I am presently a Nanyang Assistant Professor of English Literature at Nanyang Technological University Singapore. More information about this named tenure-track appointment, which is accompanied by a start-up grant of up to S$1 million, can be found here. In 2024, I was the recipient of the MOE START Inauguration Grant. In 2026, I was awarded the MOE Social Sciences and Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF) for the 2025 grant call. This fellowship is also accompanied by a grant of up to S$1 million.
I am the current president of The Southeast Asian Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies (SASECS), an official constituent society of The International Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS).
Previously, I was a Lecturer at Princeton University, where I taught in the Writing Program. I received my MA and PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and my BA from the National University of Singapore. My research and teaching focus on the intersections between literature and science, with a particular interest in how seventeenth- and eighteenth-century beliefs about these two fields continue to shape us today. My work is published in Configurations, SEL, Cultural Politics, and ELH.
A smattering of things that intrigue me can be found at my blog.