Hi, I am Sherene
I am a professional with 8 years of diverse work experience and currently exposing myself to policymaking through the Master in Public Policy programme at the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. I have extensive experience in project management in a corporate, operations as well as academic setting, and am dedicated to climate action and environmental sustainability.
Inquisitive and versatile in nature, my current interests lie in how we can ameliorate the climate crisis today in a transdisciplinary manner. To that end, I draw on my experience and knowledge on climate science and nature-based solutions, combining it with sound policy design to explore how we can integrate these solutions seamlessly on a societal and individual level.
Key things about me:
Certified Scrum Master
2022
Professionally certified to implement contemporary Agile project management in Scrum teams, with special focus on collaborative work, consistent workflow improvement and team retrospection for better synergies.
Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador
2018
I was one of seven youths from several small island states raising awareness about the impacts of climate change and what we were doing to mitigate it. I spoke as a panellist in over ten seminars in 3 weeks, including a penultimate event at the UN Headquarters in New York City
(Photo Source: Peace Boat)
Resident Marine Biologist
2016 - 2018
Starting first as an intern at COMO Maalifushi, I was transferred to COMO Cocoa Island as their full-time Resident Marine Biologist to help take care of their coral propagation programme, which have engaged both hotel guests and staff. I also conducted educational talks, educational snorkel tours and guided excursions.
B.Sc. in Life Science
(with specialisation in environmental science)
Class of 2015
I specialised in the scientific techniques of tropical ecology and experimental marine biology, with foundational understanding of biochemistry, microbiology and physiology. I also minored in aquatic ecology.
I was an active student leader at the NUS King Edward VII Hall as an undergrad.
SEA2 Program - Project Officer
2020 - Present
Project coordinator of the SouthEast Asia Sea-Level (SEA2) Program, a cutting-edge MOE Tier 3 funded (>$15mil) sea-level research scheme, uniting five unique research teams at the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), a national Research Centre of Excellence.
Seeking to facilitate interdisciplinary sea-level research and produce accurate sea-level projections using paleogeology techniques, sedimentology, satellite technology, instrumental data and risk analysis for impact modelling.
(Photo Source: the Straits Times, featuring a launch event of an EOS documentary)
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