Dr Edward is an Assistant Professor in Physical Geography at the National Institute of Education and Asian School of the Environment, and a Principal Investigator (PI) at the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Edward holds a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin (2017). His work is strongly based on geospatial technologies, hydrological modelling, and field methods. He aims to understand how rivers in the tropics respond to natural disasters and human activities. He is currently the national representative for the International Association for Geomorphologists (IAG) and the executive committee member of the Association of Singapore Teachers (AST). He is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Management and an editorial board member of Science of the Total Environment.