Past President - Kwok Wai Tham
Dr. Tham is Deputy Head (Research) at the Department of Building and Deputy Director, Centre for Total Building Performance, National University of Singapore (NUS). He is a member of the International Academy for Indoor Air Sciences (IAIAS), served as President of Healthy Buildings 2003 and Nominating Committee member of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ).
He has been involved in the development of guidelines and standards for indoor air quality in the Tropics, and various Technical Committees of SPRING Singapore (Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board), and the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC). He serves as a member of international advisory boards and scientific committees of major international conferences, has provided keynote and invited speeches on indoor air quality, and undertaken numerous indoor air quality consultancies.
Dr. Tham is a member of the editorial board of Indoor Air, and a founding director of Enhanced Air Quality Pte Ltd, a NUS spin-off company based on the technologies associated with innovative air-conditioning. He directs the research program in Indoor Environment and Health at NUS, and has published widely in this field. His main research interests are in (i) indoor environmental quality impacts on health, performance and perceptions; (ii) energy efficient healthy buildings; and (iii) ventilation. He obtained his B Eng (Mech) from NUS and MSc and PhD from Sydney University.
