Centre Staff

Mr Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Global Trends and Implications on Homeland Security
• Strategic Foresight and Intelligence
• Counter-Terrorism

Entity: CENS

Mr Benjamin Ang

Senior Fellow

Education: LLB (NUS); MBA/MS-MIS (Boston)

Areas of Expertise:

• Computer Misuse and Cyber Security Act and other legal issues related to cybersecurity
• Personal Data Protection Act and other legal issues related to data privacy
• Technology Law
• Media, New Media and Intellectual Property Law

Entity: CENS

Ms Gil Baram

Adjunct Fellow

Education: BA; MA (Tel Aviv University)

Entity: CENS

Mr Joseph Franco

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Radicalisation
• Counter-terrorism
• Counter-insurgency
• Asia Pacific Security

Entity: CENS

Dr Gulizar Haciyakupoglu

Research Fellow

Education: BS (SUNY, Binghamton); BA (Boğaziçi University), MA (University of Sheffield, UK); PhD (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Disinformation Campaigns and Influence Operations
• Trust in Cyberspace
• Internet, Communication and Authority
• Gender Equality Advocacy in Cyberspace
• Online Activism

Entity: CENS

Mr Daniel Prakash James

Acting Manager, CENS

Education: BB Int. Mgmt. (CDU, Australia); CIDTT (Cambridge, UK)

Entity: CENS

Dr Shashi Jayakumar

Senior Fellow

Head of Centre of Excellence for National Security and Executive Coordinator of Future Issues and Technology

Education: BA; MA; DPhil (Oxford)

Areas of Expertise:

• Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism
• Singapore’s National Security
• Singapore History post-1965

Entity: CENS

Dr Majeed Khader

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: BSocSc Hons (NUS); MSc (Leicester); PhD (Aberdeen)

Areas of Expertise:

• The Psychology of Crisis
• Crisis and Critical Incident Leadership Psychology
• Crisis Management Psychology
• Personality Psychology
• Criminal and Forensic Psychology
• Terrorism Psychology
• The Psychology of Resilience

Entity: CENS

Ms Dymples Leong

Senior Analyst

Education: BBus (University of Newcastle)

Entity: CENS

Ms Nazneen Mohsina

Senior Analyst

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

Entity: CENS

Mr Adam Palmer

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: BA (Valparaiso University); JD (Duquesne University School of Law); MBA (University of Hawaii)

Entity: CENS

Ms Pauline C. Reich

Senior Fellow

Education: MA (The City University of New York); JD (New York Law School)

Areas of Expertise:

Cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure protection;cyber security insurance; cryptocurrency/ mobile payments/micropayments, online gambling and online money laundering;

Internet governance and law; Internet-based legal research; smart cities, privacy and cybersecurity; balancing privacy and security issues in government, law, business, educational institutions.

Entity: CENS

Dr Bilveer Singh

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: BA (University of Singapore); BSSc (NUS); MA; PhD (ANU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Great Powers in Southeast Asia
• Terrorism and Extremism in Southeast Asia
• Indonesian Politics and Security Policy, and Singapore Political, Foreign and Defence Policy

Entity: CENS

Ms Sor Jing Yee

Administrative Officer

Entity: CENS

Ms Samantha Sor

Administrative Executive

Entity: CENS

Mr Cameron Sumpter

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• • Processes of radicalisation
  • P/CVE initiatives
  • Prison-based disengagement strategies

Entity: CENS

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

Dr Tan Kien Weng Luke

Adjunct Fellow

Education: BEng Hons (NUS); Msc (NTU); PhD (NTU)

Entity: CENS

Dr Terri-Anne Teo

Research Fellow

Education: BSocSc (SMU); MSc (University of Bristol); PhD (University of Bristol)

Areas of Expertise:

• Race relations
• Ethnicity and Migration
• Multiculturalism
• Critical citizenship
• Postcolonialism
• Poststructuralism

Entity: CENS

Ms Teo Yi-Ling

Senior Fellow

Education: LL.B. Hons (The University of Liverpool); LL.M. (Northwestern University in Chicago)

Areas of Expertise:

• Media and Communication Law and Regulation
• Intellectual Property Law and Management
• Data Protection and Privacy Law
• Cybersecurity Law and Management
• Legal Issues in Disruptive Technology and Science
• Ethical Decision-making Models

Entity: CENS

Dr Norman Vasu

Senior Fellow

Deputy Head of Centre of Excellence for National Security

Education: MA Hons (Glasgow); MSc (LSE); PhD (Aberystwyth)

Areas of Expertise:

• Multiculturalism
• Ethnic relations
• Narratives of governance
• Citizenship
• Immigration
• National security

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