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Name:	Sing Tien Foo
Job Title:	Dean’s Chair Associate Professor & Deputy Head (Administration & Finance) Department of Real Estate School of Design & Environment National University of Singapore
Responsibilities:	Deputy Head (Administration & Finance) Department of Real Estate (1 July 2013- Present) Deputy Director, NUS Institute of Real Estate Studies (1 July 2011 – 30 June 2014) Deputy Head (Academics), Department of Real Estate (1 August 2007- 30 June 2013) Member of School’s Space and Infrastructure Committee (March 2009 – present) Chair of Curriculum Taskforce, Department of Real Estate, NUS (2008-present) Member, School’s Curriculum Committee, (2006-present) Faculty Teaching Award Committee (2007-2013) (Dec-Jan 2007/2008, Oct 2008/2009, Oct2) Deputy Head (Administration & Finance), Department of Real Estate (2 August 2004 – July 2006) SDE Curriculum Committee (Jan 2006 – present) SDE representative in the NUS Steering Committee for the NUS-Fudan Joint Graduate School in Suzhou (August 2004) Deputy Head (Research), Department of Real Estate (August 2003 – 1 August 2004 ) Research Director, CRES (July 2001 – July 2003) Acting Research Director, CRES (September 2001 – July 2001) Chief Editors, CRESTimes (Vol, 1, No 1 & 2, Vol. 2, No1, December 2000 – present) Principal Associate, NUS Centre for Financial Engineering (October 2001 – present) School Research Committee member (September 2001 – present) SDE Division of Research and Graduate Studies (DRGS) EXCO member (September 2001 – present) Co-leader, Corporate & Securitized Real Estate Research Focus Group (Nov 2001- present) Editorial team member, Real Estate Case Studies Series (2002- present) Deputy Research Director, CRES (July 2000 – August 2001) Deputy Course Leader, B.RE. program (June- July 2000) Practical Training Scheme Committee, School of Building & Real Estate (May – July 2000)
My Contact:	Tel: (+65) 6874 4553 Fax: (+65) 6774 8684 Email: Homepage: http://www.rst.nus.edu.sg/staff/rststf

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Oct 1996 – Jan 1999	PhD in Land Economy University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy
1994 - 1995	M. Phil. in Land Economy (Dist.) University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy
1990 - 1994	B.Sc. in Estate Management (1^st. Hons.) National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Architecture and Building (now School of Design & Environment) School of Building and Estate Management (now Department of Real Estate)
1986 - 1989	Diploma in Building Management Ngee Ann Polytechnic Department of Building
1980 - 1985	S.P.M. (equivalent to G.C.E. "O" level) Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Secondary School, Rengam, Johor, Malaysia

Scholarships & Academic Awards

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Member, American Economic Association (1999-Present)

Member, American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association (1998-Present)

Member, American Real Estate Society (1999-Present)

Member & Director, Asian Real Estate Society (2000- Present)

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Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (2004 – present)

Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore (1999 –2003)

Senior Real Estate Analyst, Jones Lang Wootton (now Jones Land LaSalle), Singapore (1995-96)

Marketing Officer, Jurong Town Corporation, Singapore (1994)

Building Supervisor, Debenham Tewson & City Valuers Pte Ltd (1989 -1990)

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Real Options

Theory of Irreversible Investment

Stochastic Volatility & Implied Volatility

Real Estate Securitization & Real Estate Investment Trusts

Mortgage Default Options

Real Estate Finance & Asset Pricing

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University of Cambridge

1. Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship (PhD)

2. Overseas Research Students Award (PhD)

3. Lee Foundation Singapore (M.Phil)

National University of Singapore

1. Sally Meyers Gold Medal

2. Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers Gold Medal

3. 1991/92 Tan Lark Sye Scholarship

4. 1992/93 Tan Lark Sye Scholarship

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

1. Building Silver Medal

2. Certificate of Merits

3. Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers Book Prize

4. 1988/89 BD Bursary

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