Adrian Michael LEE
Associate Professor, Deputy Director (Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning)
Singapore Millennium Foundation Fellow, National University of Singapore, 2002-2004; Postdoc. Research Associate, University of Cambridge, 1996-2002; Ph. D., University of Cambridge, 1997; M. A., University of Cambridge, 1996; B. A., University of Cambridge, 1992.
Contact Information:
Office: MD1-17-03J
Tel: (65)-6516-5130
Fax: (65)-6779-1691
Email: chmaml@nus.edu.sg
Research
Recognition and Achievements
- Outstanding Educator Award (2017)
- Annual Teaching Excellence Award (2014, 2015, 2016, Honour Roll 2017–2021)
- Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, Honour Roll 2017–2021)
- GIST–SNIC Award in Chemistry Education (2012)
- NASA Achievement Award, NASA, 1996
Education and Research Interests
My interests in education are wide-ranging and include technology-enhanced learning (especially blended learning), chemistry education, interdisciplinary education, and student living-learning experiences. Further, as a former Deputy Director at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), I maintain a strong interest in academic development. In education, I look to further a conversation that is both evidence-based and research-informed that becomes part of an academic’s scholarly reflective teaching practice.
Education Highlight
Ref: Lee, A. M.; Ragupathi, K. Trust and ethos in academic development: credibility, identity, and value. Int. J. Acad. Dev., 2024, 1–14.
In this study of trust in academic development, we propose a framework to build trust between developers and faculty. This framework was conceptualized while reflecting on a teaching and learning programme and analysing the strategies for building trust that were apparent in its design. Our findings reveal that trust is built and sustained by establishing credibility, developing identity, and adding value. We share the approaches taken that made the programme more credible and valuable, and the emphasis placed on developing participants’ academic identity. We argue for the deliberate consideration of trust as the coordinating factor in building productive relationships with faculty.
Teaching Contributions AY2024/2025
- CM1102 Chemistry – The Central Science
- HS2917 (IDC) The Meaning of Colour
Representative Publications
- Ragupathi, K.; Lee, A. M.; Soo, Y. J. Qualities of an effective online facilitator. In: Wa-Mbaleka, S.; Thompson, L.; Casimiro, L. (Eds) The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education. 2024, pp. 311–323. SAGE Publications.
- Ragupathi, K.; Lee, A. Beyond Fairness and Consistency in Grading: The Role of Rubrics in Higher Education. In: Sanger, C.; Gleason, N. (Eds) Diversity and Inclusion in Global Higher Education. 2020, pp. 73–95. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.
- Lee, A. M.; Choy, J. L. F., Transforming Professional Development for Early-Career Academics Using a Community of Practice Model. Learning Communities Journal 2020, 12, 39–64.
- Lee, A. M.; Bettens, R. P. A. First Principles NMR Calculations by Fragmentation. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2007, 111, 5111-5115.
- Bettens, R. P. A.; Lee, A. M. A New Algorithm for Molecular Fragmentation in Quantum Chemical Calculations. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2006, 110, 8777-8785.
- Lee, A. M.; Roscoe, H. K.; Jones, A. E.; Haynes, P. H.; Shuckburgh, E. F.; Morrey, M. W.; Pumphrey, H. C. The Impact of the Mixing Properties within the Antarctic Stratospheric Vortex on Ozone Loss in Spring. J. Geophys. Res. 2001, 106, 3203-3211.
