Centre Staff

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

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

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 Abdul Basit

Associate Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism in Af-Pak
• Non-state violent actors in Af-Pak
• Radicalisation and Islamist militancy

Entity: ICPVTR

Dr Richard J. Chasdi

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: BA (Brandeis University); MA (Boston College); PhD (Purdue University)

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Imran Fariz

Senior IT Executive

Entity: ICPVTR / SRP

Dr Rohan Gunaratna

Professor of Security Studies

Education: MA (University of Notre Dame); PhD (University of St Andrews)

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamic State and Al-Qaeda
• Counter-terrorism Intelligence
• Counter-terrorism Operations
• Countering the Financing of Terrorism
• Strategic Prevention
• Online Radicalization
• Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Amresh Lavan Gunasingham

Associate Editor/Senior Admin Executive

Entity: ICPVTR

Dr Mahfuh Bin Haji Halimi

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

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

Entity: ICPVTR

Dr Irm Haleem

Assistant Professor

Manager (Research & Publications) at ICPVTR

Education: BA (Eckerd College); MA (Northeastern University); PhD (Boston University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Conceptual Study of Violence
• Social Philosophy and Violence
• Theory of Recognition and Violence
• Political Theory and Violence

Entity: ICPVTR

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

Dr Muhammad Haniff Hassan

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamic Jurisprudence and Contemporary Issues
• Political Islam
• Islamic and da`wah Movements
• Moderation and Extremism Study

Entity: ICPVTR

Dr Jolene Jerard

Research Fellow

Deputy Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU) ; PhD (University of St Andrews)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorist Networks
• Radicalisation
• Rehabilitation and Reintegration
• Counter Terrorism Capacity Building

Entity: ICPVTR

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 Tricia Lee

Research Fellow

Education: BAcc Hons (NTU); MHR&ER (UWA)

Entity: ICPVTR / SRP

Dr Lim Ee Peng

Professor

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: BSc (NUS); PhD (University of Minnesota)

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Sara Mahmood

Senior 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 Ahmad Helmi Bin Mohamad Hasbi

Research Analyst

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

Entity: ICPVTR

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 focusing on the notion of a broader integrative model of “pre-incident” (ex-ante) work on preventive measures and “post-incident” (ex-post) work on rehabilitation.
• 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 II

Areas of Expertise:

• Translation
• Languages

Entity: ICPVTR

Ambassador Ong Keng Yong

Executive Deputy Chairman, RSIS

Director, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies; Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research

Education: LLB Hons (University of Singapore); MA (Georgetown University)

Areas of Expertise:

• ASEAN’s Strategic Role in Regional Architecture
• ASEAN’s Relations with External Parties
• ASEAN’s Community-building Initiatives
• Relations between Singapore and Malaysia and India

Entity: ICPVTR / IDSS / RSIS

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: ICPVTR

Ms Natasha Quek

Research Analyst

Education: BA (University of California)

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Mohammed Sinan Siyech

Research 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

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 Irene Tan Lay Teng

Administrative Executive

Entity: ICPVTR

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