
PhD in Mathematics, University of Wisconsin; MA in Mathematics, University of Wisconsin; BSc, Universiti Malaya.
Professor Koh is a proponent for the practical application of research to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. He conducts society-oriented research and outreach that integrates the three pillars of the SDGs (economic, environmental, social) in the areas of clean water and sanitation, and life under water and on land. His research has been published in various journals, spanning topics such as conservation, ecology, biodiversity, tsunami-resilient communities, affordable healthcare, climate adaptation strategies, and the application of mathematical modelling and artificial intelligence to enhance food security. Prof Koh Hock Lye received his BSc from University Malaya, and holds both an MA and a PhD in Mathematics from University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Affiliations
- Appointed Editor of the International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, Scopus.
- Appointed Editorial Board of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
- Reviewer for Manuscript ID JSUSM-2019-0289 entitled “Physical Model of Natural Coastal Protection System: Assessing the Performance of Geobag-Dyke” for the Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, ISI.
- Reviewer for the Manuscript AFSC-D-19-00117 entitled: “Mangrove Forest Resources in Vietnam: Patterns of Change and Drivers of Restoration Success” for Annals of Forest Science, Springer, ISI.
Current Projects
- Bifurcation Analysis of New Regime Shift Model for Tropical Lakes: Towards Effective Eutrophication Control and Resilience Amid Climate Change Concerns.
- Pharmacoeconomic Model for Dengue Vaccine in Malaysia: A New Approach Towards Affordability and Cost Effectiveness.
Selected Publications
Book:
- Koh, H.L. and Teh, S.Y. (2021). Ecological Modeling for Mitigating Environmental and Climate Shocks: Achieving the UNSDGs (Singapore: World Scientific).
Book chapter:
- Koh H.L., Teh S.Y. (2022). Sustainable and Innovative Approaches to Urban Stormwater Management for Future Cities. in Walter Leal Filho et al. (Eds), Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2021), Clean Water and Sanitation Series (Switzerland AG: Springer Nature, 2022).
- Koh, H.L. and Teh, S.Y. (2021). Best Practices in Research for Achieving SDG3 in Two Malaysian Universities. In “Handbook of Best Practices in Sustainable Development at University Level“. Springer and ESSSR.
- Koh H.L., Teh S.Y. (2021). Innovations in Curriculum and Pedagogy in Education for Sustainable Development, Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development (2021), Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021 (UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)
- Tay C.J., Teh S.Y., Koh H.L., Mohd M.H., Zhang Z. (2021). Managing Regime Shift in Lake Systems by Modelling and Simulation, Modelling, Simulation and Applications of Complex Systems (Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021)
- Koh H.L., Teh Su Yean, and Joo, K.S. (2021). ‘Modeling Effectiveness of Partial Lockdown in Breaking Covid-19 Transmission Chain in Malaysia’, in Praveen Agarwal et al. (Eds.) Analysis of Infectious Disease Problems (Covid-19) and Their Global Impact (Singapore: Springer Nature, 2021).
- Teh S.Y., Koh H.L. (2020). Education for Sustainable Development: The STEM Approach in Universiti Sains Malaysia. In: Leal Filho W. et al. (eds) Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham, pp. 567-587.
- Woo W.T., Koh H.L., Teh S.Y. (2020). Achieving Excellence in Sustainable Development Goals in Sunway University Malaysia. In: Leal Filho W. et al. (eds) Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham, 265-282.
- Teh, S.Y. and Koh, H.L. (2019). Sustainable and Resilient Cities: A Discourse on the Water Nexus. “Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Cities and Communities” W. Leal et al. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland (Indexed in ISI).
- Koh H.L., Teh S.Y. (2019). Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Role of Mangroves in Southeast Asia. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P., Wall T. (eds) Climate Action. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. (Indexed in ISI).
- Koh H.L., Teh S.Y. (2019). Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience through Partnership and Collaboration. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P., Wall T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham.
- Koh H.L., Teh S.Y. (2019). University and Community Engagement: Toward Transformational Sustainability-focused Problem Solving. In: Leal Filho W. et al. (eds) Universities and Sustainable Communities: meeting the goals of the Agenda 2030. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham.
Articles in academic indexed journals:
- Tay, C.J., Mohd, M.H., Teh, S.Y. and Koh, H.L. (2022). Internal phosphorus recycling promotes rich and complex dynamics in an algae-phosphorus model: Implications for eutrophication management. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 532, 110913. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110913
- Kh’ng, X.Y., Teh, S.Y., Koh, H.L. and Shui, S. (2021). Sea Level Rise Undermines SDG2 and SDG6 in Pantai Acheh, Penang, Malaysia. Journal of Coastal Conservation 25.1 (2020): 9.
- Kh’ng, X.Y., Teh, S.Y. and Koh, H.L. (2021). Modeling Sea Level Rise Impact on Coot Bay Hammock, Florida Everglades. International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science 16(3), 989–1001.
- Teh, S.Y., Koh H.L. and Joo, K.S. (2021). Modeling Effectiveness of Partial Lockdown in Breaking Covid-19 Transmission Chain in Malaysia. In: Praveen Agarwal, Juan J Nieto, Michael Ruzhansky, Delfim F. M. Torres (eds) Analysis of Infectious Disease Problems (Covid-19) and Their Global Impact. Springer, Singapore, pp. 559-576. ISI
- Koh, H.L. and Teh, S.Y. (2021). Ecological Modeling for Mitigating Environmental and Climate Shocks, Achieving the UNSDGs. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore. DOI: 10.1142/12258
- Tay C.J., Teh S.Y., Koh H.L., Mohd M.H., Zhang Z. (2021) Managing Regime Shift in Lake Systems by Modelling and Simulation. In: Mohd M.H., Misro M.Y., Ahmad S., Nguyen Ngoc D. (eds) Modelling, Simulation and Applications of Complex Systems. CoSMoS 2019. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 359. Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2629-6_11. ISI
- Tay Chai Jian, Teh Su Yean and Koh, H.L. (2020), ‘Eutrophication Bifurcation Analysis for Tasik Harapan Restoration’, International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, 11.8 (2020): 407-413.
- Kh’ng, X.Y., Teh, S.Y. and Koh, H.L. (2019). Sea Level Rise Impact on Atoll Islands: Implication to SDG 6. Mathematics and Statistics 7(3): 61-69. DOI: 10.13189/ms.2019.070302
- Teh, S.Y., Koh, H.L., DeAngelis, D.L., Voss, C.I. and Sternberg, L. (2019). Modeling Δ18O As an Early Indicator of Regime Shift Arising from Salinity Stress in Coastal Vegetation. Hydrogeology Journal 27(4), 1257-1276. (ISI IF: 2.401).
- Teh, S.Y. and Koh, H.L. (2019). Skills, Spirituality and Strategy: Three Core Competences in Education for Sustainability. International Journal on Sustainability in Higher Education.
- Walter L. F., Valeria R.V., Koh H.L. et al (2019). The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Sustainability Initiatives at the Local Level. Journal of Cleaner Production 233, 1004-1015 (ISI IF: 6.395).
- Teh, S.Y., Koh, H.L., Lim, Y.H. (2019). High-Resolution Digital Elevation and Bathymetry Model for Tsunami Run-Up and Inundation Simulation in Penang. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 13, 1941001.
- Koh, H.L., Mohamed Naim, A.K., Noorliza, M.N. and Teh, S.Y. (2019). Tuberculosis Elimination in Malaysia by 2035: Linkages and Implications to SDGs. International Journal of Social Science and Humanities 9, 126-132.
- Koh, H.L. and Teh, S.Y. (2018). Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Role of Mangroves in Southeast Asia. In the Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Action. Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Pinar Gökçin Özuyar, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Ulisses Azeiteiro and Tony Wall. Springer. In press.
- Koh, H.L., Teh, S.Y., Kh’ng, X.Y. and Barizan, R.S.R. (2018). Mangrove Forests: Protection Against and Resilience to Coastal Disturbances. Journal Tropical Forest Science 30 (Anniversary Issue), 446-460. (ISI IF: 0.702)
- Romañach, S.S., DeAngelis, D.L., Koh, H.L., Li, Y., Teh, S.Y., Raja Barizan, R.S. and Zhai, L. (2018). Conservation and Restoration of Mangroves: Global Status, Perspectives, and Prognosis. Ocean and Coastal Management 154, 72-82, Elsevier.
- Teh, S.Y. and Koh, H.L. (2018). Education on Sustainable Development: The STEM Approach in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Accepted for publication in Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, as part of as part of the award-winning World Sustainability Series by Springer (Indexed in ISI).
- Woo, W.T., Koh, H.L. and Teh, S.Y. (2018). Achieving Excellence in Sustainable Development Goals in Sunway University Malaysia. Accepted for publication in Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, as part of as part of the award-winning World Sustainability Series by Springer (Indexed in ISI).
- Teh, S.Y., DeAngelis, D.L., Voss, C.I., Sternberg, L. and Koh, H.L. (2018). MANTRA-O18: An Extended Version of SUTRA Modified to Simulate Salt and δ18O Transport amid Water Uptake by Plants. E3S Web of Conferences 54, 00039. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20185400039 (Online journal indexed in ISI)
- Teh, S.Y., Koh, H.L. and Lim, Y.H. (2018). Tsunami Run-up Amplification Factors for Real-time Prediction of Run-up Heights and Inundation Distances for Penang Island. The Open Access Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1123(1), 012049. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1123/1/012049 (Indexed by ISI and Scopus)
- Koh, H.L., Tan, W.K. and Teh, S.Y. (2018). Regime Shift Analysis and Numerical Simulation for Effective Ecosystem Management. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 9(8), 192-199. (Indexed by Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS), CABI, DOAJ, Ulrich Periodicals Directory, Engineering & Technology Digital Library, Electronic Journals Library, Crossref, ProQuest)
- Koh, H.L., Teh, S.Y., Tan, W.K., Chan, L.G. and Ho, C.K. (2018). Langkawi Tsunami Hazards Mitigation and Inundation Maps. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 12(19), 4801-4808. (Indexed by Scopus)
Refereed journal proceedings:
- Tay, C.J., Teh, S.Y., Koh, H.L. (2021). Pricing Model for Dengue Vaccine for Malaysia. American Institute of Physics (AIP). AIP Conference Proceedings 2423, 020013
- Koh, H.L., Tan, W.K., Teh, S.Y. and Tay, C.J. (2019). Water Quality Simulation for Rehabilitation of a Eutrophic Lake in Selangor Malaysia. Institute of Physics, UK.
- Tay, C.J., Teh, S.Y. and Koh, H.L. (2018). ASEI-SEIR Model with Vaccination for Dengue Control in Shah Alam, Malaysia. AIP Conference Proceedings 1937, 020021. (ISI Proceedings)
- Tay, C.J., Teh, S.Y. and Koh, H.L. (2018). Bistable Equilibrium Criteria in Dengue Transmission Model for Malaysia. AIP Conference Proceedings 1974, 020008. (ISI Proceedings)
- Koh, H.L., Teh, S.Y., Lee, E., Tan, W.K., Sagathevan, K.A. and Low, A.A. (2018). Derivation of Optimal Fish Stocking Density Via Simulation of Water Quality Model E2Algae. AIP Conference Proceedings 1974, 020042. (ISI Proceedings)
JCI Events
Selected Talks and Presentations
- 8-10 Aug 2019: “Smart Sustainable Cities: Reflections on Water, Food Security and Demise of Ancient Civilizations”. Keynote Speech, 9th International Conference on Environmental Agricultural Engineering, Jeju, Korea.
- 30- 31 July 2019: “Skills, Spirituality and Strategy: Three Core Competences in Education for Sustainability”. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals 2019, USM, Penang, Malaysia.
- 23 July 2019: “Sustainable City Through the Lenses of SDG 6 and 13”. Invited Speaker in Global Innovation: SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation 2019 Conference, organized by Friedrich Naumann Foundation and Saora Industry, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 25-28 Apr 2019: “Sustainability in Theory and in Practice: A Three-decade Reflection on Education for Sustainability”. Keynote Speech at the 9th ICEII2019 International Conference on Environment and Industrial Innovation, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 25-28 Apr 2019: Organizing Chairman Speech. 9th International Conference on Environmental and Industrial Innovation (ICEII2019), Bangkok, Thailand.
- 10-11 Oct 2018: “High Resolution Digital Elevation and Bathymetry Model for Tsunami Runup Simulation for Penang Beaches”. The 10th South China Sea Tsunami Workshop, Invited Speech, NUS, Singapore.
- 10-11 Oct 2018: “Tsunami Resilient Community: Role of Technological Innovation”. The 10th South China Sea Tsunami Workshop, Invited Speech, NUS, Singapore.
- 25-27 Sept 2018: “Challenges in Modeling Epidemics of Infectious Diseases”. Workshop on Data Science for Urban Health, Sunway University, Malaysia.
- 25-27 Sept 2018: “Latent TB: Progress and Prognosis”. Workshop on Data Science for Urban Health, Sunway University, Malaysia.
- 28-30 Aug 2018: “Education on Sustainable Development: The STEM Approach in Universiti Sains Malaysia”, plenary speech at the 4th World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2018), USM, Penang, Malaysia.
- 28-30 Aug2018: “Achieving Excellence in Sustainable Development Goals in Sunway University Malaysia”. The 4th World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2018) ), USM, Penang.
- 15-17 Aug 2018: “Water Quality Simulation for Rehabilitation of a Eutrophic Lake in Selangor Malaysia”. International Conference on Ecology and Biodiversity Across Time and Space (ICEBATS2018), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
- 13-15 Aug 2018: “Tsunami Run-up Amplification Factors for Real-time Prediction of Run-up Heights and Inundation Distances for Penang Island”, the 5th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences (ICFAS2018), Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 27-29 April 2018: “The Life We Want: Achieving United Nation Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Keynote Speech at the 8 ICEII2018 International Conference on Environment and Industrial Innovation, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai. China.
- 27-29 April 2018: Organizing Chairman Speech. 8th International Conference on Environmental and Industrial Innovation (ICEII2018), 27-29 April 2018, Shanghai, China. Sponsored by ICEII2018, China.