In this interview, we speak to Kow Zi Shan, a former science communications #SGUnited Trainee with the College of Science and alumna of the Asian School of the Environment. Now embarking on a new journey as a Transmedia Science Writer with the Singapore Science Centre, she recounts her experience during her short but meaningful time as part of the communications team in CoS.
For the last several months, Associate Professor Janelle Thompson, a Principal Investigator at the Asian School of the Environment and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, has been leading a team of scientists in conducting a survey of wastewater surveillance approaches to aid in COVID-19 epidemiology.
With the use of online advertising and news coverage, Assistant Professor Janice Lee, Dr. Hunter Doughty and co-authors bring to light the potential of strategic online advertising as a tool for promoting more sustainable consumer choices.
The Joint Genome Institute’s (JGI) highly competitive Community Science Program has recently awarded project approval to Assistant Professor Adriana Lopes dos Santos of the Asian School of the Environment (ASE) for a new research venture on unicellular green algae.
In their latest research, Assistant Professor Rupshi Mitra, Dr Akshaya Hegde and Shruti Suresh of Team Resilieo delve into the applications of environmental enrichment as a curative approach.
Congratulations to ASE undergraduate Ms. Alexis Goh, who has been recognized by the Global Undergraduate Awards 2020 as a Highly Commended entrant and Regional winner for Asia in the Earth & Environmental Sciences category!
The College of Science is proud to announce that 12 students from CoS have been recognised at the 2020 Global Undergraduate Awards, with 2 Regional Winners and 10 Highly Commended entrants.
Ong Xin Rui has just started her PhD on dung beetles and their feeding networks working in the Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab at ASE with Assistant Professor Eleanor Slade. In the last month, she has been awarded the Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholarship, and kicked off her PhD with a publication. Congratulations!
Eleven schools in NTU participated in the 2020 Three Minute Thesis NTU Finale, which was held in mid-August largely as a virtual competition due to COVID-19. The Three Minute Thesis challenges research students to effectively explain the significance of their projects to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.
Every year in CoS, dozens of PhD students defend their thesis and earn their doctorate, the highest university degree. In this series, we catch up with some new doctors to find out about their experience of doing a PhD in CoS, what made them embark on the intense four year journey and what plans they have for the future. Next up, we have Dr Tan Hui Foon, a Research Fellow in SBS.