Associate Professor Kua Harn Wei is from the Department of Building and currently is  the Assistant Dean (Academic) of School of Design and Environment at National University of Singapore. His research interest is in life cycle sustainability assessment of building materials and the technological aspects of bio-based building materials.

He has authored about 100 articles in these research areas. The sustainability assessment model that he created is capable of measuring the level of vulnerability and resilience of the life cycle of the materials or systems under study. He has won more than 50 different academic awards and delivered more than 50 invited speeches around the world. He is currently involved in research collaborations with groups in China, USA, Italy, Colombia, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia on these research topics.