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| “I have developed this sixth sense of looking at coasts. I can now see what I couldn’t see 30 years ago. This comes with experience.” |
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SPECIAL COMMENDATION |
| Assoc Prof WONG Poh Poh |
Ph D (McGill University); B A (Hons), M A (University of Singapore)
Department of Geography |
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| LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS |
- Eminent geographer, widely recognised as an expert in
coastal tourism, with special ability to see the interaction
between human activities and the physical landscape
- Leading scholar of climate change and coastal geomorphology
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| NUS PORTFOLIO |
- Member of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
since 1966
- Member of the Teaching Strategy Sub-Committee
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| SERVICE TO NATION AND
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY |
- Only Singaporean on the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the Nobel Peace
Prize 2007 with former US Vice President Al Gore
- Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Fourth Assessment
Report (2004-2007)
- Principal Investigator, NUS Staff Supported project on
tsunami-impacted coasts in Aceh, southern Thailand,
Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka (2005-2007)
- Principal Investigator, NUS Research Project on
Integrated Coastal Tourism Management in Dalian, China
(2004-2006)
- Lead Author, APN Asian-Pacific Coasts and their
Management: State of the Environment (2004-2005)
- Coordinating Lead Author, Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment (2003-2005) which won the Zayed
International Prize for the Environment for scientific and
technological achievement in environment
- Resource Editor, Tourism Geographies (1999-2004)
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- Lead Author, IPCC Third Assessment Report (1998-2001)
- Expert Reviewer, IPCC Regional Impacts Special Report
(1997)
- Board Member, International Geographical Union (IGU)
Commission on the Coastal Environment, renamed
Coastal Systems (1992-2000)
- Treasurer, International Association of Geomorphologists
(IAG) Southeast Asia Conference (1995)
- Member, UNE P East Asian Seas Task Team on Climatic
Change Implications (1989-1990)
- Contributor, ASEAN-US Cooperative Programme on
Marine Sciences: Coastal Resources Management Project
(1989-1992)
- Co-editor, Tropical Geomorphology Newsletter (1989-1997)
- National-Point-of-Contact, South East Asia Network of
Geosciences (1981-1989)
- Co-organiser, UNE SCO Workshop on Coastal
Geomorphology in Singapore and Malaysia (1979)
- Member, Public Utilities Board (PUB) Committee on
Meteorology (1973-1977)
- Secretary, Organising Committee for IG U/UNE SCO
Conference on the Teaching of Geography (1972)
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| FUTURE ASPIRATION |
- To maintain a strong field research in climate change and
coastal hazards and to develop new concepts, approaches
and technologies in the adaptation to climate change.
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