Associate Research Fellows, Senior Analysts and Research Analysts

Ms Siti Khairunnisa Binte Abdullah

Research Analyst

Education: BA (Al-Azhar University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Cyber Security
• Security Informatics
• Islamic Jurisprudence

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Juhi Ahuja

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Religious Violence and Extremism
• Socio-cultural Identity
• Postcolonial Theory
• Nationalism

Entity: CENS

Mr Rashaad Ali

Research Analyst

Education: BA (Monash University); MA (University of Nottingham)

Areas of Expertise:

• Ethnic politics
• Historical institutionalism
• Malaysian public policy

Entity: IDSS

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 Diyanah Binte Anwar

Research Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Social policies
• State and societal relations
• Strategic communication

Entity: CENS

Ms Aida Arosoaie

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (SOAS, University of London); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Violence
• Religion and political thought
• South East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East

Entity: IDSS

Ms Nur Aziemah Azman

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Al-Azhar University)

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)

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Abdul Basit

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Punjab University); MSc; MPhil (Quaid-I-Azam University)

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-U.S. 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

Senior Analyst

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 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 Philipp Martin Dingeldey

Research Analyst

Education: BA Hons (The University of Nottingham Ningbo China); MA (The University of Warwick); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: IDSS

Mr Andre Foo

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Maritime and naval policy in the Asia-Pacific
• The role of air power in the Asia-Pacific region

Entity: IDSS

Ms Rajni Gamage

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Maritime Security Issues in the Indian Ocean and Asia Pacific
• Foreign and Security Policies of South Asian Small States

Entity: IDSS

Dr Lina Gong

Research Fellow

Education: MA (Sichuan University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Non-Traditional Security Studies in East Asia
• China-ASEAN Relations
• China’s UN Diplomacy
• Peace and Conflict
• Human Security
• Responsibility to Protect

Entity: NTS Centre

Ms Xue Gong

Senior Analyst

Education: BPhil (NNU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• China’s Economic Diplomacy,
• Chinese overseas investments,
• State-Firms relations,
• China-ASEAN relations,
• China’s CSR activities

Entity: IDSS

Mr Nandhakumar Gunasekaran

Senior Analyst

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

Entity: RSIS

Mr Mahfuh Bin Haji Halimi

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamism and Security Issues in Southeast Asia
• Political Violence and Terrorism in the Middle East
• and Jihadist Rehabilitation & Revision

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr David Han Guo Xiong

Research 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

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorist Rehabilitation
• Community Engagement
• Moderation
• Political Islam

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Hnin Nu Wai

Senior Analyst

Education: BEng Hons (UOG,SIT); MSc (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Humanitarian assistance and disaster response in Asia-Pacific region
• Irregular migration and human insecurity in Asia
• Environmental Politics ( especially environmental protection in Myanmar & ASEAN region)
• Politics and international relations in ASEAN

Entity: NTS Centre

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

Entity: IDSS

Mr Benjamin Ho

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Security multilateralism in the Asia Pacific region with a focus on regional institutions and fora
• Chinese foreign policy and ethical philosophy
• National security (intelligence)
• Sociology of religion

Entity: IDSS

Mr Shawn Ho

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

•    Korean Peninsula politics, security and history
•    China’s relationship with Republic of Korea (ROK) and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
•    East Asian security
•    ASEAN-ROK relations

Entity: IDSS

Ms Amanda Huan

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Political psychology
• Organisational behaviour
• International organisations
• Reputation management
• Communication

Entity: RSIS

Ms Helena Huang Yixin

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Human Rights
• Anti-Corruption
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Entity: NTS Centre

Ms Nazia Hussain

Research Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Sino-Indian Relations
• Chinese Foreign and Security Policy
• India-Myanmar bilateral relations
• Asia Pacific Security
• Insurgency in Northeast India and its trans-national linkages

Entity: RSIS

Mr Muhammad Ansar

Research Analyst

Education: GCE 'A' Level (Raffles Institution)

Areas of Expertise:

• Extremism in the Online and Social Media Sphere
• Terrorism in South-East Asia
• Youth Radicalization

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani

Research Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS)

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Stefanie Kam

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Political Violence and Terrorism in the Asia Pacific region, particularly Southeast Asia
• Chinese Security and Foreign Policy
• History and politics of Xinjiang
• Ethnic separatism

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Sumitha Narayanan Kutty

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

•    India-Iran relations
•    India’s policies toward the Middle East
•    South Asian political affairs and regional security threats
•    Iranian nuclear program, US-Iran relations

Entity: IDSS

Ms Dymples Leong

Research Analyst

Education: BBus (University of Newcastle)

Entity: CENS

Ms Iulia Lumina

Research Analyst

Education: BA Hons; MA (SOAS, University of London)

Areas of Expertise:

• Comparative study of Islam
• Sociology of culture
• Identity politics
• Multiculturalism and minority rights
• Critical theory
• Creative industries

Entity: RSIS

Mr Vincent Mack Zhi Wei

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Social Movements, Protests, and Political Mobilisation
• Labour Unions and Vulnerable Populations
• Political Sociology, International Political Economy and Discourse Analysis
• Dynamic modelling of public policy systems
• Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods

Entity: NTS Centre

Ms Sara Mahmood

Research Analyst

Education: BSc Hons (Lahore School of Economics); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Religious Violence, Terrorism and Extremism
• Role of Women in Terrorism
• Gender in Political Violence and Conflict
• Terrorism and Insurgency in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region
• Pakistan Studies

Entity: ICPVTR

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

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Civil Military Relations
• Political Risk
• Comparative Politics and Security in Southeast Asia

Entity: IDSS

Mr Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki

Research Analyst

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

Entity: IDSS

Mr Mohamed Feisal Bin Mohamed Hassan

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BHmnSc (IIUM); MA (IIUM)

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Sabariah Binte Mohamed Hussin

Research Analyst

Education: EMBA, PGDM (Berne University of Applied Sciences)

Areas of Expertise:

• Radicalization & Countering Violent Extremism (Preventive) in the areas of Aftercare
• Community Engagement and the Role of Women

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Nur Azlin Mohamed Yasin

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Oklahoma City University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Online extremism
• International terrorism
• Radicalisation
• Terrorists’ motivation
• Counter-terrorism strategy
• Community Engagement.

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Mohamad Imran Bin Mohd Noor

Language Officer

Areas of Expertise:

• Translation
• Languages

Entity: ICPVTR

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

Mr Aédán Mordecai

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (King's College London); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Comparative international development
• Globalisation
• Political and economic risk analysis

Entity: CMS

Ms Nursheila Muez

Research Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS)

Entity: SRP

Ms Stephanie Neubronner

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (The University of Western Australia)

Areas of Expertise:

• Socio-Cultural Identity
• Governance and Social Relations
• Influence of New Media

Entity: NSSP

Ms Ng Chew Yee

Research Analyst

Education: MEng (University of Sheffield); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Political Psychology
• East Asia Relations
• Conflict Termination
• System Effects in Policy Making

Entity: IDSS

Mr Joel Ng

Associate Research Fellow

Education: MA (University of Sussex); BA Hons (University of East Anglia)

Areas of Expertise:

• Norms
• Regional Organizations
• African Union
• ASEAN
• International Humanitarian Law
• Rule of Law & Governance

Entity: RSIS

Mr Joshua Ng

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Singapore Studies
• Singapore’s National Security and its History
• Historiography
• Radicalisation Trajectories and Radicalisation Studies
• Online radicalisation
• The History of technology transfer
• The History of industrialisation in Singapore
• Technology and World History
• Misinformation and Disinformation
• Fake News
• Extremism and Social Cohesion
• Cyber security & intelligence
• Cyber propaganda and warfare
• Open source intelligence
• Online group psychology
• Internet polarization
• Internet activism
• Race and Religion in Singapore
• Ethnicity and identities in Singapore
• The internet landscape of Singapore
• Social media
• Small State Security
• The Success of Small States
• Globalised, Pluralised Societies
• Adaptive Capacities and Resilience

Entity: NSSP

Mr Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff

Senior Analyst

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: ICPVTR

Mr Vinay Kumar Pathak

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Oklahoma City University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: IDSS

Mr Henrik Paulsson

Research Analyst

Education: BSc (Umeå University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military history
• Military organisations & doctrine
• Civil-Military Relations
• Insurgency & Counterinsurgency
• Indonesian military issues

Entity: IDSS

Mr Pravin Prakash

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSSc Hons; MSSc (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• State-society relations
• Civil Society
• Multi-culturalism
• Nationalism
• Class and Inequality

Entity: CENS

Mr Romain Quivooij

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA; MA (Paris-Sorbonne); MA; Advanced MA (Panthéon-Sorbonne); MA (King’s College London)

Areas of Expertise:

• Radicalisation and de-radicalisation processes
• online extremism
• radical Islam
• armed insurgents movements
• counter-terrorism
• counter-insurgency

Entity: CENS

Ms Unaesah Rahmah

Research Analyst

Education: BSSc (State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorism Issue
• Counter Violence Extremism, specifically in Cyber Area.

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Harry H. Sa

Research Analyst

Education: BA (UCLA); MGAP (Yonsei University)

Areas of Expertise:

• US Foreign Policy and Force Posturing

• Alliance Politics (hub and spokes system)

• Asia Pacific Security

• Korean Peninsula

• Missile Defense

Entity: IDSS

Ms Vishalini Chandara Sagar

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (Melbourne); MA (ANU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Civil Conflict Studies
• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
• Disaster Risk Management
• Humanitarian Intervention and R2P
• Human Rights in Asia

Entity: NTS Centre

Ms Saleena Saleem

Associate Reseach Fellow

Education: BA; MSc (Boston University); MSc (MIT)

Areas of Expertise:

• Energy Geopolitics
• Ethno-religious Conflict
• Political Islam
• Politics in the Middle East and South-east Asia

Entity: IDSS

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

Senior Analyst

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

Ms Aleksandra Skorek

Research Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

Ethnic identity, national identity and nation-building in Greater China region

Minorities in Taiwan and India and their institutional capacity

Nationalism and multiculturalism, environmental protection in Mongolia.

Entity: IDSS

Mr Nodirbek Soliev

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorism and political violence in Central Asia, China and Russia as well as their implications for domestic and international security
• Counter-terrorism policy and strategy pertaining to these regions
• Foreign fighters in the Middle East
• Security developments in Afghanistan

Entity: ICPVTR

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 V S Suguna

Associate Research Fellow

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

Entity: CENS

Mr Cameron Sumpter

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons; MA (The University of Auckland)

Areas of Expertise:

• Processes of radicalisation
• CVE and disengagement initiatives
• Intra-movement dynamics

Entity: CENS

Mr Emirza Adi Syailendra

Research Analyst

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

Mr Tan Feng Qin

Research Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Middle East Politics & Security Issues
• Identity Politics
• Shi‘a Islam & Politics
• Political Islam
• The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Political Violence
• International Relations Theory
• Political and Moral Philosophy

Entity: RSIS

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 memory

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

Ms Sarah Teo

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Multilateral security and defence cooperation in ASEAN and the Asia Pacific
• Middle powers in the Asia Pacific
• South Korea’s foreign policy
• International relations of Northeast Asia

Entity: IDSS

Mr Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Human security, with emphasis on political and economic security
• Humanitarian assistance and disaster response
• Ethnic conflicts and separatism in Southeast Asia
• Human rights and democratisation issues in Southeast Asia
• Energy security, particularly nuclear energy governance
• Traditional security issues in the Asia-Pacific, particularly South China Sea disputes

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 Phidel Marion G. Vineles

Senior Analyst

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

Areas of Expertise:

• ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
• Political Economy

Entity: CMS

Mr Adri Wanto

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSSc (University of Prof. Dr. Moestopo (Beragama)); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• The evolution of religious doctrine
• political Islam
• religious behaviour in Indonesia
• historical and contemporary issues of the dynamic between religion and local culture

Entity: IDSS

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