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Aleksandar Kostadinov
"..adventure that nurtures and teaches curiosity, resilience and resourcefulness… rewarded with skills that cannot be acquired anywhere else and ... experience personal growth beyond your imagination."
Nationality: Macedonia
Current Job: Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
Graduation: NUS School of Design and Environment, Year 2020
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Cynthia Chen
"Graduate studies would not be a walk in the park...like an athlete running a marathon, the toughest moments aren't how you have started, but how you endured and finished the race.. don't lose sight of it."
Nationality: Singapore
Current Job: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Graduation: NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Year 2015
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Kassapa Ellepola
"..hold on to opportunities & make the best out of them…no substitute for hard work, nothing is impossible... Sometimes you might fail, but these failures can be real eye-openers. Just keep trying and believing in yourself."
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Current Job: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Chicago
Graduation: NUS Faculty of Dentistry, Year 2018
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Kris Hartley
"Your best memories will be experiences with other people, so take every opportunity to have them."
Nationality: United States
Current Job: Assistant Professor and Program Leader, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Graduation: NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Year 2016
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Kuo-wei Chiu
"keep your caring hearts glow & find ways to practice them…always be one who understand empathy & responsibility. How you choose to respond to your given ability will make your graduate study more fulfilling and meaningful."
Nationality: Taiwan
Current Job: Assistant Professor / Director, Master of Architecture II in Advanced Architectural Design Program; READ LAB Founder/Director, Tunghai University
Graduation: NUS School of Design and Environment, Year 2013
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Loke Gar Goei
"The P in PhD stands for philosophy. Doing a PhD is like describing what your beliefs in research are. So don't stop believing in the infinitude of the future."
Nationality: Singapore
Current Job: Assistant Professor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus
Graduation: NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Year 2009
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Oktoviano Gandhi
"Explore as many different things as possible, give your best in what you do (not just research!). You don’t know what you don’t know & might just find your PhD topics from doing things that you thought are inconsequential."
Nationality: Indonesia
Current Job: Co-founder and Research Fellow, Alva Energi and NUS
Graduation: NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS), Year 2020
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Shefaly Shorey
"You will learn from the best in the best learning environment and hopefully you will be enlightened with self-actualization as i did."
Nationality: Singapore
Current Job: Assistant Professor, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, NUS
Graduation: NUS Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Year 2013
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Siddharth Natarajan
"Failure is common in the scientific process. Rather than merely focus on the outcome, enjoy the process -- the thrill of discovery, the joy of learning, and the satisfaction of a good day's work. The opportunity to do a Ph.D. is truly a privilege."
Nationality: India
Current Job: Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Graduation: NUS Business School, Year 2019
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Sybil Akua Okyerewa Obuobi
"Pursing a PhD can be challenging so commit to a research area that you love. In doing so, even the most difficult moments will end up motivating you to keep striving for the impact that you dream of."
Nationality: Ghana
Current Job: Marie Curie Research Fellow, UIT The Arctic University of Norway
Graduation: NUS Faculty of Science, Year 2018