Associate Research Fellows, Senior Analysts and Research Analysts

Ms Amalina Abdul Nasir

Research Analyst

Education: BSSc (SMU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorism and extremism in Southeast Asia
• Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism
• Radicalisation Process

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Chaula Rininta Anindya

Research Analyst

Education: BSocSc (Universitas Indonesia); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorism in Indonesia
• Radicalisation and De-radicalisation
• Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia
• Indonesia’s Defence and Security Policy

Entity: IDSS

Ms Amalina Anuar

Research Analyst

Education: BA (Monash University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• International political economy
• Digital economy, trade, (geo)politics and foreign policy
• Global and regional trade governance
• Malaysian economic foreign policy

Entity: CMS

Ms Adilah Binti Anwar

Language Officer

Education: BHmnSc Hons, Arab Languages and Literature (International Islamic University Malaysia)

Areas of Expertise:

• Arabic translations
• Arabic Linguistics
• Online extremism in Bahasa Indonesia website domain
• Community engagement in the Southeast Asia region
• Social psychology of the Singapore community
• Islam and Psychology

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Nur Aziemah Azman

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Al-Azhar University); MSc (Heriot-Watt University, UK)

Areas of Expertise:

• Online Extremism
• International Terrorism
• Religion and Identity
• Arabic Language and Literature

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Mustazah Bin Bahari

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (Islamic University of Madinah); Master of Islamic Studies (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)

Areas of Expertise:

• Moderation Studies
• Psychological aspects of an extremist
• History of extremists in Muslim world and their threats to politics and society
• Counter narrative extremism strategy

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Iftekharul Bashar

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSSc Hons; MSSc (University of Dhaka)

Areas of Expertise:

• Political Violence and Terrorism in South Asia
• Counterterrorism
• Assessment of PVE/CVE programmes
• Rohingya Crisis and regional security

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Jasminder Singh S/O Bilveer Singh

Senior Analyst

Education: BComm (USQ); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Irene Chan

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (NIE, NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Chinese Foreign Policy
• China-ASEAN and China-US Relations
• Regional Maritime Security
• China’s Territorial Disputes in East Asia

Entity: IDSS

Mr Chang Jun Yan

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Relations Theory
• International and Regional Organisations
• Democracy and Democratisation
• Critical Security Studies

Entity: IDSS

Mr James Char

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (NTU); MA (NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Chinese Domestic Politics
• Civil-Military Relations in China
• China’s Diplomatic Strategies in the Global South
• Chinese Nationalism as a Source of Political Legitimacy

Entity: IDSS

Mr Christopher Chen

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons; MIR (University of Melbourne)

Areas of Expertise:

• HADR Landscape in the Asia-Pacific; Institutional Memory
• Human Rights in Asia
• Forced Migration
• Politics & Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific

Entity: NTS Centre

Mr Jonathan Chen

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BBus Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU), MA (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Political Parties of Indonesia
• State and Society in Indonesia
• Indonesian Ethnic Chinese Community
• Contemporary Issues of Timor-Leste
• China-Indonesia Relations
• Indonesia Foreign Policy

Entity: IDSS

Mr Dedi Dinarto

Research Analyst

Education: BA (Universitas Gadjah Mada); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
• Indonesian Politics
• Local dynamics in the Riau Archipelago

Entity: IDSS

Mr Luca Farrow

Research Analyst

Education: BA Hons (Durham University); ( MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: SRP

Mr David Han Guo Xiong

Senior Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Critical International Relations Theory
• International Politics of Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific Regions
• Maritime Security Issues, especially the South China Sea Disputes
• Malaysia’s Foreign Policy

Entity: IDSS

Mr Ahmad Saiful Rijal Bin Hassan

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Al-Azhar University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorist Rehabilitation
• Community Engagement
• Moderation
• Political Islam

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Wendy He

Research Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• European Union Security
• Migration in the Mediterranean

Entity: IDSS

Mr Ben Ho

Associate Research Fellow

Education: MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Naval affairs
• Airpower
• Hybrid warfare
• Irregular warfare
• Light-infantry and special operations

Entity: IDSS

Mr Shawn Ho

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSc (SMU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

•    Korean Peninsular Politics, Security and History
•    East Asian Security
•    ASEAN-Korea relations

Entity: IDSS

Mr Ho Shu Huang

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military Sociology
• Civil-Military Relations
• The Military Profession
• Professional Military Education

Entity: IDSS

Ms Amanda Huan

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Adams State College); BComm (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Political Psychology
• Organisational Behaviour
• International Organisations
• Decision-making
• Reputation Management
• Communication

Entity: CMS

Ms Nazia Hussain

Senior Analyst

Education: BA (Jacobs University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian Ocean Security
• Sino-Indian Relations
• ASEAN and regional security
• Insurgency in Northeast India and its trans-national linkage

Entity: CMS

Mr Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani

Senior Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: SRP

Ms Stefanie Kam

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Reed College); MA (University of Chicago); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorism and political violence
• Ethnic separatism

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Lee Hui Ying

Senior Analyst

Education: MPP (University of Sydney); BA (University of London)

Areas of Expertise:

• International/Regional Organisations
• ASEAN
• Human rights and governance
• Gender

Entity: RSIS

Ms Lee YingHui

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (University of Reading, United Kingdom ), MIR (Peking University, China)

Areas of Expertise:

• Maritime security and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
• South China Sea conflict
• Maritime trade and the blue economy
• China’s ocean policy
• Belt and Road Initiative

Entity: IDSS

Ms Dymples Leong

Senior Analyst

Education: BBus (University of Newcastle)

Entity: CENS

Mr Ian Li Huiyuan

Research Analyst

Education: BBus Hons (Queensland University of Technology); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military History
• Cold War History
• Hybrid Warfare Theory

Entity: IDSS

Ms Li Qianru

Research Analyst

Education: BA (Northeastern University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: RSIS

Mr Remy Mahzam

Associate Research Fellow

Education: B, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage Hons (International Islamic University Malaysia); BA Hons (University of Huddersfield, UK); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Cyber terrorism
• Online Radicalisation
• Social Media Analytics
• Inter-Religious Relations
• Political Islam

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Ainah Binte Manap

Senior Language/Administrative Officer

Areas of Expertise:

• Translation
• Languages
• History of Singapore
• Current Tourist Attractions in Singapore
• Cultures and Religions in Singapore

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Eugene Mark Min Hui

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (ANU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

·         Political and economic developments in Southeast Asia

Entity: IDSS

Mr Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BPSc (Parahyangan Catholic University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
• Civil-military Relations in Indonesia
• Indonesian Politics
• Indonesian Military

Entity: IDSS

Mr Ahmad Helmi Bin Mohamad Hasbi

Research Analyst

Education: BA, Islamic Theology (AL-Azhar University)

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Mohamad Imran Bin Mohd Noor

Language Officer II

Areas of Expertise:

• Translation
• Languages

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Nazneen Mohsina

Senior Analyst

Education: BA (Murdoch University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: CENS

Mr Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSc (University of the Philippines Diliman); MPP (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Dynamic modelling of public policy systems
• Complexity
• Governance institutions and strategy development
• Small and medium enterprises (SME) and tourism development

Entity: NTS Centre

Ms Nursheila Muez

Senior Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS)

Entity: SRP

Ms Sumitha Narayanan Kutty

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Mangalore University); PG Dip. (Asian College of Journalism); MA (Georgetown University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian Foreign Policy
• India-Iran Relations
• India-Middle East Relations
• Western Indian Ocean Region

Entity: IDSS

Mr Jefferson Ng Jin Chuan

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: IDSS

Mr Joshua Ng

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Singapore’s National Security and its History, and Outreach and Education efforts
• Fake News
• Radicalization, Extremism and Social Cohesion
• The Internet Landscape of Singapore

Entity: NSSP

Ms Kyler Ong

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (American Military University); MSc (University of Cambridge)

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff

Associate Research Fellow

Education: B, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage Hons (International Islamic University Malaysia) ; MSc Strategic Studies (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Middle Eastern and North African politics
• Political Islam
• Islamic Jurisprudence
• Communication

Entity: IDSS

Ms Amanda Trea Phua

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Relations Theory
• Critical Theory
• Gender, Power and Security
• US-Singapore Relations
• United States Foreign Policy

Entity: IDSS

Ms Unaesah Rahmah

Research Analyst

Education: BA (State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta); BA (Darus Sunnah International Institute for Hadith Sciences); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms S. Nanthini

Research Analyst

Education: BA (La Trobe University); MIR (University of Melbourne)

Areas of Expertise:

• Gender and HADR
• R2P and Human Security in Southeast Asia
• Multilateralism and Security in the Asia-Pacific

Entity: NTS Centre

Mr Martin Searle

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (University College London); MA (The New School University)

Areas of Expertise:

• New Technologies in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response
• Mixed Migration in Southeast Asia
• Negotiating Access in Complex Humanitarian Settings
• Political Legitimacy in Unstable Contexts

Entity: NTS Centre

Ms Margareth Sembiring

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BEng, Mechanical Engineering (NUS); MSi (Han) (Indonesian Defense University); MA (King’s College London)

Areas of Expertise:

• Energy Security
• Geopolitics of Energy
• Environment, Development, and Transboundary Implications
• Peace, Human Security, and Development
• ASEAN Environmental Cooperation

Entity: NTS Centre

Mr Nawaljeet Singh Rayar

Senior Analyst

Education: BEng (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• International relations theory
• Post-structuralism, critical theory
• Malaysian foreign policy
• Malaysia-Singapore relations

Entity: IDSS

Mr Mohammed Sinan Siyech

Senior Analyst

Education: Dip, Arabic Language (Summit Academy); BCom Hons (Christ University); MSc (RSIS, NTU);

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian Foreign and Domestic Policy
• Hindutva, Salafism and Online extremism
• Terrorism and Political Violence in Yemen
• Al Qaeda and the Islamic State

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Nodirbek Soliev

Senior Analyst

Education: LL.B; LL.M (UWED); MSc (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorism and extremism in Central Asia, China and Russia, and domestic and international implications of such political violence
• Counter-terrorism policy and strategy pertaining to these regions
• Foreign fighter militancy in the Middle East
• Security developments in Afghanistan

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Zoe Stanley Lockman

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Johns Hopkins University); MIS (Sciences Po Paris)

Areas of Expertise:

• Defence innovation
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Emerging technologies
• Arms trade
• Defence industries

Entity: IDSS

Mr Jose Ricardo Sto. Domingo

Research Analyst

Education: BA (University of the Philippines Diliman); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: IDSS

Mr Muhammad Saiful Alam Shah Bin Sudiman

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA, Islamic Theology (Al-Azhar, Cairo); M, Counselling (Monash University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamism
• Contemporary Salafism
• Radical ideologies
• Governance and political system in the early Islam
• Terrorist rehabilitation and peace-building

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Piya Raj Sukhani

Research Analyst

Education: BA (university of Nottingham)

Areas of Expertise:

• Critical theory
• Gender in politics
• Symbiosis of racial/religio-political discourse and subjectivities

Entity: IDSS

Mr Emirza Adi Syailendra

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSocSc (University of Indonesia); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
• Indonesia’s Defence Policy
• Indonesia’s Politics
• Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• International Relations in East Asia

Entity: IDSS

Mr Tan E Guang Eugene

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (NUS); MIntSt (University of Otago)

Areas of Expertise:

• State behaviour in International issues
• Cybersecurity
• Aviation Issues
• Singapore Foreign Policy

Entity: CENS

Ms Tan Ming Hui

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Japan’s Foreign Policy
• International Relations of East Asia
• Politics of War, Memory, and History

Entity: RSIS

Mr Okkie Tanupradja

Senior Language Officer

Education: BDesSt (Griffith University); MA (RMIT)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesian Straits Chinese heritage and social studies
• Inter-cultural studies
• Orientalism

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Yogaananthan S/O Theva

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons; MA (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Relations of Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region
• Multilateral Security and International Politics of Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region
• Small State Security
• Cultural History

Entity: RSIS

Ms Tiola

Senior Analyst

Education: BPSc (Parahyangan Catholic University) ; MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
• Civil-military Relations in Indonesia
• Indonesian Foreign Policy
• Indonesian Politics
• International Relations theories

Entity: IDSS

Mr Angelo Paolo Luna Trias

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (De La Salle University); MEMDM (Charles Darwin University)

Entity: NTS Centre

Mr Tsjeng Zhizhao Henrick

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Boston University); MIA ( Columbia University)

Areas of Expertise:

• International geopolitics and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region
• Security architecture in Northeast and Southeast Asia

Entity: IDSS

Mr Kalicharan Veera Singam

Research Analyst

Education: BSSc (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorist Ideology
• Political Discourses on Climate Change
• Research Methods and Interdisciplinary Approaches
• South and Southeast Asian Politics

Entity: RSIS

Mr Phidel Marion G. Vineles

Senior Analyst

Education: BA (University of Santo Tomas); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Digital Economy
• Disruptive Technologies
• Smart Cities
• Intersection between Security and Science & Technology
• ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
• International Political Economy

Entity: STSP

Mr Prashant Waikar

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Party politics
• Racial and religio-political discourses
• Racialization and international politics
• Discourse analysis

Entity: IDSS

Ms Yasmine Wong

Senior Analyst

Education: BA (Hons) (University of Manchester); MSc (LSEPS)

Entity: CENS

Ms Jennifer Yang Hui

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons; MA (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Social media analytics
• Security sector reform, ethno-religious relations and the role of the social media in contemporary Indonesia
• Epistemology, knowledge-making and their implications on digital maturity

Entity: CENS

Mr Zi Yang

Senior Analyst

Education: BA (George Mason University); MA (Georgetown University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Chinese Information Warfare and Operations
• Military Mental Health
• China’s Defense Industry
• Non-Traditional Security

Entity: IDSS