Teo is the recipient of the 2007-2012 SLAI scholarship which supported his education in the United States of America. He completed his Master's and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. His areas of interest are in sports testing & measurement, psychometrics, questionnaire development and validation, sport psychology, health & fitness, and wildlife conservation. He is involved in sport studies on sport motivation, self-esteem, task & ego resilience, and sport commitment in Malaysian settings. Teo was the ex-Coordinator for Bachelor of Sport Management programme (2017-2021), and also the Coordinator of Social Engagement (Jalinan Masyarakat) & SULAM from 2016-2023. Currently he is the faculty coordinator for Internship Programme for Bachelor of Sport Management programme.