Recent Research and community service

Year; Title; TeamAmountFunded by
2023; Exploration conservation perspectives among Bengkulu people and its efficacy on the learning of conservation in the University of Bengkulu; Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Saddam Husein, Patricia Gail PatrickRp 35.000.000FKIP UNIB
2023; Aminef Counterpart Grant; Abdul RahmanRp 26.800.000AMINEF
2023; Kids Literacy Club: Books Are a Uniquely Portable Magic; Abdul Rahman, Patricia Gail PatrickRp 7.897.000AMINEF
2023; Science Café: Passport to the Future; Abdul Rahman, Patricia Gail PatrickRp 7.450.000AMINEF
2022-2023; Ambassadors of Community Science: Secondary Science Teachers (ACS); Patricia Gail Patrick (PI-Columbus State University), Abdul Rahman (Co PI-Universitas Bengkulu), Catherine E. Matthews (Co PI- North Carolina University), Debra Talbott (Co PI- Sydney University), and Ariyoga Pratama (Co PI- SMAN 1 Puding Besar, Bangka).$100.000US Embassy in Jakarta
2022-2023; Sumatran traditional healers: leaders of conservation knowledge and ecological understanding; Patricia Gail Patrick (PI- Columbus State University), Abdul Rahman (Co PI-Universitas Bengkulu), and Arie Vatresia (Co PI-Universitas Bengkulu).$30.000Fulbright
2019-2020; Relationship between Indonesian (Bengkulu) Indigenous Healer (Battra) Knowledge and Biology Education Student Knowledge and Their Sense of Conservation; Patricia Gail Patrick (PI-Columbus State University), Abdul Rahman (Co PI-Universitas Bengkulu), and Aceng Ruyani (Co PI-Universitas Bengkulu).$30.000Fulbright
2019; Study of habitat, reproduction pattern, and cultivation of eminent strain as a conservation plan on Mungkus (Sicyopterus cynocephalus) fish in The Province of Bengkulu; Abdul Rahman (PI-Universitas Bengkulu) and Dewi Jumiarni (Co PI-Universitas Bengkulu).Rp. 69.700.000DRPM Dikti
2019-2020; Analysis of causes, impacts, and conceivable mitigations of Bengkulu floods based on backward mapping and current circumstances of the Air Bengkulu watershed; Abdul Rahman (PI-Universitas Bengkulu) and Hamidi Abdul Aziz (Co PI-Universiti Sains Malaysia).Rp. 60.000.000UNIB-USM

Recent Publication

Year; Title; AuthorsJournal
2024; Actor-network theory framing the ethnographic story of Indonesian healers’ human-animal interactions; Patricia Gail Patrick, Abdul Rahman SingkamConservation Biology, resubmit after review
2024; Pterygota diversity at Science Park, Air Sempiang Bengkulu; Febrina Kusuma Wardhani, Abdul Rahman Singkam, AbasSpizaetus, 5 (1): in press February
2024; Macroinvertebrate diversity in Kampai River Bengkulu; Abdul Rahman Singkam, Moh Aziz Pathori, Irwandi Ansori, Talib ChitheerAl-Kauniyah, 17 (1): 123-132
2023; Utilization of coconut fiber as a medium in slow sand filtration method to provide clean water in Talang Tinggi village, Seluma district; Abdul Rahman Singkam, Ananda Putri Gita Natasya, Fadjri Fil Ahli Hady, Nyimas Ajeng Ayu Meilani, Septia Noparis Fadhila, Anjaly Dewi Puspitasari, Mustika Elmi DayanaJPPKM Unsiq 10 (3): 220-225
2023; Population Dynamics of Dragonflies at The Paddy Field Ecosystem, Sidorejo, Central Bengkulu; Gisela Ratna Indriani, Abdul Rahman SingkamJ-BEKH 10 (1): 69- 74
2023; Developing a microbiology practical handbook based on the diversity of microalgae in Kampai river; Lolita Sri Anggrini, Dewi Jumiarni, Irdam Idrus, Abdul Rahman SingkamDiklabio 7 (1): 9-20
2022; Into the Database of Bencoolen Odonata: Synthesis of Two Years Dragonfly Survey in Bengkulu Province; Muhammad N Janra, David Gusman, Abdul Rahman Singkam, Agus Susanto, Haryanto Yatap, Ading Fahrudin, Faizal Andriyansyah, Atet Prameswara, Mexi Melian, Henny HerwinaIOP: EES 1097 (1), 012056
2022: Status quality assessment of Bengkenang river based on its physico-chemsitry and macoinvertebrates; Abdul Rahman Singkam, Agus Budi Utomo, Bhakti KaryadiEnviroscientea 18 (3): 16-25
2022: Status quality assessment of Selagan river based on its physico-chemsitry and macoinvertebrates: Abdul Rahman Singkam, Zakaria Husni, KasrinaBiosilampari 4(1): 70-79
2022; Application of 3r (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) on the society around Pondok Besi ditch, Bengkulu city Abdul Rahman Singkam, Morin Fadilah PutriPendidikan Lingkungan dan Pembangunan 23 (01), 17-27
2022; Microalgae diversity as bioindicator in river ecosystem; Mustika Elmi Dayana, Abdul Rahman SIngkam, Dewi JumiarniBioedusains: 5 (1), 77-84
2022; Microalgae in river and lake of Bengkulu as an aquatic bioindicator; Oktaria Silviani, Bhakti Karyadi, Dewi Jumiarni, Abdul Rahman SingkamBiosilampari 4(2): 127-138
2021; Creating paving block from waste to reduce plastic pollution and as a learning material on environmental topics; Abdul Rahman Singkam, Dewi Jumiarni, Befri Ahmad Abdul Ghofur, Muhamad Ridwan, Angga MartiasAbdiDosen 5 (3): 404-414
2021; Comparison of the water quality from traditional versus artesian based on their physico-chemistry; Abdul Rahman Singkam, Indri Lita Lestari, Fenty Agustin, Pingkan Luthfiyyah Miftahussalimah, Anggie Yovita Maharani, Rusma LinggaBioedusains 4 (2): 155-165
2020; Water quality analysis around the Kandang Limun campus, the University of Bengkulu; Abdul Rahman SingkamNaturalis 9 (2): 149-157
2019; Resources are more important than predation in driving the size of maturation on freshwater three-spined stickleback; Abdul Rahman Singkam, Andrew DC MacCollEvolutionary ecology research 20 (3), 265-278
2018; A genetics-based approach confirms immune associations with life history across multiple populations of an aquatic vertebrate (Gasterosteus aculeatus); James R Whiting, Isabel S Magalhaes, Abdul Rahman Singkam, Shaun Robertson, Daniele D’Agostino, Janette E Bradley, Andrew DC MacCollMolecular ecology 27 (15): 3174-3191
2018; Otolith development in wild populations of stickleback: Jones & Hynes method does not apply to most populations; Abdul Rahman Singkam, Andrew DC MacCollJournal of fish biology 93 (2): 272- 281

Professional work outside of Campus

  1. Expert Surveyor in mapping the Biodiversity of Raja Mendara Natural reserve, South Bengkulu, July 2023.
  2. Supervisor on community service “Developing tourism program on pond village to increase the income source of Padang Jaya community” Bina Desa Program funded by Dikti, 2022.
  3. Supervisor on community service “Developing the economy of Air Sempiang village through Agroecoedutourism program” Bina Desa Program funded by Dikti, 2021.
  4. Expert member in compiling a report on “a strategic environmental mapping of Kepahiang Regency for 2021-2025”, January-August 2021.
  5. Expert Surveyor in mapping the biodiversity of Bukit Daun Natural reserve, North Bengkulu, September 2020.
  6. Interviewer in several Dikti programs i.e. IISMA, Stipendum Hungaricum, and LPDP scholarship.

Professional Training

  1. LPDP Interviewer coaching; Jakarta; 16th Aug 2023
  2. Techniques in management of drinking and waste water, and flood mitigation; Universiti Sains Malaysia; 14-25th Oct 2019.
  3. Basic-advance research ethics and good clinical practice; The University of Bengkulu, 20-23rd June 2019
  4. Technics in surveying freshwater animals and their habitats; The University of Oxford; 16-20th March 2015.

Scientific Association

Society for Freshwater Science 2023- on going. British Ecological Society; 2014-2020.

Career History

2021-now: Vice Dean on Academic affairs, Faculty of Education, The University of Bengkulu

2020-2021: Head of JPMIPA department, Faculty of Education, The University of Bengkulu

2018-2020: Secretary of JPMIPA department, Faculty of Education, The University of Bengkulu

2017-2018: Lecturer at JPMIPA department, Faculty of Education, The University of Bengkulu

2013-2017: PhD Student at the University of Nottingham, UK

2011-2013: Junior Lecturer at JPMIPA department, Faculty of Education, The University of Bengkulu

2008-2011: Master student at Bogor Agricultural University

Referees

  1. Prof. Andrew DC MacColl, The University of Nottingham, UK, Andrew.Maccoll@nottingham.ac.uk, PhD Supervisor.
  2. Prof. Dr. Patricia Gail Patrick, Columbus State University, USA, trish.patrick.ise@gmail.com, collaborator in two Fulbright research grants.
  3. Prof. M. Lutfi Firdaus, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia, lutfi@unib.ac.id, Vice Rector on Academic Affairs/employer