Kok-Sing Tang is a Professor in the School of Education at Curtin University. He holds a BA and MSc in Physics from the University of Cambridge and a MA and PhD in Education from the University of Michigan. His current research examines the theoretical, pedagogical and methodological aspects of generative AI pedagogy. He is the co-editor-in-chief of the journal Research in Science Education (Springer). He is also author of Discourse Strategies for Science Teaching and Learning (Routledge) and has published over 90 research articles in leading education journals, including sole authorship papers in Science Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Journal of Engineering Education, Applied Linguistics, and Cognition and Instruction.

In 2024, he received the Humanities Teaching Excellence Award for HDR supervision and the Humanities Research Excellence Award for his research impact on generative AI in education.