Our People

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Whetting your APPetite with NUSmart Dining
Mr Koh Yan Leng, NUS Associate Vice President, Campus Life has a mission to ensure that we make the best use of our lunch hour, and it all begins with an app on your smartphone.
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Communicating through design
Being raised in an artistic environment, it is no surprise where Associate Professor Patrick Chia acquired his creative flair that inspired him to venture into the world of industrial design.
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Painting to connect with self
A cocoon to escape from the world – that is how Narayanan Shyam feels when he loses himself in his watercolour painting. He finds comfort in the introspective process which helps him connect with his inner self.
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Robing our Chancellors
When July approaches each year, the Registrar’s Office at NUS turns into a hive of activities to prepare for Commencement.
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Culinary doctor
Dr Catherine Chua remembers with fond nostalgia the good old days.
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Shanghai calling
Lee Tun Leng has been working at NUS since March 2010 and moved to Shanghai to oversee the NUS Overseas College (NOC) there in September 2014. She has been enjoying her stint in this fast-paced city ever since.
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Sharing the love of gardening
Adjunct Professor Lee Kim Seng’s love for gardening took root since young, having spent his childhood at his family’s six-acres fruit farm in Malaysia. Back at home, he is the proud "parent" to some 60 bonsai plants and more than 100 pots of the Desert Rose and flowers.
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Animal artisan
Since young, Kate Pocklington has been wavering between becoming a veterinarian and an artist. Her love for animals developed while growing up in rural England, and her artistic creativity was fueled by her passion in fine arts.
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From Nigeria to Cambridge to Singapore
When Professor Adekunle Olusola Adeyeye decided to take up a job offer in Singapore in 1997, many of his friends thought he was "crazy".
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Committed to campus security
If you ask Specialist Associate Ignatius Shepherdson of NUS Campus Security to describe a typical day at work, he would say that it’s never a dull day when it comes to protecting the safety of the NUS community. He joined NUS in 2005, after more than 27 years in the Singapore Police Force.
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Kungfu professor
What do Bruce Lee and NUS Law Professor Joel Lee have in common?