Dr Fabian Lim obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Oregon, USA, and his PhD degree from the University of Queensland, Australia. He also has an MBA degree from the University of Surrey, UK. Dr Lim is an Exercise Physiologist with research interests that span between the drivers and barriers of human work tolerance in hot environment and the roles of habitual exercise in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease.

Dr Lim is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the inaugural President of the Asian College of Exercise and Sports Science. He also serves on the Editorial Board for Advances in Physiology Education, a journal of the American Physiological Society. Dr Lim is a recipient of the Nanyang Education Award (NTU) and the Defence Science Scholarship (MINDEF), and he is also recognised for establishing the Singapore Sports Institute, which he led as Executive Director from 2011 – 2014.

Dr Lim has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, covering a variety of topics, such as obesity, nutrition, fitness assessment, exercise immunology, hydration, diabetes, thermoregulation and heat injury. He is recognised internationally for introducing the Dual Pathway Model of Heat Stroke, which has shifted the paradigm of this ancient illness. His research has contributed to the promotion of health, safety and performance among soldiers in the Singapore Armed Forces and among aviation firefighters in the Airport Emergency Services, Changi Airport Group.