Kelvin was a Lecturer with the Singapore University of Social Sciences before joining RVRC. Prior to that, Kelvin begun his career at the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a teaching and research assistant. He had a brief stint at the Energy Market Authority and was a Researcher at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Kelvin graduated from NUS with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree with First Class Honours in Political Science in 2008, and with a Master in Public Policy degree in 2012 from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He obtained his PhD in Political Science from the Australian National University in 2019.

Kelvin’s academic interests lie in international relations, comparative politics, political economy, political sociology and the environment. Outside those, Kelvin likes drinking coffee, reading the news, jogging, and playing the occasional board game with friends or on his mobile and game console.