PROF PAUL TENG is Dean and Managing Director of the National Institute of Education International (NIEI), the education consultancy and outreach arm of the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore. Prior to this, Prof Teng served as NIE’s Principal Officer and Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies & Professional Learning.
Prof Teng has held leadership positions at renowned international organisations, including the World Fish Centre and the International Rice Research Institute. He is also a Senior Fellow at the South-East Asian Centre for Graduate Studies and Senior Adviser to several startup enterprises in agtech and urban farming.
His pioneering work on using system analysis and computer modelling techniques is still having impact in the USA and rice-growing countries in Asia today.
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