Professor Susanna Leong

Deputy President (Academic) & Provost, Singapore Institute of Technology

Professor Susanna Leong is the Deputy President (Academic) & Provost at the Singapore Institute of Technology. She oversees an academic portfolio comprising applied research, curriculum, faculty development, and student administration.

Her research interests are in biomolecular engineering and bioprocess engineering for various applications. Her ongoing research projects are done in close partnerships with local enterprises, multinational companies and government agencies with the intent to drive translation.

Prof Leong sits on several national technical panels and serves as editorial board member for a number of international peer-reviewed scientific journals, including ‘Chemical Engineering Science’ and ‘Food and Bioproducts Processing’.

Her previous appointments at SIT include serving as Cluster Director of the Food, Chemical and Biotechnology cluster, as well as Vice President (Applied Research) and Assistant Provost (Applied Research). She is a recipient of the Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship in Engineering, the most cited author for ‘Food and Bioproducts Engineering’ (2006-2009), and the Danckwerts-Pergamon Prize awarded by Cambridge University. She also received the Public Administration Medal (Bronze), National Day Award in 2018. Prof Leong is currently a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and holds an Adjunct Professor appointment at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore as well as the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology, A*STAR.

Prof Leong graduated with a BEng (First Class Honours) and MPhil in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University.