Kie Leong Teo is the Dean of the College of Design and Engineering. He was the Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs and Education) since the formation of the College in 2022 and was Acting Dean from April 2023 to March 2024. He was the Deputy Dean (2019-2021) and Vice-Dean, Research & Technology (1999-2021) at the Faculty of Engineering at NUS. In this capacity, he oversaw the Faculty planning and performance in education, research and enterprise. He managed an average of S$135M annually in competitive research grants and was responsible for academic programme development as well as top talent management.
A leading expert in spintronics, his research group works on the development of low-power non-volatile memory. At the national level, he has served in the National Research Foundation and A*STAR research review committees. He has also served on many research/technical review panels, and conference organisation committees. Prof. Teo is also a member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is the recipient of the Public Administration Medal (Bronze), National Day Award, 2019.