Academic Background

PhD in Educational Psychology
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2023

Master of Education specialising in Gifted Education
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia.
2013

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and International Studies)
Monash University
Bandar Sunway, Malaysia & Melbourne, Australia.
2011

Research Interests

Psychology
- Individual differences
- Sensory-processing Sensitivity
- Psychological well-being

Education
- Educational psychology
- Gifted education and the psychology of gifted children
- Internationalisation of higher education

Professional Experience

Senior Lecturer
Department of Educational Development and Innovation, School of Education, Sunway University, Malaysia.
September 2025 – current

Lecturer
Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts and Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Malaysia.
November 2024 – August 2025

Independent Researcher
January 2022 – August 2025

Research Assistant
Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
June 2019 – June 2020

Research Assistant
Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
October 2016 – March 2017

Lecturer
Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Languages, HELP University, Malaysia.
September 2014 – September 2015

Other Professional Contributions

On-going

Council Member | Malaysian Psychological Association | 2025-current
- Responsible for leading the Bureau for Human Interaction and Artifical Intelligence (Biro Interaksi Manusia dan Kecerdasan Buatan).
- Serving as Organising Committee for the 5th Malaysian International Psychology Conference (MIPC).
Vice-President | Malaysia Educational Psychology Society | 2025-current
Member of the Executive Committee | Advancing Big-team Reproducible Science through Increased Representation | 2023-current
Manuscript Reviewer |Frontiers in Psychology; The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher; The Malaysian Journal of Psychology (JPM)

Past

Emcee and Member of the Working Committee | 2025 International Conference on Inclusive Education| Sunway University, Malaysia | 24 October 2025
Member of the Organising Committee | 2025 Big Team Science Conference| Virtual conference | 06-08 October 2025
Member of the Working Committee | ARNEC Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development 2024 | Penang, Malaysia | 27-30 May 2024
Vice-Secretary | Malaysia Educational Psychology Society | 2024-2025
Emcee | Early Childhood and Parenting Symposium 2023 | SEGi University, Malaysia | 11 March 2023
Emcee | International ECCE Conference 2023 | SEGi University & HELP University, Malaysia | 07-08 Jan 2023
Research Group Leader | International and Comparative Education Research Group (affiliated with the Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei) | 2022 – 2023
Emcee | International Conference on Early Childhood Care & Education 2021 (MAPECE ICECCE 2021) | SEGi University, Malaysia | 19-20 June 2021
Translator from Bahasa Malaysia to English | “Abeer Children Dental Anxiety Scale (ACDAS)” Questionnaire | University of Malaya’s Impact Oriented Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IIRG) Programme Project: IIRG026A-2019 | Dec 2019
Member of the Executive Committee | National Seminar: Development of Higher Order Thinking (HOT) | University of Malaya & HELP University, Malaysia | 29-30 Sept 2015