Associate Professor Matthias Roth is the Acting Head of the Department of Geography.

Until the end of 2009 he was President of the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) and keeps serving on the IAUC Board as Immediate Past President.

Matthias holds certification as a meteorological consultant through the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS).

Since 2011 he serves as Deputy Director of the Program Committee of the new Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) programme.

He is the Acting Director of the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.

Within the Department, Matthias is a member of the Tropical Environment Change Group.