Before joining CIL, Dr. Su Wai Mon was a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya. She was also a research fellow at UM’s Malaysian Centre of Regulatory Studies; an associate member of UM’s Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES); a member of the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA); an adjunct professor at Woxen University; and a member of the Special Interest Group on the Ocean Thermal Energy Driven Development for Sustainability at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. Su spent a month at CIL from 15 September-15 October 2023 as a visiting scholar and presented her research on maritime cybersecurity. Su is also an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Division of Graduate and Global Research at La Trobe University in Australia.
While serving at the University of Malaya, Su was awarded the Certificate of Excellent Service by the University. She also successfully secured the competitive Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Grants awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia for two consecutive years 2021 and 2022 for the projects entitled “Formulating a Legal and Regulatory Framework for Protection of Submarine Cables in Malaysia” and “Maritime Cybersecurity: Formulating a Legal and Risk Management Framework in Malaysia” respectively.
She has a special research interest in emerging technologies and maritime security, cybersecurity in the maritime domain, and submarine cables governance.
