Ruizhi Choo

Doctoral Student
Advisor: Leonard Y. Andaya

Southeast Asia, Environmental History, Fisheries, Oceanic History, History of Science and Technology
Email: ruizhi@hawaii.edu

Representative Publications

• Ruizhi Choo, “Fishes of Empire: Imperialism & Ichthyological Introductions in British Malaya, 1923-1942”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 54, no. 1 (2023): 44–63.
• Ruizhi Choo, “Nation, Nature, and the Singapore Zoological Gardens, 1973-2018” in Singaporean Creatures edited by Timothy P. Barnard. Singapore: NUS Press, 2024.

Awards

• National University of Singapore Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize for Best Master’s Thesis in the Social Sciences/ Humanities 2019/2020