Our People
Prof Hung Wei Loong, David
National Institute of Education [email protected]Professor David Hung is Centre Director of Science of Learning in Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He is also the President’s Chair in Learning Sciences. His research i ...
Appointments:
Centre Director, Science of Learning in Education
President's Chair in Learning Sciences
Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences & Assessment
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Anne Rifkin-Graboi
National Institute of Education [email protected]I am interested in understanding the interplay between social and familial experience, mental health, and well-being, alongside the cognitive and biological mediators and moderators involved in these relations. I have a strong background in Attachme ...
Appointments:
Deputy Centre Director, Science of Learning in Education, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences & Assessment
Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences (Courtesy Appointment)
Keywords: Child Development | Mental Health | Neuroscience | Psychology | Science of Learning
Asst Prof Azilawati Jamaludin
National Institute of Education [email protected]Azilawati Jamaludin (Asst Prof) is faculty at the Learning Sciences and Assessment Academic Group at National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. She is also Assistant Centre Director at the Science of Learning in Educati ...
Appointments:
Assistant Centre Director, Human Potential and Translation, Science of Learning in Education, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences & Assessment
Keywords: Brain Machine Interface | Computational Intelligence | Education and Pedagogy | Educational Management and Leadership | Mathematics | Neuroscience | Science of Learning
Assoc Prof Teo Wei Peng
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr Wei-Peng Teo graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Ph.D. (Medicine) in 2014 and has since held several lecturing appointments at various Australian universities such as Edith Cowan University, Central Queensland Universi ...
Appointments:
Assistant Centre Director, Interdisciplinary Research & Partnerships, Science of Learning in Education, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science
Keywords: Education | Neuroscience
Assoc Prof Chen Wenli
National Institute of Education [email protected]Associate Professor CHEN Wenli is the Head of the Learning Sciences and Assessment (LSA) Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore. Her research interests include Computer-Sup ...
Appointments:
Head, Learning Sciences & Assessment
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences & Assessment
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Lee Ngan Hoe
National Institute of Education [email protected]Lee Ngan Hoe is the Associate Dean, Professional Practice, with the Office of Teacher Education & Undergraduate Programmes at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He is also an Associate Professor wit ...
Appointments:
Associate Dean, Professional Practice, Office of Teacher Education & Undergraduate Programmes
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Mathematics & Mathematics Education
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Tan Seng Chee
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr Seng Chee TAN is an Associate Professor with the Learning Sciences and Assessment academic group. He obtained his BSc (Hons) from the National University of Singapore in 1989 under the sponsorship of PSC Local Merit Scholarship; he complet ...
Appointments:
Associate Dean, Professional & Leadership Development, Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences & Assessment
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy
Asst Prof Farhan Ali
National Institute of Education [email protected]Farhan Ali is an Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences and Assessment Academic Group. A neuroscientist by training, he was previously an Associate Research Scientist at Yale University School of Medicine, performing translational neuros ...
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences and Assessment
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences & Assessment
Keywords: Artificial and Augmented Intelligence | Education and Pedagogy | Mental Health
Dr Tan Ser Hong
National Institute of Education [email protected]Broadly, I study achievement motivation and student well-being. My research looks into individual differences and social factors to understand what motivates student with a focus on educational and well-being outcomes such as test anxiety. I am also ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Mental Health | Psychology
Dr Caleon Imelda Santos
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr. Imelda Santos Caleon is an Assistant Dean on Partnerships at the Office of Education Research and Senior Education Research Scientist at the Science of Learning in Education Centre, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technologi ...
Appointments:
Assistant Dean, Partnerships, OER Partnerships
Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education | Mental Health | Psychology | Science of Learning
Dr Koh Ruilin, Elizabeth
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr Elizabeth Koh is Deputy Director (Academic) Research Support, of the Education Research Funding Programme Office. She is also a Senior Education Research Scientist (Senior Lecturer) at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (CRPP) ...
Appointments:
Deputy Director (Academic), Research Support, Education Research Funding Programme Office, OER Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice
Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Artificial and Augmented Intelligence | Education and Pedagogy | Information Sciences and Systems | Science of Learning
Dr Aishah Abdul Rahman
National Institute of Education [email protected]Aishah Abdul Rahman is a Lecturer / Research Scientist at the Office of Education Research at NIE and is part of the Science of Learning in Education team. She completed her Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the Unive ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Child Development
Dr Astrid Schmied
National Institute of Education [email protected]I'm an Educational Neuroscientist: I work at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and education to optimize the teaching and learning process across the lifespan. In addition, I study the global evolution of Educational Neuroscience and focu ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | Neuroscience | Psychology | Science of Learning
Dr Huang Junsong, David
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr David Huang has been with NIE since 2005. He is currently the Associate Dean for Research Administration and Support at the Office of Education Research (OER/NIE) and a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Pr ...
Appointments:
Associate Dean, Strategic Support & Analytics, Office of Education Research
Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education
Dr Khor Ean Teng
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr. Khor Ean Teng is a faculty member at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She is also a founding leader of Learning Analytics Special Interest Group at NIE; an editorial board member ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Artificial and Augmented Intelligence | Education and Pedagogy | Science of Learning
Dr Jack Fogarty
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr Jack Fogarty is a cognitive neuroscientist and early career researcher who completed his B.Psyc (1st Class Honours) and PhD in Psychophysiology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He has worked as an EEG consultant and research offi ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Neuroscience | Psychology
Dr Adam John Privitera
National Institute of Education [email protected]Adam John Privitera is a Research Scientist in the Science of Learning in Education Centre, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. He earned his PhD from the University of Hong Kong (Faculty of Education) specializing in c ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Ageing | Healthy Brain Ageing | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Neuroscience | Psychology | Science of Learning | Teacher Education
Dr Yuvaraj Rajamanickam
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr. Yuvaraj Rajamanickam is a lecturer (research scientist) at the Science of learning in Education Centre (SoLEC), National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore. He received both B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) and M.E. de ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Biomedical Engineering | Brain Machine Interface | Education
Dr Jessica Tan
National Institute of Education [email protected]Jessica utilises neurophysiological and eye-tracking methods to examine neurophysiological differences in language development across infancy, childhood and adulthood. She is also interested in understanding neurophysiological synchrony between inte ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Child Development | Education and Pedagogy | Neuroscience | Psychology
Dr Yang Yifan
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr YANG Yifan is a Research Scientist at the Science of Learning, Office of Education Research. She received her BEng (Honours) in mechanical and production engineering from Nanyang Technological University, MA in exercise physiology from Univ ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education | Nutrition, Metabolism and Health | Science of Learning
Dr Zhu Ying
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr Ying Zhu received an MSc in Applied statistics from University of Oxford and a PhD in statistics from University College London (UCL). She has also got industry experience at ACNielsen and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as statistician and se ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Science of Learning in Education
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education
Prof Chen Shen-Hsing Annabel
School of Social Sciences [email protected]Prof S.H. Annabel Chen is the President's Chair Professor of Psychology at School of Social Sciences and has joint appointments at LKCMedicine and the National Institute of Education. She is a clinical neuropsychologist (licensed in Clinical Psych ...
Appointments:
Director, Cradle@NTU
President's Chair in Psychology
Professor, School of Social Sciences
Professor, National Institute of Education (Courtesy Appointment)
Keywords: Ageing | Child Development | Healthy Brain Ageing | Mental Health | Neuroscience | Psychology | Science of Learning
Assoc Prof Mariam Aljunied
Principal Educational Psychologist
Special Educational Needs Division
Ministry of Education
Prof Michael Chia
National Institute of Education [email protected]Professor Michael Chia is a tenured full Professor of Pediatric Exercise Science at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), a first for Singapore. He served as the Dean for Faculty Affairs for 7 years (July ...
Appointments:
Professor, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science
Keywords: Education
Prof Wang Chee Keng, John
National Institute of Education [email protected]Professor John Wang is the inaugural E. W. Barker Chair Professor in the Physical Education and Sport Science (PESS) Academic Group. This endowed chair professorship is one of the most prestigious awards in physical education and sport in Sing ...
Appointments:
Professor, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science
EW Barker Chair in Physical Education and Sports Science
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Burns Stephen Francis
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr Stephen Burns holds a PhD in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University in the UK. He taught and researched at the University of Texas at El Paso in the US for one year before going on to complete postdoctoral studies in childhood obe ...
Appointments:
Associate Dean, Programme & Student Development, Office of Teacher Education & Undergraduate Programmes
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science
Keywords: Nutrition, Metabolism and Health | Science of Learning
Assoc Prof Quek Choon Lang, Gwendoline
National Institute of Education [email protected]A/P Quek Choon Lang, Gwendoline is an Associate Professor in the Learning Sciences and Assessment Academic Group (LSA AG), National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She teaches and supervises Undergraduat ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences and Assessment
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences & Assessment
Keywords: Education | Science of Learning
Assoc Prof Tan Heng Kiat, Kelvin
National Institute of Education [email protected]A/P Kelvin Tan is an Associate (Practice) Professor in the Learning Sciences and Assessment Academic Group. His areas of teaching and advisement revolve around curriculum, assessment, reflection, and learning. His curriculum goal is to devise ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences and Assessment
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Learning Sciences & Assessment
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Teo Tang Wee
National Institute of Education [email protected]TEO Tang Wee is an Associate Professor in the Natural Sciences and Science Education (Academic Group) in the National Institute of Education. She is also the Co-Head of the Multi-centric Education, Research and Industry STEM Centre (meriSTEM ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Natural Sciences & Science Education
Keywords: Education
Assoc Prof Vahid Aryadoust
National Institute of Education [email protected]Vahid Aryadoust is an Associate Professor of language assessment at the National Institute of Education of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; an Honorary Associate Professor, the Institute of Education, UCL, London; and a Visiting Professor ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Keywords: Education | Neuroscience
Asst Prof Alicia Marie Goodwill
National Institute of Education [email protected]Alicia is currently an Assistant Professor at Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) Academic Group at National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Alicia studied exercise and sports science and majored ...
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science
Keywords: Healthy Brain Ageing | Neuroscience
Asst Prof Komar John
National Institute of Education [email protected]Ast/P John Komargraduated from the University of Strasbourg (France) in 2008 and joined the University of Rouen (France) to undertake postgraduate studies and complete a PhD in Motor Control and Learning in 2013. He subsequently worked as a da ...
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Physical Education & Sports Science
Keywords: Artificial and Augmented Intelligence | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Informatics and Data Science | Computer Vision and Sensing | Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Neuroscience | Psychology | Science of Learning | Teacher Education
Asst Prof Luca Onnis
Luca Onnis is a Professor of Psycholinguistics at the University of Oslo
Research collaborations
Active collaborations include the Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen; the National Institutes of Education (NIE), and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; the University of Genova, Italy; the University of California, Merced.
Asst Prof Rebecca Heaton
National Institute of Education [email protected]Rebecca Heaton is an Assistant Professor in Visual and Performing Arts Education. Prior to working at NIE Rebecca was a Senior Lecturer in Education at a UK university, she completed her EdD in Art Education at Cambridge University and is a qu ...
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Art, Design and Media | Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Neuroscience | Science of Learning | Teacher Education
Assoc Prof Suzy Styles
School of Social Sciences [email protected]Dr Suzy Styles joined NTU in 2013 as a Nanyang Assistant professor. She received her DPhil from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford in 2009. She continued her post-doctoral research at the Oxford University BabyLab, ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences
Keywords: Language & Communication | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Neuroscience | Psychology | Research/Studies on Asia
Dr Jose David Munez Mendez
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr. David Munez is a Research Scientist at the Center for Research in Child Development, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received his Ph.D. (European Doctorate Mention) from University of Salama ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education | Science of Learning
Dr Khng Kiat Hui
National Institute of Education [email protected]Fannie Khng Kiat Hui is the Assistant Dean of Research Management (Office of Education Research), and a Research Scientist with the Centre for Research in Child Development, National Institute of Education (NIE). She received her B. Soc. Sci ( ...
Appointments:
Senior Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education
Dr Lim Yang Teck Kenneth
National Institute of Education [email protected]Kenneth Y T Lim operates at the intersection of neuroergonomics, the learning sciences, and cognitive psychology. His portfolio is accessible through GPinTuitions. Most recently, his ...
Appointments:
Senior Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice
Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Artificial and Augmented Intelligence | Climate and Environment | Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Hardware and Embedded Systems | Internet of Things | Neuroscience | Psychology | Science of Learning | Teacher Education
Dr Ng Ee Lynn
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr. Ng Ee Lynn is Senior Education Research Scientist at the Center for Research in Child Development at the Office of Education Research, NIE. She received her Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University in 2013. Her research interests are ce ...
Appointments:
Assistant Centre Director, Early Childhood Education Research, Centre for Research in Child Development, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Child Development | Psychology
Dr O'Brien Beth Ann
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr O'Brien Beth Ann is the head of Early and Middle Childhood Research,Centre for Research in Child Development (CRCD), OER, National Institute of Education.
Appointments:
Deputy Centre Director, Centre for Research in Child Development, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Principal Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Child Development | Education | Neuroscience
Dr Seow Sen Kee, Peter
National Institute of Education [email protected]Peter Seow is a Lecturer/Research Scientist in the Office of Education Research in NIE. With his computer science background, he has been studying how students can develop Computational Thinking competencies though physical computing such as t ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education | Science of Learning
Dr Sun He
National Institute of Education [email protected]My research focus is on bilingual education for English and Mother Tongue Languages. I am interested in biliteracy learning and teaching with eBooks, and the relationship between bilingualism and psychological traits, such as social emotional well-be ...
Appointments:
Assistant Centre Director, Infancy & Early Childhood Research, Centre for Research in Child Development, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education | Neuroscience | Science of Learning
Dr Teo Chew Lee
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr Teo Chew Lee is Deputy Centre Director of Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice at the Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She received Master of Art ...
Appointments:
Deputy Centre Director, Centre for Research in Pedagogy & Practice, OER Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice
Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education | Science of Learning
Dr Wu Chiao-Yi
National Institute of Education [email protected]Dr. Wu Chiao-Yi is a Research Scientist (Lecturer) in the Centre for Research in Child Development at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Wu received her Ph.D. degree in Psychology from Nanyan ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Child Development | Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Neuroscience | Psychology | Science of Learning
Dr Goh Kok Yew Shaun
National Institute of Education [email protected]My research activity over the past 7 years examined if and how language is related to socio-emotional mental health, across multiple cohorts of children in Australia, UK and Singapore. I was awarded a PhD (Clinical Psychology) by the Australian Natio ...
Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
Keywords: Education
Prof Daniel Ansari
Daniel Ansari is a scientist in the field of Numerical Cognition in Western University, Canada. He is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning.
ContactProf Henik Avishai
Distinguished Professor, The Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
ContactDr Tan Aik Lim
Research Fellow
Constructivism, Informal Learning, Motivation and Interest development in learners, Psychophysiology and Learning, Science of Learning
Dr Jessica Tan
Education Research Scientist
Child development, Gaze behaviour, Inter-brain synchrony, Language Development, Social Interactions
Ms Rajarajan Udhayanithi
Research Assistant
Cognitive Processes in Learning, Cross-cultural research, Social and Cultural Cognition, Socio-emotional Learning, Wellbeing
Ms Sandhiya Kaur Sekhon
Research Assistant
Mental health interventions for at-risk youth and incarcerated individuals, as well as general clinical psychology.
Ms Ang Yingying
Yuhua Primary School
Research Interests: Socio-emotional Regulation in children, Students' well being, Motivation
Mr Moey Kok Keong
Republic Polytechnic
Research Interests: Cognitive processes in learning, adult learning, visual communication, Singapore perspectives, problem solving skills
Ms Ning Huang
Visiting PhD student from Peking University
My research interests focus on social determinants and interventions of mental health, physical health, and school bullying among children and adolescents.
Ms Alice Hu
Visiting scholar under the New Colombo Scholarship, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
My research interests focus on mathematics education, teacher professional learning, evidence-based teaching practices and pedagogies supporting diverse learners.
Ms Chen Wenxin
Visiting PhD student from Hubei University of Arts and Science
My research interests focus on sports training, sports psychology, and dance performance.
Dr Liu Wei Cheng
Senior Specialist Part-Time Research Attachment at SoLEC
Dr Liu Wei Cheng is a Master Research Specialist in Evaluation in the Psychological Assessment and Research Branch in the Research and Management Information Division of the Ministry of Education, Singapore.
My research interests include programme evaluation, evaluation capacity building, implementation science, and focusing on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.