OUR RESEARCH
Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition
The Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition explores cognitive flexibility across the lifespan by developing innovative research in the science of learning and translating it to educational and real-life applications.
The World Avatar™
The World Avatar™ brings together for the first time cross-domain modelling and data storage with an ontology-based expert system to support the design, analysis and operation optimisation of any complex system.
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CARES Laboratory First in Singapore to be Awarded LEAF Gold for Sustainability
LEAF is the largest global green certification for labs; the Gold Award recognises CARES’ efforts since 2023.
CARES Director Prof Alexei Lapkin starts NUS Visiting Professorship
Prof Lapkin has been appointed as a Visiting Isaac Manasseh Meyer (IMM) Chair Professor.
CARES trains academic and industry engineers in combustion research
Professors and Research Fellows from the HYCOMBS programme host a 2-day school.
University of Cambridge Chancellor visits CARES for the first time
The visit reinforces CARES as Cambridge’s platform for research and collaboration in Singapore.
R&D for decarbonisation at Singapore Maritime Week 2026
CARES joins for the third year to share our latest research and innovation for the maritime industry.
PEOPLE
Assoc Prof Liya YU
C4T extended projects
Principal Investigator
Asst Prof Marie LOH
HD4
Principal Investigator
Dr Jethro AKROYD
HD4
Scientific Programme Manager
Prof Kaoru MARUTA
HYCOMBS
Principal Investigator
Dr Yichen ZONG
HYCOMBS
Senior Research Fellow
Prof Shunsuke CHIBA
SM3
Principal Investigator
Dr Kastoori KALAIVANAN
CLIC
Research Fellow
Dr Chew Lee TEO
CLIC
Co-Principal Investigator
Fostering urban resilience and accessibility in cities: A dynamic knowledge graph approach
Sustainable Cities and Society
CARES - Associate Chief Operating Officer
The candidate will report to the Chief Operating Officer and work closely with the CARES Directors. The Associate COO will play a key role in supporting the Centre’s operations, strategic development, and research delivery during an important phase of growth and expansion.
BloodCounts! -Senior Scientific Programme Manager
The candidate will play a key role in coordinating, managing, and delivering the BloodCounts! project’s research and development objectives by supporting the leadership and interdisciplinary research teams from Cambridge and Singapore. This role requires a combination of scientific understanding, project management expertise, stakeholder coordination, and administrative leadership within a complex international research environment.
HD4 -Research Software Engineer
The Research Software Engineer will play a key role in developing a scalable knowledge-based solution to automate ingestion pipelines for data to be represented as a knowledge graph by means of ontologies. The candidate should have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.