Associate Professor Dr Garry Kuan is a lecturer at the Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He is also a research fellow at the Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, United Kingdom. Presently, Dr Garry is the Secretary-General of the Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP), the Secretary-General of the Malaysian Sport Psychology Association (MASPA), executive board member of the Asian Council of Sports Science (ACESS), and the scientific committee of World Exercise Medicine (WCEM). In 2019, Dr Garry was appointed as the Chair of the International Network of the Young Scientist Network – Academy of Science Malaysia (YSN-ASM) and the Sport Psychology Panelist for the National Coaching Academy of Malaysia.

Garry has published over 150 scholarly manuscripts, with over 80 high-impact ISI journals and has served as an editor and reviewer for numerous international journals. In his applied work, he worked as a private sport psychologist consultant with the Malaysian National athletes, Team GB at Brunel University and Johore Sports Council. Garry had also practised over 600-hours with autistic children in Australia.

In academia, Garry’s research has won numerous awards internationally. He is the winner of the 2021 JCI TOYM-Ten Outstanding Young Malaysians, 2021 International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) Developing Scholar Award, the 2021 Outstanding Academician of the Year by Asia Awards, 2021 Anugerah Perdana Belia Negara (Ketiga – Kelantan), the 2020 IFPEFSSA International Eminent Educator Award, the A-CIPA Young Researcher Award at the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, the International Scholars Award at the ICSEMIS pre-Olympic conference, and the Atsushi Fujita Research Scholarship at the 6th ASPASP conference. In his leadership roles, Garry was awarded the 2013 Australian Leadership Award by the Hon. Prime Minister of Australia and the Victoria's Multicultural Awards for Excellence - Ambassador Award (Young Person) by the Victoria State Government. During his social time, he plays the first violin professionally and teaches communities to play various musical instruments.