several projects including a reef restoration project to rejuvenate Singapore’s light-limited reef areas, as well as the Marine Environment Sensing Network project which aims to expand Singapore’s marine monitoring network for research, education and to facilitate collaborations for our shared environment.