DeCLaRe Lab · Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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Roster updated August 2026

Faculty

1 member
Soujanya Poria

Principal Investigator

Soujanya Poria

Nanyang Technological University

Multimodal AI, reasoning, affective computing, trustworthy AI

Research Scientists

3 members
Suorong Yang

Research Scientist

Suorong Yang

Data-centric AI, AI for Science, trustworthy AI, reasoning models

PhD Students

12 members
Keith Kwok

PhD Student

Keith Kwok

AI safety and alignment; sycophancy, emotional manipulation, and parasocial attachment

Hung Chia-Yu

PhD Student

Hung Chia-Yu

Multimodal generation, vision-language-action models, world models

Liu Renhang

PhD Student

Liu Renhang

Generative models, world modelling for robotics

Varun Gumma

PhD Student

Varun Gumma

LLMs, reinforcement learning, efficiency, reasoning and modelling

Vernon Toh

PhD Student

Vernon Toh

Reasoning and prompt augmentation

Ruiwen Zhou

PhD Student

Ruiwen Zhou

LLM reasoning and AI agents

Co-supervised with Min-Yen Kan at NUS

Tej Deep Pala

PhD Student

Tej Deep Pala

LLM reasoning, reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems

Maojia Song

PhD Student

Maojia Song

Adaptive intelligence, foundation agents, multimodal interaction, embodied AI

Research Assistants

1 member

Visiting Students

1 member
Members of DeCLaRe Lab in 2021
DeCLaRe members in 2021, before the lab moved from SUTD to NTU

Alumni

19 members
Yingting Li

Alumnus

Yingting Li

China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

Xiaocui Yang

Alumnus

Xiaocui Yang

Assistant Professor at Northeastern University

Hui Chen

Former PhD Student

Hui Chen

Research Fellow at NUS