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

Deputy Head of Centre of Excellence for National Security

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:

Conduct legal and policy research on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime worldwide.
Continuing research on cryptocurrency and block chain legislation in Asia.
Ongoing research on cyber security insurance law and business.
Research on healthcare Critical Information Infrastructure, cybersecurity and privacy of data and network-connected medical devices.
Research on 5G networks, trade and cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Data Protection/Privacy law and policy worldwide.

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 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