Mr Chow Kheong Keat Gregory

Name:                         

​Gregory, Chow Kheong Keat

​Designation:

​Senior lecturer

Address: ​

School of Life Sciences and Chemical Technology
Blk 83, #05-00, Singapore 599489​

Tel:     ​

(65) 6460 6347

Email: ​

Gregory_CHOW@np.edu.sg

Education:

• M. Phil. (Edu, Univ. Durham)​

• M. Agric. Sci (La Trobe Univ.)

• B. Agric. Sci.  (La Trobe Univ.)

• ​ACTA (IAL)

My favourite quote by Albert Einstein:

“A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.”

Professional Expertise​:

Greenhouse hydroponics, artificial light crop cultivation, aquaponics, plant factory, skyrise greening

Awards & Achievements​:

• ​Distinguished Scientist Award (Agriculture / Plant Nutrition) from Venus International Foundation, India (2015)

• Ngee Ann Staff Excellence Award (Innovation) (2011)

• ​​Urban Agriculture Achievement Award from Urban Agriculture  Network-Western Pacific, Australia (2004)​

• Ngee Ann Staff Excellence Award (Technology) (2003)

• Ngee Ann Community Service Award (2000)

Publications, Patents, Projects, Consultancy:

• Chow, K.K. (2022) Cultivating ‘One-L leafy greens’ indoors’ – A new norm for indoor farming? Poster presentation at the Singapore-Shizuoka Agri Food Forum, organised by Institute of Technical Education, Singapore (10 Nov)​​.

• Chow, K.K. and Suhaime, M.S. (2020) Current development of urban farming in Singapore. Invited speaker at the Summer Course: Smart Agro- industry 4.0 in tropical Countries (6 Nov). International webinar series 16 organised by IPB, University, Bogor.

• Chow, K.K. (2020). Preliminary study of green LED on lettuce growth under indoor artificial light cultivation. Acta Horticulturae 1271, 107-114 DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1271.15 https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1271.15

• Mainstreaming Aquaponics in Cities: lessons learnt from hydroponics. Keynote presentation at the Aquaponics Conference, Hong Kong organized by Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Corporation (26-27 Nov, 2016).

• Development of a cylindrical hydroponics system for vertical farming. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B 5(2), 93-100 doi: 10.17265/2161-6264/2015.02.003 (2015).

• ​Preliminary study on the development of a cylindrical hydroponics system for vertical farming. Oral presentation at the Plant Factory Conference, Kyoto (10 – 12 Nov, 2014).

• Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Vertical Extensive Green Wall Testing Facility. Greenroofs.comProject of the Week, 17 Oct, 2011, available here.

Other Publications and Conference Presentations:

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