Emeritus Professor

"I cannot emphasize enough the importance of environmental protection in light of global warming, zoonotic diseases, as well as loss of biodiversity and ecosystems which are beginning to impact on mankind."

• Contributed significantly to the fields of criminal law, environmental law and specific areas of law such as Straits in International Navigation and Credit and Security in Singapore
• Founding member of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL)
• Legal officer in the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Vienna (1980 -1986)

• Member of the Faculty of Law since 1963
• First female faculty to be conferred Emeritus Professor
• Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Law since 1997
• Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, since 1996. Under her leadership, the Centre has put NUS on the world map as a leading centre for environmental law

• Collaborating in a research project on Avian Influenza and other zoonotic diseases for the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
• Introduced environmental law to the Faculty of Law in 1994 as well as promoted the development of environmental law courses for both the public and private sectors in Singapore
• Assisted IUCN-CEL in establishing regional and partner centres in environmental law all over the world when she was IUCN-CEL Regional Vice Chair for South and East Asia (1996-2004)
• Co-editor of Capacity Building for Environmental Law in the Asian and Pacific Region: Approaches and Resources (2 vols, 1874 pages, 2nd edition 2003), considered one of the most useful environmental law text ever produced

• Visiting Professor in Environmental Law at the Universidad Metropolitana de Mexico, Mexico and at the William Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, USA
• Member, International Council of Environmental Law, Bonn, Germany
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Environmental Law Report
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Asia-Pacific Journal of Environmental Law
• Academic Advisor, International and Comparative Environmental Law, People's Republic of China

• "Under Prof Koh's able leadership, APCEL has become the region's most important centre for research on and the teaching of international environmental law. This is her enduring legacy to NUS and to Singapore." – Prof Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
• "Prof Koh's … enormous contributions to building IUCN and Environmental Law will always inspire me." – Prof Nicholas A. Robinson, Former Chair, IUCN-CEL (1996-2004)
• "… the greatest respect to all Prof Koh has done and is doing - to make Singapore an environmental beacon in this region." – Prof Philippe Sands QC, University College London; Barrister at Matrix Chambers
• "Through her publications... and teaching career, Prof Koh continues to admirably meet the challenge of Principle 27 of the Rio Declaration." – John Boyd, former Principal Sector Specialist [Sustainable Development] for Asian Development Bank