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Curriculum Vitae Name: IP Yuen Kwong

Present Appointment: Professor

Contact Information: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543. Tel: 65162702, Fax: 67792486, Email: [email protected]

Research Areas:  Suspended animation: Aestivation in African lungfishes  Water purification: Branchial osmoregulation in euryhaline and/or amphibious fishes  Ammonia detoxification: Defense against ammonia toxicity in air-breathing fishes  Electrocommunication: Electroreception and electrogenesis in electric fishes  Animal plant association: Light-enhanced calcification in giant clams

Teaching Areas:  General Physiology  Comparative Animal Physiology  Teaching in Biology

Academic Qualifications:  B.Sc. University of Minnesota, USA (1976)  M.A. Rice University, Houston, USA (1979)  Ph.D. Rice University, Houston, USA (1980)

Career History:  Lecturer 1982-1987  Senior Lecturer 1987-1993  Associate Professor 1993-2001  Professor 2001-present

Administrative Leadership:  Associate Director, Center for Development of Teaching and Learning 1999-2006

Teaching Awards:

Faculty level 1. Science Teaching Award, Runner-up (Zoology) 1992 2. Science Teaching Award, Winner (Zoology) 1993 3. Science Teaching Award, Winner (Animal Biology), 1996 4. Faculty of Science, Outstanding Science Lecturer Award, 1996 5. Science Teaching Award, Winner (School of Biological Science) 1997 6. Faculty of Science, Meritorious Teaching Award 1998 7. Faculty of Science, Distinguished Teaching Award 1998 8. Faculty of Science, Innovative Teaching Award, 1999 9. Faculty of Science, Distinguished Teaching Award, 2000 10. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2000-1 11. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2001-2 12. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2002-3 13. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Honor Roll, 2004

1 14. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2005-6 15. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2006-7 16. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2007-8 17. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Honor Roll, 2009 18. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2011-2012 19. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2012-2013 20. Faculty of Science, Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2013-2014

University level

1. NUS Staff Achievement Award - Teaching Excellence, 1997 2. NUS Staff Achievement Award - Teaching Excellence, 1998 3. NUS Staff Achievement Award - Teaching Excellence, 1999 4. NUS Outstanding Educator Award, 2000 5. NUS Excellent Teacher List, 2001/2002 6. NUS Excellent Teacher List, 2002/2003 7. NUS Outstanding Educator Award, 2005 8. NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2004-5 9. NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2005-6 10. NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2006-7 11. NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award Honour Roll, 2009-2013

Editorial Board membership: 1. Frontiers in Cellular Biochemistry, Review Editor, 2013-present 2. Frontier in Aquatic Physiology, Associate Editor, 2010-present 3. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A (Molecular and Integrative Physiology), Board member, 2002-present 4. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Board member, 2002-present 5. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C (Toxicology and Pharmacology), Board member, 2002-present 6. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D (Genomics and Proteomics), Board member, 2006-present 7. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, Board member, 2004-2009

Publications in Science: A total of 195 articles published in international journals, 7 Chapters in books, and 76 presentations in international conferences.

Publications in Education: Two articles in international journal, 34 articles in local journals, and 4 presentations in local conferences.