Educational journey

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geography

University of British Columbia, Canada, 2009-2014

Supervisors: Professors Trevor Barnes & Jamie Peck

Doctoral research funded by multiple fellowships & received multiple awards (click below for full list of fellowships & awards)

Header picture: With Trevor (right) & Jamie (left) at my public doctoral defense, Vancouver, September 2014

Postgraduate Diploma in Education

National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2005-2006

Graduated with Distinction*

Diploma fully-funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education

*Awarded to ~5% of cohort of 700+ candidates

Master of Social Science

National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, 2003-2005

Supervisor: Professor Henry Yeung

Part of Master’s dissertation awarded the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Economic Geography Specialty Group Best Student Paper Award, Philadelphia, 2004

Part of Master’s dissertation subsequently published in Geografiska Annaler B

Degree fully-funded by NUS Research Scholarship

Bachelor of Social Science (Honours)

National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, 1999-2003*

Graduated with First Class Honours, with placement on the Vice-Chancellor’s List

Awarded NUS Geographical Society Gold Medal

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Valedictory Speaker

Honours dissertation subsequently published in Urban Studies

Degree fully-funded by the Singapore Public Service Commission (PSC) Local Merit Scholarship

*Overseas exchange at the University of Western Australia, Perth, July-December 2001