Clare Suet Ching Chan is an associate professor of Ethnomusicology at the Music Department of the Faculty of Human Ecology at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Prior to this she taught at  the music department of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris from 2002-2022 and held appointments as the deputy dean (research and graduate studies)(2011—2017) and chief editor (2015-2021) of the Malaysian Journal of Music. Clare served as the International Council of Traditional Music (ICTM) national liaison officer from 2018-2019. She is now an executive committee member of the Southeast Asian Directors of Music (SEADOM). Clare graduated with a PhD in Music (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa (2010); Master of Arts (Ethnomusicology) in 2002 and Bachelor of Arts (Music) in 1998 from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship (2005-2007), the Asia–Pacific Graduate Fellowship in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa  (2005-2007), the East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship (2008-2010) and the Sumi Makey Scholars Award for Arts and Humanities (2008) for her PhD studies. Her research interests includes applied ethnomusicology, sustainability, heritage advocacy, tourism, modernization and globalization of music.