List of Approved Sole and Co-Supervisors for AGS (L) Scholars Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) 1 S/N Name Research Cluster Detailed Research Area Co/ Sole Year approved Email address Adjunct, joint or no appointment (if supervisor has more than one appt, please provide details of all types of appt) University (NUS, NTU; please specify if others) 1 GAO Yonggui Biological Sciences Structural Biology & Biochemistry Co 2014 [email protected]Joint NTU 2 LIN Chengqi Discovery Research Division Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology Co 2014 [email protected]Nil Nil 3 Kenneth BAN Hon Kim Cancer Genetics Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology Co 2014 [email protected]Joint NUS 4 John CONNOLLY Horizontal program in infectious diseases Infectious diseases Co 2014 [email protected]star.edu.sg Nil Nil 5 Professor Stephen COHEN Animal Models of Development and Disease miRNA Models of Cancer and Neurodegenerative Disease Sole 2011 [email protected]On secondment from NUS NUS 6 A/Professor MANSER Edward Structural Biology and Drug Discovery Small G-protein Signalling and Kinases Sole 2004 [email protected]star.edu.sg No appointment Nil 7 Professor Philip William INGHAM Animal Models of Development and Disease Developmental and Biomedical Genetics Sole 2011 [email protected]star.edu.sg Joint appointment Adjunct appointment NTU NUS 8 Dr Ernesto GUCCIONE Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics Methyltransferases in Development and Disease Sole 2011 [email protected]star.edu.sg Adjunct appointment NUS 9 Asst/Professor BULAVIN Dmitry Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics Cell Cycle Control & Tumorigenesis Sole 2014 [email protected]star.edu.sg Adjunct appointment NUS 10 Professor HONG Wanjin Cell Biology in Health and Disease Protein Trafficking and Cancer Cell Biology Sole 2014 [email protected]star.edu.sg Tenured appointment NUS 11 Professor HUNZIKER Walter Cell Biology in Health and Disease Epithelial Cell Polarity Sole 2004 [email protected]star.edu.sg Adjunct appointment NUS 12 A/Professor Philipp KALDIS Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics Cell Division and Cancer Research Sole 2007 [email protected]Adjunct appointment NUS 13 Asst/Professor KORZH Vladimir Animal Models of Development and Disease Zebrafish Translational Unit Sole 2004 [email protected]Adjunct appointment NUS 14 A/Professor ROY Sudipto Animal Models of Development and Disease Genes, Development and Disease Sole 2004 [email protected]star.edu.sg Adjunct appointment NUS
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List of Approved Sole and Co-Supervisors for AGS (L) Scholars
Viral-host interactions in hepatitis virus and influenza virus infections / Monoclonal antibodies for research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Re-engineering cellular immunity with genome- scale approaches for basic discovery and applications; developing synthetic biology tools for enginnering mammalian cells
Pancreatic Development; Stem Cells, both Human Embryonic and Human Induced Pluripotent; Rare Genetic Diseases; Mouse Molecular Genetics; TGFbeta Related Signalling
List of Approved SERC Sole and Co-Supervisors for AGS (L) Scholars (as of 30 Dec 2015)
Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)
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S/N Name Research Dept Research
Interest Co/ Sole
Year approv ed
Email address
Adjunct, joint or no appointment (if supervisor has more than one appt, please provide details of all types of appt)
University (NUS, NTU; please specify if others)
1 Kai Keng ANG Neural & Biomedical Technology Dept
Brain-Machine Interface (BMI)
Sole 2014 rzhang@ i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NTU
2 Yong Huat CHEW Advanced Communication Technology
Transmissions over wireless, telephone line, hybrid fiber coax and optical networks, Hi- Capacity Hi- Spectral Efficiency Transmission Technologies, Radio Resources Management, Cognitive radio and learning algorithm
Sole 2003 chewyh @i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
3 Francois CHIN PO SHIN Wireless Chipset Programme
Signal processing techniques for system capacity enhancement, MIMO/smart antenna systems, Wireless comm system design, engineering and performance evaluation, Future comm systems including cellular systems and Ultrawideband -based hi- speed short range radi
Sole 2010 chinfran cois@i2r .a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
4 Farbiz FARZAM Productivity Programme
Entertainment technologies, Haptics, Mixed reality,
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Multimodal interactions
5 Cuntai GUAN Neural & Biomedical Technology Dept
1. Neural and biomedical signal processing, machine learning and pattern recognition 2. Neural and cognitive process, clinical application, and understanding 3. Brain– computer interface algorithms, systems, adaptation, and applications 4. Statistical signal processing and neural image processing 5. Medical system and device research and development
Sole 2013 ctguan@ i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NTU/ NUS
6 Ya Jun HA Robotics Programme
Embedded system architecture and design methodologies , reconfigurable computing, Ultra low power digital system design and synthesis, VLSI for cryptographic and video applications
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Mining, Mobile Semantic Reasoning, Distributed and Parallel Data Stream Mining
sg
9 Xiaoli LI Data Analytics Big Data Analytics, Advanced Machine Learning, Social Network Analysis, Biological Network Analysis, Sensor Data Analytics, Insurance Data Analytics, Activitiy Recognition, Time Series Data Analysis, Machine Heath Monitoring, Drug Discovery, Information Retreival, Text Mining
Sole 2013 xlli@i2r. a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NUS
10 Haizhou LI Human Language Technology Dept
Automatic Speech Recognition, Machine Translation, Social Robotics
Sole 2011 hli@i2r. a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt
NTU/ NUS
11 Ying Chang LIANG Advanced Communication Technology
Wireless Communicatio ns, broadband communicatio ns, information theory, statistical signal processing
Sole 2009 ycliang @i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
12 Joo Hwee LIM Visual Computing Dept
Representatio n and Learning in Computer Vision; Multimedia Indexing, Retrieval and Fusion; Patten Recognition
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13 See Kiong NG Urban Systems
Programme Office
Enhancement of data throughput with integrated computational methods, biomedical data mining and info extraction beyond single genes into complex interaction networks of proteins and other molecules.
Sole 2005 skng@i2 r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
14 Jo Yew THAM Scalable Multimedia Platform Programme
Image and video processing, compression, storage, management, protection, and streaming
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Technology Dept
- star.edu. sg
20 Jit BISWAS Neural & Biomedical Technology Dept
Information Quality & Quality of Service, Multi- modal information sensing and fusion, Wireless Sensor Networks, Grid & Cloud Computing, In Network Processing, Distributed and Parallel Computing, Healthcare applications of IT
Co 2010 biswas@ i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
21 Chin Choy CHAI Smart Grid Programme
Optimization on Smart Grids, Demand-side management, Building energy management, Modulation and signal detection in fading channels, Adaptive power and rate control , Two-way MIMO relay channel, Fading channel modeling in wireless communicatio ns systems.
Co 2010 chaicc@i 2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
22 Nancy CHEN Human Language Technology Dept
Automatic speech recognition, language/diale ct/accent recognition, spoken language processing, spoken term detection,
Computer Vision; Image Analysis; Biometrics; Medical Imaging
Co 2009 zhou@i2 r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
41 Juan Juan, Dora HU RF, Antenna & Optical Dept
Fundamental research in photonics and optics. Specifically, optics of photonic crystals, microstructure d optical fiber (MOF) and MOF-based devices for telecommunic ations and sensors applications
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42 Dong Yan HUANG Human
Language Technology Dept
Machine learning, pattern recognition, computational optimization, intelligent expressive multimodal diaglog system, paralinguistic analysis and synthesis, voice conversion and transformatio n, singing synthesis, music separation and music information retrieval
Co 2013 huang@i 2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
43 Ridong JIANG Human Language Technology Dept
Spoken and Multimodal Dialog Systems Spoken Language Understanding Natural Language Processing
Co 2013 rjiang@i 2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
44 Wenyu JIANG Signal Processing Dept
High- dimensional data search, hardware- based fuzzy search, multimedia fingerprinting, formerly Voice over IP
Co 2013 wjiang@ i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
45 Yunye JIN Sense and Sense-abilities Programme
1. Planning, sensing, and signal processing in wireless sensor networks. 2. Tracking and localization framework for IoT
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design/perfor mance evaluation for future communicatio n systems, including 4G cellular systems, cognitive radio system, sensor networks, wireless LAN, and Ultra- wideband
52 Derek LEONG Sense and Sense-abilities Programme
Communicatio n networks, distributed storage systems
Co 2014 dleong@ i2r.a- star.edu. sg
NA Nil
53 Cheung Chi LEUNG Human Language Technology Dept
Automatic Speech Recognition, Spoken Document Retrieval, Spoken Language Recognition and Speaker Recognition
Co 2013 ccleung @i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
54 Zhengguo LI Signal Processing Dept
Image and video processing and delivery, QoS, switched and impulsive control
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Machine Learning
66 Minh Nhut NGUYEN Data Analytics Dept
Machine learning for time series and stream data, activity recognition, fuzzy logic, pattern recognition, and neural networks
Co 2013 mnnguy en@i2r. a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
67 Ser Wah OH TV White Spaces Programme
TV white space/cognitiv e radio, software defined radio, power line communicatio n and 3G and beyond
Co 2010 swoh@i 2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
68 Ling Chuen ONG RF, Antenna & Optical Dept
Channel characterizatio n at UWB and Millimeter- wave bands; Radio-over- Fiber & Microwave Photonics; Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics and Millimeter- wave Imaging
Co 2006 ongmich ael@i2r. a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NUS
69 Jaya Shankar PATHMASUNTHARAM
Intelligent Transport Systems Programme
WiFi Localization, Super- resolution techniques, GPS enhancements , Sensor fusion for localization, Intelligent Transport Systems
Co 2013 jshankar @i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
70 Xiaoming PENG Satellite Programme
Wireless Communicatio n
Co 2009 pengxm @i2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
71 Xianming QING RF, Antenna & Optical Dept
Antenna, Applied Electromagnet ics, Materials in Microwave
79 Hwee Xian TAN Sense and Sense-abilities Programme
wireless networking protocols, wireless sensor networks, energy efficiency in resource constrained networks, mobile crowdsourcing systems
Co 2013 tanhx@i 2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
80 Huajin TANG Human Language Technology Dept
Computational and biological Intelligence (incl. learning, vision, perception and memory), machine learning and neural networks, control and evolutionary optimization
Co 2010 htang@i 2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
81 Keng Peng TEE Robotics Programme
Control theory, robotics, motor learning, brain- computer interface
Co 2010 kptee@i 2r.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
82 Chee Ming Joseph TEO Sense and Sense-abilities Programme
Trust, Wireless network security, Authentication , Privacy, Key Management, Energy- harvesting/En ergy efficient security, Internet of Things (IoT Security), Smart Grid Security, mobile healthcare, vehicular
Digital (multimedia, mobile device and network) forensics; Systems, information and network security; Security intelligence
Co 2013 vriz@i2r. a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NUS/ SMU
84 Huy Dat TRAN Human Language Technology Dept
Statistical Signal Processing, Acoustic field modeling, Speech Signal Processing, Speech recognition, Speech enhancement, Machine Learning, Neural Signal Processing, Audio content analysis, and Acoustic surveillance
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Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE)
S/N Name Research Dept Research
Interest Co/ Sole
Year approv ed
Email address
Adjunct, joint or no appointment (if supervisor has more than one appt, please provide details of all types of appt)
University (NUS, NTU; please specify if others)
1 Sing Yang CHIAM Materials Analysis & Characterisation
Oxide interfaces
Sole 2012
2 Goh GREGORY Design & Growth
Hydrothermal epitaxy of ZnO films for spintronic and electronic applications; Growth to TiO2 films for spintronic and photocatalytic applications; Hydrothermal epitaxy of KNbO3 films and nanostructure s for lead-free piezoelectricit y; Hydrothermal growth o
Sole 2006
3 Tamio HAYASHI Synthesis & Integration
Development of new synthet ic reactions catal yzed by transit ion metal com plexes
Sole 2013
4 Xu LI Synthesis & Integration
• Polymer composites and their application • Nanostructure d hybrid materials for energy storage and biomedical application • Supramolecula r hydrogels as controlled release system
Sole 2012
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5 Xian Jun LOH Synthesis and
Integration Biomaterials, hydrogels, drug delivery, tissue engineering, personal care
Sole 2014
6 Akkipeddi RAMAM SERC Nanofabrication and Characterisation
1. InP based Optoelectronic devices and MEMS. 2. GaN based Electronic devices 3. Nanofabricatio n: Formation of nano- features for devices.
Sole 2009
7 Shi Jie WANG Design & Growth
Integration of oxides with semicondcutor s by for application in nanodevices
Sole 2009
8 Jianwei XU Synthesis & Integration
• Functional polymer materials: conjugated polymers for electrochromi c applications; fluorine- containing polymers; phosphazene- based polymers; polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane s (POSS) nanohybrid materials • Liquid crystalline materials and supramolecula r liquid crystalline materials • High temperature synthetic lubricants on various applications
Sole 2011
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9 Kui YAO Design &
Growth Smart Materials, Sensors, actuators, and their integration in micro and nano systems
Sole 2008
10 Jisheng PAN AC Surface nanostructure growth and characterizatio n
Sole 2014 Adjunct Associate Professor
NUS
11 Yen Nee TAN Bioinspired Materials Lab (BML)
Nano- biotechnology, Bioinspired materials, Functional nanoparticles for biomedical applications (sensing, imaging, delivery and therapy)
Sole 2014 Adjunct Associate Professor
NUS
12 Kedar HIPPALGAONKAR PF Nanoscale thermal and thermoelectric transport in nanowires and 2D materials, near-field radiation
Sole 2015 kedarh @imre.a - star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NTU
13 Kuan Eng Johnson GOH SnFPC 2D Materials, Additive Manufacturing , Nanoelectroni cs, Quantum- effect Devices
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16 Maria ANTIPINA Patterning &
Fabrication Microencapsul ation and delivery of actives for food and feed, consumer care and biomedical applications.
Co 2011
17 Shiqiang BAI Synthesis & Integration
Functional nano- materials and molecular materials in catalysis, luminescense & magnetism
Co 2011
18 Lakshmi Kanta BERA Materials Analysis & Characterisation
• Multidisciplina ry research filed such as microfluidic channel/micro assay fabrication for bio sensing applications. Si based chips for circulating tumor cell detection and integration of qPCR, • Si based novel Avalanche Photo Detectors for wide range of applications • High performance transistor and optical device on III-V GaN on Si, SOI based materials. • CMOS Nanotechnolo gy
Co 2012
19 William BIRCH Patterning & Fabrication
Surface modification by molecular grafting, Functional surfaces that direct the fate of cultured cells
Co 2008
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20 Yin Thai CHAN Synthesis &
Integration Synthesis and characterizatio n of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots and its applications
Co 2011
21 Karen CHONG Patterning & Fabrication
Bacteria- polymer material interactions via scanning probe microscopy, patterning and fabrication techniques like nanoimprint lithography and its associated applications with emphasis on novel biological applications. Regulating biofilm development through surface engineering techniques. Anti-microbial modulators in polymers.
Co 2012
22 Goutam Kumar DALAPATI Design & Growth
Inorganic photo-voltaic materials, process and devices, Iron- silicide for silicon based opto- electronics and photovoltaics, Advanced CMOS front- end technology, , Nano- electronic- processes, and devices, High- K dielectrics, high mobility channel materials (GaAs, SiGe,
Co 2010
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strained-Si), integration of III-V and Si, advanced gate stack on III- V/Si, Source/Drain engineering Schottky diode.
23 Jie DENG SERC Nanofabrication and Characterisation
Nano- patterning and application, molecular electronics
Co 2009
24 Paul FREE Materials Analysis & Characterisation
Physicochemi stry of nanoparticle surfaces, bio- interactions with nanomaterials, functionalizati on of nanomaterials for sensor applications.
Co 2013
25 Kuan Eng, Johnson GOH Materials Analysis & Characterisation
photophysics, photochemistr y, time- resolved laser spectroscopy and imaging, photovoltaic materials, photochromis m
Co 2011
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27 Chao Bin HE Synthesis &
Integration Polymer Nanocomposit es, Supermolecula r Self- Assembly/Liqu id Crystalline Polymers, Deformation Study of Polymers, X- ray Scattering Study of Polymer Materials
Co 2014 Joint NUS
28 Ying JIANG Design & Growth
Conjugated organic molecules Novel chromophores for optical sensing Supramolecula r assemblies Polymer chemistry
Co 2013
29 Lin KE Analysis and Characterization ; Sensors & Transducers; MCOI
Advanced optical and electrical material and device characterizatio n techniques for nanophotonic and green photonic field. Nanophotonic s, meta- materials, surface plasmonic structures and devices. Organic Green Electronics devices: Organic based photonics devices (OLED, OPV, OTFT, Printed Electronics Devices, Flexible substrate devices) physics and degradation studies.
Co 2014
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30 Maxim KIRYUKHIN Patterning &
Fabrication Polyelectrolyte s in solutions, polyelectrolyte multilayer films, nanoimprintin g, surface patterning
Co 2013
31 Jatin KUMAR Synthesis & Integration
- Complex macromolecul ar architectures - Controlled radical polymerization - ‘Click’ & conjugation chemistries - Stimuli responsive polymeric systems - Polymer/inorg anic hybrid nanoparticles - Drug and gene delivery - Smart materials and nanocomposit es
Co 2013
32 Aung Ko Ko KYAW Conjugated Polymer
Opto- electronics materials and devices for sensing, energy harvesting and healthcare applications
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35 Jun LI Synthesis &
Integration Biomaterials for drug/gene delivery & tissue engineering, Supramolecula r chemistry/mol ecular recognition, Polymer synthesis and structural studies.
Co 2014 Joint NUS
36 Siew Lay LIM Synthesis & Integration
organic semiconductor s and organic electronic devices; printed electronics
Co 2012
37 Yee Fun LIM Design & Growth
Solar energy harvesting (solar cells and photocatalysts ); Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric materials
Co 2012
38 Ming LIN Materials Analysis & Characterisation
TEM, nanomaterials
Co 2009
39 Hongfei LIU Design & Growth
Optoelectronic Materials
Co 2009
40 Shuhua LIU Synthesis & Integration
Nanomaterials for biomedical and catalysis applications
Co 2011
41 Yanjun LIU Patterning & Fabrication
Active Plasmonics, Plasmonic Metamaterials , Liquid Crystal Photonics
Co 2013
42 Ye LIU Synthesis & Integration
Design, synthesis and properties of well-defined polymers including block copolymers
Co 2008
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and hyperbranche d polymers, Polymer functionalized nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes and other materials,Prep aration and properties of nanostructure d materials such as unimolecular micelles, polymer micelles and vesicles, Applications of nanostructure d polymer materials in microelectroni cs and biotechnology such as for microelectroni c packaging and drug delivery
43 Zhaolin LIU Synthesis & Integration
Membranes and catalysts for fuel cells, Batteries, Photocatalytic TiO2 thin film, New Energy Materials
catalyst/cataly sis for material synthesis; catalyst for photocatalytic water splitting
Co 2012
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46 Sean O’SHEA AC Atomic Force
Microscopy Nanotechnolo gy and MEMS/NEMS Interfaces in biology and the physical sciences, especially water near surfaces and in nanopores
Co 2014 s- oshea@i mre.a- star.edu. sg
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47 Kok Haw ONG Synthesis & Integration
Synthesis and characterisatio n of materials for organic transistor and photovoltaic applications
Co 2011
48 Zi-En OOI Synthesis & Integration
Electronic devices based on organic and oxide semiconductor s. Device physics of organic solar cells, light- emitting transistors, characterizatio n techniques and material properties. Numerical modeling.
Co 2011
49 Pramoda Kumari PALLATHADKA
Materials Analysis & Characterisation
Characterizati on of nanocomposit e materials; Liquid crystalline polymers
Co 2006
50 David PARAMELLE Analysis and Characterization
- Nanomaterials for biomedical applications, bioimaging and sensing - Bio-hybrid nanoparticles - Biological probes - Stabilisation and functionalisati on of nanoparticles - Conjugation
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systems
51 In Yee PHANG Materials Analysis & Characterisation
Plasmonic, Biofouling, Superhydroph obic
Co 2013
52 M.S.M SAIFULLAH Patterning & Fabrication
Electron beam nanolithograp hy, nanoimprintin g, sol-gel synthesis and characterizatio n, nanomaterials, molecular electronics.
Co 2008
53 Santiranjan SHANNIGRAHI Design & Growth
Multiferroic thin film single phase and composite, Sol-gel and chemical processing of thick/thin films, Design, fabrication, and characterizatio n of different types of advanced smart materials for microactuator s and microsensors applications
Co 2008
54 Xiaodi SU Materials Analysis & Characterisation
Biomolecular interactions, Chemo- and Biosensors, (Bio)interface characterizatio n
Co 2008
55 Vignesh SURESH PF Nanofabricatio n and patterning of metal & metal oxides towards basic and applied research
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56 Junhao Shawn TAN Patterning and
Fabrication Group/Plasmoni cs and Semiconductor Nanostructures Lab
Nanoplasmoni cs; DNA-based functionalizati on and assembly;
Co 2014
57 Maureen Janet Beng Hoon TAN
Synthesis & Integration
Synthesis and self-assembly in solution of functional polymers and stimuli- responsive polymers
Co 2012
58 Wui Siew TAN Patterning & Fabrication
1) Control of surface chemistry and patterning of hierarchical structures to achieve high value functionality. 2) Polymer physics and chemistry, molecular level design and customization of processing steps to direct polymer phase behavior/ self assembly for the tuning mechanical properties and to impart smart functionality (e.g. temperature responsive materials) amongst others. 3) Biomedic al devices and bioapplication s of polymeric materials. Fabrication of biomedical devices or diagnostic applications.
Co 2013
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59 Hendrix TANOTO Patterning &
Fabrication • Terahertz technology • Semiconducto r optoelectronic s and nanophotonics • Novel design & growth and characterizatio ns • Advanced lithography or patterning • Metamaterials
Co 2012
60 Jinghua TENG Patterning & Fabrication
Metamaterials and Photonic Crystals, Nano- photonics and integration, Terahertz technology
Compound semiconductor Nano- photonics, Optical and vibrational properties of Semiconducto r nanomaterials, Micro-Raman, photoluminesc ence and near- field characterizatio n of lll-V materials and low- dimensional semiconductor s, Device processing of semiconductor
Co 2006
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70 Zheng Zheng WONG Materials
Analysis & Characterisation
Characterizati on of biomaterials; Biotransport and biofluid mechanics; Multiphase flow and phase change phenomena
Co 2012
71 Weiyin XU Porous Materials Laboratory
Inorganic materials, membranes, soft-surface templating, nucleation and growth kinetics, catalysis
Co 2015 xuwy@i mre.a- star.edu. sg
Georgia Institute of Technology
72 Nikolai Leopoldovich YAKOVLEV
Materials Analysis & Characterisation
Utechnology in ultra-hi vacuum, deposition of thin films, study of their propeties using electron/X-ray diffraction, optical spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy, Study of structural properties of epitaxial films/atomic arrangement on surfaces and inte
Co 2003
73 Kwang Wei Joel YANG Patterning & Fabrication
Plasmonics, Nanotechnolo gy, Electron- beam lithography and Self assembled nanostructure s
Co 2011
74 Fung Ling YAP Patterning & Fabrication
- High throughput nanopatternin g and nanofabricatio n via self assembly techniques -
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Nanoimprintin g - Engineering nanostructure s for tailoring surface properties and devices - Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)
75 Jie ZHANG Synthesis & Integration
Printed Electronics: device physics, process, and product design/integra tion
Co 2011
76 Zhongxing ZHANG Synthesis & Integration
Functional polymeric self- assembling systems such as supramolecula r hydrogels, micelles and nanocapsules etc. for biomedical and cosmetic applications; Novel biodegradable and biocompatible block copolymers for gene/drug delivery; Biosensor development etc.
Co 2012
77 Yuangang ZHENG Synthesis & Integration
Engineering multifunctiona l nano- materials for sustainable applications
Co 2011
78 Xiaodong, Donna ZHOU Materials Analysis & Characterisation
MEMS Fabrication on glass substrate, LSPR MEMS, Nanostructure s on glass substrate and electrical simulation,
Co 2008
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Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences (ICES)
S/N Name Research Dept Research
Interest Co/ Sole
Year approv ed
Email address
Adjunct, joint or no appointment (if supervisor has more than one appt, please provide details of all types of appt)
University (NUS, NTU; please specify if others)
1 Keith John CARPENTER Director's Office Sole 2003 keith_ca rpenter @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Adjunct Prof NUS
2 Paul SHARRATT Process Science & Modelling
1. Process design and development, especially for low tonnage chemicals 2. Sustainable processing
Sole 2009 paul_sha rratt@ic es.a- star.edu. sg
Nil
3 Beng Hee Reginald TAN Crystallisation and Particle Science
Crystallisation, micronisation, filtration, Process Analytical Technologies (PAT), supercritical fluids, solids characterisatio n.
Sole 2006 reginald _tan@ic es.a- star.edu. sg
Joint Appt NUS
4 Armando BORGNA Heterogeneous Catalysis
Gas-to-Liquids (GTL), Fischer- Tropsch, C1 chemistry; Environmental Catalysis (Air pollution control by catalytic oxidation, Catalysts for Clean Fuels); Molecular sieves; Metal Catalysts, Catalysts Deactivation and Regeneration; Nanostructure d Materials: A
- Mass transfer technologies in oil & gas industry
Sole 2012 ng_wai_ kiong@i ces.a- star.edu. sg
Adjunct Asst Prof NUS
7 Ashwin Murlidhar KHAMBADKONE
Experimental Power Grid Center
Distributed Power Generation, Microgrids, Power system Dynamics and control, Power electronic converter design and control, energy management, fuel cell based system, alternate energy systems,
control of electrical drives, automotive electronics and hybrid electric vehicles. Power management and digital
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control of power supplies.
8 Luwei CHEN Heterogeneous Catalysis
Heterogeneou s catalysis and surface chemistry with focus on catalyst (advanced materials) development and reaction mechanism study for renewable energy and chemicals.
Heterogeneou s catalysis, Materials chemistry (synthesis of proporous materials, colloids, electrode materials, etc), Nanoscience and nanotechnolog y, Sonochemistry
Organometalli c chemistry, catalyst development for asymmetric synthesis, methodology development
Sole 2013 teo_peili @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
11 Jie BU Process Science and Modelling
Scale-up chemical reaction, safety study, design reactor system & process, Explore catalysts & new functionalized polymer for petro- chem/pharma ceutical,
Biocatalysis/Bi otransformati on for synthesis of fine chemicals/pha rmaceuticals, Medium engineering & novel media for aqueous/non- aqueous, biocatalysis systems, Solubilisation of enzymes in non-aqueous media.
Co 2005 yvonne_ chow@i ces.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
13 Pui Shan, Ann CHOW Crystallisation and Particle Science
Control of crystal size and morphology Application of PAT in crystallisation processes
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organic synthesis; Process development and medicinal chemistry; Synthesis of natural and unnatural compounds with biological activities and applications
16 Parthiban ANBANANDAM Polymer Functional Polymers, Polymers possessing functionalizabl e backbones, Controlled free radical and step growth polymerization s, Specialty polymers for coating applications, Polymers containing degradable backbones
Co 2008 a_parthi ban@ice s.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
17 Wang DAVID Process Sciences and Modeling
Chemical process modeling, control, optimization, and monitoring
Co 2008 david_w ang@ice s.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
18 Yinghuai ZHU Heterogeneous Catalysis
Design and synthesis of organometallic compounds using as catalysts for olefin polymerization , asymmetric addition, and metathesis reaction, Exploration of novel agents such as smart nanomaterials for catalyst support and drug delivery, Producing chemical and
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material from biomass.
19 Wee CHEW Process Science and Modelling
1. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy (applied to chemical imaging, process analytics, in situ process and reaction monitoring) 2. Bioimaging of cells and tissues for cellular studies and medical diagnosis 3. Process Analytical Technology (laboratory device/ analytics interface programming, process analytics and chemometrics, continuous processing) 4. Multivariate Chemometrics / Statistical Analysis (curve resolution, calibration, reaction kinetics and thermodynami cs modeling)
Co 2009 chew_w ee@ices .a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
20 Ludger Paul STUBBS Polymer 1. Homogeneous catalysis 2. Olefin polymerization catalysts and copolymers 3. Catalyst immobilization and nanocomposit es 4. Chemicals and polymers
28 Shoucang SHEN Crystallisation and Particle Science
Nanostructure d Materials; Functional Excipients, Drug Delivery
Co 2010 shen_sh oucang @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
29 Md. Mahabubur Rahman TALUKDER
Industrial Biotechnology
Enzymatic production of biodiesel and extraction of vitamin-E from vegetable oil Enzyme engineering: lipase modification, pretreatment and immobilization Medium engineering for biocatalysis in organic solvent Enzyme Kinetics
Co 2010 rahman_ talukder @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
30 Hua ZHAO Industrial Biotechnology
Metabolic engineering of microorganism s for biofuels and biochemicals
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production
31 Lin HUANG Heterogeneous Catalysis
Heterogenized homogeneous catalysis: Hydroformylat ion
Supported metal catalysis: Hydroformylat ion, C-C coupling, ethanol steam reforming
Co 2010 huang_li n@ices. a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
32 Marc Vincent GARLAND Process Science and Modeling
Chemical kinetics, metal- mediated organic synthesis, spectroscopy, chemometrics, process analytics
Co 2010 marc_ga rland@ic es.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
33 Martin VAN MEURS Polymer Homogeneous catalysis & organometallic chemistry
Polymerisation and polymer characterisatio n
Conversion of biomass to chemicals
Co 2010 martin_ meurs@ ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
34 Sanggu KIM Crystallisation and particle Sciences
Novel formulations, particularly in designing and developing new nanostructure d formulations for cosmetic and drug delivery systems, crystallization and nanoformulati on technology which includes
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thermodynami c and kinetic properties of highly supersaturate d submicron- sized particles of biomaterials such as amino acids, peptides and proteins and polymorphic solid phase transformatio n of pharmaceutica ls, microemulsion crystallization and polymerization for nonosized particles and investigation of physiochemica l properties and dehydration behaviors of pseudo- polymorph drugs. Current works are focusing on phase behaviors, biological and physicochemic al properties, and physical stability of biocompatible and biodegradable sugar-based surfactant microemulsion s for potential topical delivery and solid nanoparticle preparation of cosmeceutical s and nutraceuticals
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35 Kwok Wai, Eric TAM Organic
Chemistry Synthesis of designed compounds for biological evaluation, medicinal chemistry
Co 2010 eric_tam @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
36 Charles William JOHANNES Organic Chemistry
• Total Synthesis of natural products • Enantioselecti ve methodologies • Drug Discovery o Medicinal Chemistry o Development of novel and complex small molecular weight compounds as screening collections intended for pharmaceutica l drug discovery o Development of new chemical technologies • Process Research
Co 2010 charles_j ohannes @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
37 Hsien Hui KHOO Process Science and Design (PEAD); Process Science and Modeling
· Life cycle assessment · Carbon footprint · Waste management · Bio- based chemicals and fuels · Energy conversion · CO2 capture and sequestration · Global warming
40 YUANCAI DONG Scientist II (a) Solubilization and preformulatio n of water- insoluble drugs (b) Nanoparticulat e formulation s for intravenous, oral and pulmonary drug delivery (c) Feasibility
studies of continuous and scalable production of nanoformulati on (d) Polymer
synthesis (e) Mixing and process intensification equipments
Co 2012 dong_yu ancai@i ces.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
41 ZAIQUN YU Scientist II Application of process analytical technology in crystallization of pharmaceutica ls
Co 2012 yu_zaiqu n@ices. a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
42 Srinivasulu AITIPAMULA Scientist II Pharmaceutica l Crystallization, Cocrystallizati on, Polymorphism, Supramolecula
Co 2012 srinivasu lu_aitipa mula@ic es.a- star.edu. sg
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r Chemistry, Crystal Engineering. Solid-form development
43 SATYASANKAR JANA Scientist II Polymer Science/ Chemistry
Co 2012 satyasan kar_jana @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
44 Soo Khean TEOH Scientist Process development and design, process innovation/int ensification, continuous processing and sustainable development for chemicals and pharmaceutica ls manufacture
Co 2012 teoh_so o_khean @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
45 CUN WANG Scientist II Organic and organometallic synthesis; Catalysis in the polymer formation; Single crystal X-ray diffraction for molecular structure determination; Conversion of biomass to value-added chemicals.
Co 2012 wang_cu n@ices. a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
46 Balaji BALAGURUNATHAN Scientist II Metabolic Engineering Bioprocess Development Systems and Synthetic Biology
Co 2012 balaji_b alagurun athan@i ces.a- star.edu. sg
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48 Sendhil
Kumar POORNACHARY Crystallization and Particle Science/ Crystallization Science and modeling
Crystallization science, effects of impurities and additives on crystal growth, molecular modeling, submicron crystallization, colloids and surfaces.
Co sendhil_ poornac hary@ic es.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
49 Vikrant Arun ADSOOL Organic Chemistry, Helios
Enantioselecti ve organic synthesis Total synthesis of complex natural products Synthesis and exploration of novel bioisosteres Medicinal chemistry and chemical biology (synthesis of molecular probes for protein pull- down studies) Fragment- based drug discovery
Co 2013 vikrant_ adsool@ ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
50 Jean-Alexandre RICHARD OC@Helios Synthesis of dyes and light- emitting materials,Natu ral product and medicinal chemistry, Green chemistry
Co 2013 jean_ale xandre @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
51 Ee Lui ANG MERL Engineering of microorganism s for the production of biobased chemicals. Development of consolidated bioprocess platform for the efficient utilization of biomass. Development of new
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targets of small molecules in biological systems
3. Synthesis of biologically interesting small molecules and peptides
4. Development of novel methodologies in organic synthesis
54 Jie CHANG Heterogeneous catalysis/ Testing
Catalytic technologies, including novel catalyst materials & catalytic processes development, kinetic modeling, and mechanism study, for bulk chemical production, particularly in renewable/gre en feedstock and processes
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expression and purification of membrane proteins; Protein structural and dynamic studies for ion channels; Protein folding and enzymatic kinetics.
63 Alexander VAN HERK polymer Emulsion polymerization , copolymerizati on, hybrid nanoparticles, polymerization kinetics, encapsulation and controlled release
Co 2014 alexande r_herk@ ices.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
64 Yee Hwee LIM Organic Chemistry, ICES
Fluorination, Catalysis, Natural Product Synthesis, Total Synthesis, Radiochemistr y
Process Safety, Hazard & Risk Assessment, Chemical Reaction Hazards, Dust Explosion, Safety Climate/Cultur e, Occupational Safety & Health
Co 2014 shaik_sal im@ices .a- star.edu. sg
No NIL
66 Balamurugan RAMALINGAM Organic Chemistry
Homogeneous catalysis, Catalytic asymmetric transformatio n, Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Catalytic conversion of biomass to value added chemicals and Flow Chemistry
Co 2014 balamur ugan_ra malinga m@ices. a- star.edu. sg
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67 Parijat KANAUJIA Crystallisation &
Particle Science Formulation
of poorly soluble drug, hot melt extrusion, solubilization, encapsulation of flavorus and nutraceuticals
Co 2014 parijat_k anaujia @ices.a- star.edu. sg
No NIL
68 Sudhakar JONNALAGADDA Process Science Modelling/Meta bolic Modelling
Development of engineered biological strains and efficient bioprocesses for conversion of renewable resources to fuels & chemicals. system level modeling & analysis of metabolic networks, transcriptomic data analysis for identifying strategies for strain improvement and genetic engineering microbial strains for production of chemicals from glucose.
Co 2014 sudhaka r_jonnal agadda @ices.a- star.edu. sg
Robust techniques for miniature device assembly, Hardware-in- the-loop (HIL) for precision system dvlpmt.
Sole 2003 wlin@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
NUS NUS
3 Xianting ZENG Surface Technology Group
Hybrid nano- composite coatings for various functionalities and thin film devices and systems (PVD and CVD, electrochemic al/sol gel deposition, surface structuring with plasma and chemical etching and photolithograp hy).
Sole 2010 xzeng@s imtech.a - star.edu. sg
NA
4 Ying ZHANG Precision Measurements Group
Near-field optics for nano-scale measurements and characterizatio n; High resolution tomography; X-ray phase contrast imaging;
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5 Sudesh WIJESINGHE Corrosion /
Materials & Characterisation
Corrosion and corrosion protection
Sole 2015 sudeshw @simtec h.a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NUS
6 Kang Soon WOON Machining Technology
1) Large Format Machining 2) Deep-hole Drilling
Sole 2015 kswoon @simtec h.a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NUS
7 Loke Chong LEE Director's Office Machining Technology and Process Monitoring, Electro- discharge Machining, Production/Te chnology Mgmt
Co 2003 lclee@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
8 Gnian Cher LIM Machining Technology
Development of micro- machining technologies: Laser processing, Mechanical machining
Co 2003 gclim@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
9 Guojun QI Surface Technology
Materials Science & Eng. Related to manufacture of electronic displays (LCD, OLED), Electronics/M EMS packaging, Electrochemic al sencors, Micro- structure fabrication.
Co 2003 gjqi@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
10 Hongyu ZHENG Machining Technology
Laser assisted chemical processing (role of lasers in enhancing/ind ucing chemical reactions in important materials), UV and Ultrashort laser/material interactions, In-process monitoring of
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laser materials process
11 Eng Wah LEE Planning & Operations Management
Web Services; Business Process Management; Supply Chain Integration; Adaptive Supply Chain; Supply Chain Planning and Positioning
Co 2006 ewlee@ simtech. a- star.edu. sg
12 Bee Yen TAY Forming Technology
Engineering metal and ceremic using powder processing pathways to maufacture parts with different levels of porosity from highly porous to nearly full dense. The particles can be conveyed in a liquid or in a thick suspension and some of the methods which
Co 2006 bytay@s imtech.a - star.edu. sg
13 Zhenfeng WANG Microfluidics Manufacturing
Microfluidic system development for applications in biomedical and other areas. Manufacturing technology development for polymer- based microfluidics.
Co 2006 zfwang @simtec h.a- star.edu. sg
14 Jun WEI Joining Technology
Microsystem and nanosystem fabrication; Nanocomposit es; MEMS packaging;
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Wafer/substra te bonding; Thin films and coatings; Electronics packaging; Advanced characterisatio n techniques
15 John YONG Forming Technology
Liquid forging and squeeze casting of non- ferrous material; Magnesium sheet forming and bulk forging; Processing of metal matrix composites and nanostructure d materials; Sustainable Manufacturing
Data mining and knowledge discovery, Artificial intelligence, Decision support systems, Knowledge- based systems, Equipment fault diagnosis and failure prognosis
Co 2008 xli@simt ech.a- star.edu. sg
18 Beng Siong LIM Manufacturing, Execution and Control
Knowledge development framework for performance characterisatio n and prediction; degradation detection;
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authentication and verification of dynamic complex manufacturing system, equipments, tools and processes.
19 Hong LUO Mechatronics Micro force sensing and control, Non- destructive wire bond testing through micro- force measured vibration analysis, Automation of fish egg injection by force-vision control, Multiple-view visualization technology for tasks under microscope
Co 2008 hluo@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
20 Ming LUO Manufacturing, Execution and Control
Network- centric manufacturing system modeling and design, manufacturing event management, dynamic knowledge- based systems, condition- based maintenance, pattern identification for manufacturing system performance degradation modelling, and computational Intelligence for system optimization and auto-
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recovery
21 Sandor NEMETH Surface Technology
Development of organic- inorganic hybrid coatings, Formulation of functional coatings (e.g. decorative, corrosion resistant, high temperature resistant, scratch resistant, electrically conductive, electrically insulating, low surface energy), Characterisati on and modelling of scratch resistant coatings
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25 Jeong Hoon KO Machining
Technology Machining dynamics
Co 2010 jhko@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
26 Xincai WANG Machining Technology
Laser processing
Co 2010 xcwang @simtec h.a- star.edu. sg
27 Zhongke WANG Machining Technology
Laser processing
Co 2010 zkwang @simtec h.a- star.edu. sg
28 Sum Huan, Gary NG Microfluidics Manufacturing
Microfluidics science. Microfluidics manufacturing . Microfabricati on processes. Chemical mechanical polishing. Abrasive removal processes.
Co 2011 shng@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
29 Xia YU Precision Measurements
Micro-nano structure optics; Plasmonics optics;
Co 2011 xyu@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
30 Guijun BI Joining Technology
1) Laser based additive manufacturing and remanufacturi ng; 2) Development of functionally graded materials and novel materials using laser; 3) Surface modification mechanism and properties characterizatio n
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35 Xuechuan SHAN Large Area
Process 1) Micro- electro- mechanical system (MEMS); 2) Micromachinin g, nano- imprinting, micro embossing, roll-to-roll UV embossing (imprinting) and roll-to-roll thermal embossing (imprinting); 3) Large area processing
Co 2012 xcshan@ simtech. a- star.edu. sg
36 Bin SONG Planning & Operations Management
Life Cycle Engineering, Manufacturing Resource Efficiency
Co 2012 bsong@ simtech. a- star.edu. sg
37 Puay Siew TAN Planning & Operations Management
Services computing augmented by context- aware, multi- criteria decision making techniques together with cognition for better decision making to support dynamic changes in business-to- business collaboration and supply chain activities. The other is the use of complex systems approaches (including evolutionary algorithm and network theory techniques) for understanding , predicting
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and mitigating disruptions in a complex networked environment
38 Yong Ling, Linda WU Surface Technology
Chemical synthesis and surface modification of nano- particles including semiconductor quantum dots, oxide and metals, for biomedical applications and Plasmonic Metamaterials ; Surface science, surface treatment, electro- chemical processes, anodising; Chemical formulation of coating materials for multi- functional coatings, sol- gel chemistry and technology, hydrophobic hard coating, anti-reflective coating, coloured decorative coatings for plastics and metals, non- stick, low friction, scratch resistant and abrasion resistant coatings
1) Polymer/biode gradable polymer foams and thin films for green packaging and filtration applications 2) Functional polymer / biodegradable polymer composites / nanocomposit es 3) Continues fibre reinforced thermoplastics
Co 2012 szyu@si mtech.a- star.edu. sg
41 Tao LI Forming Technology Group
Powder injection molding of metal and ceramic materials
Co 2013 tli@simt ech.a- star.edu. sg
42 Wern Sze TEO Forming Technology Group
1) Natural fibre reinforced polymer composites 2) composites processing (resin transfer moulding/ vacuum- bagged oven cure) 3) Study of thermo- mechanical and material- process- property interactions, fracture mechanisms
My research interest focuses on (a) synthesis of carbon (graphene and CNTs) based materials and their applications in electrodes, transistors, chemical/biolo gical sensors, thermal conductors, and functional membranes; (b) synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials with varies morphologies in 0D, 1D and 2D; (c) advanced characterizatio n techniques of nanomaterials crystal structures using TEM; (d) development of organic- inorganic hybrid materials for performance enhancement; (e) development of photopolymer based composites for 3D manufacturing in aerospace; (f)
es and biodegradable polymer nanocomposit es; Fracture toughness and deformation mechanisms analysis of polymer nanocomposit es; Structural and failure analysis of fibre reinforced polymer composites
46 Ju Nie TEY JTG/Polymer Carbon Co 2014 jntey@si nanomaterials mtech.a-
(carbon star.edu.
nanotubes & sg
graphene) development, device fabrication and characterizatio n
47 Junhong ZHOU MEC/ Autonomous Co 2014 jzhou@s and on-line imtech.a
fault diagnosis -
and failure star.edu.
prognosis, sg
multimodal sensing and feature extraction, performance and serviceability optimization, artificial intelligence, and statistical analysis
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and scheduling algorithms for multicore and clusters, Lock- free parallel algorithms, Large-scale discrete event simulation
7 Yi SU Computing Science
Automatic quardrilateral and hexahedral mesh generation; Non-manifold and mixed- dimensional mesh generation; Mesh enrichment and adaptive mesh generation; Computational geometry; Scientific visualization
Co 2006 suyi@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
8 Kee Khoon, Gary LEE Computing Science
Application of Artificial Intelligence in multi- disciplinary problems Machine Learning Layman Analytics
Co 2010 leekk@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
9 Chi Wan, Calvin LIM Computing Science
Computational geometry; surface reconstruction
Co 2010 limcw@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
10 Shyh Hao KUO Computing Science
1. Time Series Analysis for Rare Event Detection 2. Emerging Parallel Programming Techniques for Heterogeneou s Multicore 3. Computational Techniques for Numerical Optimisation
Modeling and simulation of nanostructure s and nanomaterials, Modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes, Finite element and molecular dynamics simulations, Coupled structural, thermal, and fluid flow
Co 2008 peiqx@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
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analysis, Modeling of biomolecular system
23 Evert KLASEBOER Fluid Dynamics Bubble and drop dynamics and how to simulate them using boundry elements methods
Co 2006 evert@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
24 Chang Wei KANG Fluid Dynamics Hydrodynamic study of wastewater treatment process; multiphase flow modelling; thermal and fluid flow modeling for thermal spray process; industrial applications using CFD.
Co 2010 kangcw @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
25 Duc Vinh LE Fluid Dynamics Computational Mechanics; Computational fluid dynamics; Fluid-structure interactions; High Performance Computing; Biophysics; Mechanics of cell membrane; Numerical methods
Co 2010 ledv@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
26 Fong Yew LEONG Fluid Dynamics 1. Bio-fluid mechanics 2. Heat and mass transfer 3. Aerosol science and technology
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Mechanics
28 Phuong Khuong ONG Materials Science & Engineering
Ab initio studying of electronic and physical properties of materials; Computational design new materials; Metal- insulator phase transitions / Solid state Physics: electronic, magnetic, optic properties of inorganic materials; Materials science; DFT
Co 2006 / 2010
ongpk@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
29 Kewu BAI Materials Science & Engineering
Computational Material Science
Co 2008 baikw@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
30 Man Fai, Andy NG Materials Science & Engineering
Optical/Electro nic/Electrical properties of nano-scaled materials and large organic molecules
Co 2008 ngmf@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
31 Zhigen YU Engineering Mechanics
Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) and optoelectronic devices, Semiconducto r thin film technology and process, p -type ZnO fabrication and applications, Molecular modeling for materials
Co 2008 yuzg@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
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32 Siu Sin, Jerry QUEK Engineering
Mechanics Dislocation dynamics, Interfacial dynamics, Computational mechanics, Thin film mechanics
Co 2008 quekss @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
33 Kuang Chern Nathaniel NG Materials Science & Engineering
1. Phase Field Models for Microstructura l Evolution 2. Experimental Studies in Ferroelectric Perovskites & Polymers
Co 2009 ngkc@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
34 Ramananrayan HARIHARAPUTRAN
Materials Science & Engineering
1. Mechanics of nanostructure s 2. Physics of surfaces 3. Computational Phase transformatio n
Phase Transformatio ns, Ferroelectrics, shape memory alloys. Crack Propagation and Dislocation dynamics, Microstructura l Evolution using Phase Field Modeling
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38 Alagappan GANDHI Electronics &
Photonics Photonic
Crystals and Quantum Optics
Co 2010 gandhi@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
39 Hongmei JIN Materials Science & Engineering
Surface, interface chemistry
Co 2010 jinhm@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
40 Chiong Teck WONG Materials Science & Engineering
Elucidating reaction mechanisms of organocatalyst -catalyzed reactions
Co 2010 wongct @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
41 Jia ZHANG Materials Science & Engineering
Computational modeling of electronic properties of nanomaterials; Computational modeling of surface and surface catalysis
Co 2010 zhangj@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
42 Jianwei ZHENG Materials Science & Engineering
Photocatalysts , Li-ion battery materials, functionalizati on of nanotube and graphene
Co 2010 zhengjw @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
43 Wee Shing KOH Electronics & Photonics
• Nano- Photonics and Plasmonics • Solar cell design and optoelectronic device physics • Plasma and particle-in-cell simulations • Urban environmental & green building modeling - solar irradiance & daylighting
Co 2008 kohws@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
44 Yinping YANG Social and Cognitive Computing
# E- Negotiation System Design, User Behavior, and Success # The Business
Co 2010 yangyp @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
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Model of Cloud Computing # Strategies and Persuasion in Negotiation
45 Wai-Leung YIM Materials Science & Engineering
chemical reactions on surfaces, multiscale modeling, phonon properties in low dimensions
Co 2010 yimwl@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
46 Paulo BRANICIO Materials Science & Engineering
1. Molecular dynamics simulations 2. Materials under extreme conditions 3. Plasticity and mechanical properties 4. Nanostructure d materials, metallic glass, nanoglass
Co 2009 branicio @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
47 Rogerio MANICA Fluid Dynamics 1. Colloid and interfacial science 2. Bubbles and drops interactions 3. Numerical simulations
Co 2009 manicar @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
48 Phung Hyunh HUYNH Computing Science
GPU mapping optimization, hardware/soft ware partitioning, scheduling, large scale data analytics
Co 2011 huynhph @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
49 Eng Huat KHOO Electronics & Photonics
Research interest includes nanophotonics , photonic crystals, plasmonics, passive and active semiconductor devices, quantum mechanics and
Co 2011 khooeh @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NUS
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solid state physics.
50 Hong Son CHU Electronics & Photonics
Plasmonics/na nophotonics and optics components and devices for data communicatio n, sensing and biological application. Computational electromagnet ics for microwave and photonics.
Mechanical properties of graphene and carbon nanotubes Mechanical and thermal properties of two- dimensional nanomaterials
Co 2011 reddy@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
53 Junyan GUO Engineering Mechanics
One of my current researches is focused on growth, formation and mechanics of nanostructure s in semiconductor material systems. The influence of
Co 2011 guojy@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
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diffusion, growth, and stress on the morphological evolution of nanostructure s in epitaxial thin films is being investigated. I am also interested in numerical modeling and simulations of mechanical response of various engineering structures.
Surface reactions, Heterogeneou s Catalysis, Consumer Care
Co 2011 limch@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
55 Gang WU Materials Science & Engineering
Heat conduction and heat controlling in low dimensional systems; Molecular dynamics method and Non- equilibrium Green’s function method; Vibrational properties and Raman spectra of nano- materials; Theoretical investigation of thermoelectric materials; Predict the material properties using density functional theory; Gradient- corrected EAM potentials.
Co 2011 wug@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
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56 Tsz Sian Jeremy CHWEE Materials
Science & Engineering
Reduced scaling quantum chemical methods Intermolecular interactions Excited state quantum chemistry
Co 2011 chweetsj @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
57 Ilya FARBER Social and Cognitive Computing
Cognitive neuroscience, neural basis of consciousness, decision- making, philosophy of mind
Co 2012 farberi@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
58 Xiuju FU Computing Science
Data mining/analyti cs, data stream mining, time-series data analysis, com plex network/syste m modeling and simulation
Co 2012 fuxj@ihp c.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
59 Zheng QIN Computing Science
Cloud computing, data analytics, MapReduce/H adoop, parallel and distributed systems
Co 2012 qinz@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
60 Hee Joo POH Fluid Dynamics Computational Fluid Dynamics, Green Buildings, Fuel Cell Renewable Energy, Basic and Application Study in Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer
Co 2012 pohhj@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt & Joint Appt NUS
61 Mark Hyunpong JHON Materials Science & Engineering
Structure of flexible nanomaterials, Mechanical properties of nanostructure d materials, in particular biological hard tissues such as
Co 2012 jhonmh @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
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bone and seashell, Magnetic properties of nanostructure d materials for data storage
62 Weng Kin Adrian Matthew MAK
Materials Science & Engineering
Electronic structure theory, Clean energy applications, Free radical chemistry
Co 2012 makwk @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
63 Weijiang ZHAO Electronics and Photonics
Electromagnet ic Compatibility; Antennas and Electromagnet ic Scattering; Computational Electromagnet ics
Co 2012 zhaow@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
64 Mian LU Computing Science
High performance computing, BigData applic ations
Co 2014 lum@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
65 Yi WANG Computing Science
- Machine Learning, Data Mining, Big Data Analytics
Co 2014 wangyi @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
66 Alexander GENEST Materials Science & Engineering
Computational catalysis, homogenous catalysis, heterogeneou s catalysis
Co 2014 genesta @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
67 Zaw Oo ZAW Electronics & Photonics
· Multi- physics modeling & analysis in electronic packages and systems · Complex modeling of electromagnet ic scattering & radiation in large platform · New technology and prototype for LED lighting and display
Soft matter (e.g. dielectric elastomer); Advanced numerical methods (such as FEM, Meshfree Methods) for nonlinear solids and structures, Fluid-Structure Interactions; Shape/Topolo gy Optimization;
Co 2014 zhangz @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
70 Viet Phuong BUI Electronics & Photonics
- Computational Electromagnet ics, F29EMC Analysis and Prediction System, Electromagnet ic Modeling and Optimization of Antennas, Applied Electromagnet ics in Communicatio ns and Aerospace
Co 2014 buivp@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
71 Yuan CHENG Engineering Mechanics
Molecualr dynamics simulations, M echanical properties and the assembly of nanomaterials and biomaterials
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78 Zuoqi ZHANG IHPC/Engineerin
g Mechanics 1) Biomecha nics, especially related topics on hierarchical and multifunctiona l materials 2) Nanomec hanics, especially related topics on carbon nanotube or graphene based materials and devices 3) Characteri zation and optimization of composites with microstructure s
Co 2013 zhangzq @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
79 Constantin Ciprian CHIRILA IHPC/Materials Science & Engineering/Op tics & Transport
Laser interaction with matter, ab initio numerical methods, X- Rays / University of Bucharest (Romania) Theoretical Physics
Co 2013 chirilacc @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
80 Keng Boon Dave WEE IHPC Independent Investigatorship
Computational systems biology, computational drug discovery and design.
Co 2013 weekb@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
81 Xin LUO IHPC/Materials Science & Engineering/Int erfaces
First-principles calculation on Electronic transport between metal/insulato r interface; Phonon and thermoelectric properties in 2D Low dimensional nanomaterial; Ferroelectric, Ferromagnetic properties in oxide interface.
1. Single-phase flow in complex geometries 2. Multiphase flows 3. Finite volume method 4. Single and two-phase flow and heat transfer in porous media 5. Level-set method 6. Conjugate heat transfer
Co 2013 lih@ihpc .a- star.edu. sg
NIL
84 Gang ZHANG IHPC/Engineerin g Mechanics
Nanoscale Thermal Conduction; Thermoelectri c Materials: Energy Transfer and Harvesting;Na no-Electronics: Transport Through Nanotubes, Nanowires and Graphene
Co 2013 zhangg @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
85 Fangsen CUI IHPC/Engineerin g Mechanics/Soft Matter
Modeling and simulation of medical device (stent), computational biomechanics, Vibration and noise
Co 2013 cuifs@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
86 Siew-Wan OHL IHPC/Fluid Dynamics
Fluid/bubble dynamics, numerical simulation, high speed photography
Co 2013 ohlsw@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
87 Haiyan MIAO IHPC/Fluid Dynamics
Urban Wind Simulation, Multiphase Flow, Alternative Fuels, Spray & Combustion,
Co 2013 miaohy @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
NIL
91
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Internal Combustion Engine: Design & Optimisation
88 Choon Chiang, Keith FOO IHPC/Engineerin g Mechanics
Mechanics of soft active materials, Soft machines and stretchable electronics, Structural deformation and failure analysis
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93 Muhamad Azfar RAMLI Computing
Science Complex Networks, Random Processes, Multi-Agent Systems,
Co 2014 ramlima b@ihpc. a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
94 Ramanarayan HARIHARAPUTRAN
Materials Science & Engineering
Atomistic modelling using Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo methods, Continuum modelling using Phase field model, Nucleation phenomena, Transport kinetics, Crystallization process, Kinetics of phase transformatio n, Pattern formation in materials by heat and mass transport, Elastic effects on thin film evolution, Structural stability of nanostructure s, Characterizati on of interfaces such as surfaces and grain boundaries.
Co 2014 harihara putran@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
Adj Appt NUS
95 Erika Fille LEGARA Computing Science
Complex Systems Modelling and Optimization, (Big) Data Science, Computational Social Science (understandin g socio- technical systems), Urban Complexity Research (transportatio
Co 2014 legaraeft @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
93
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n and land- use)
96 Zhaoxia WANG Social & Cognitive Computing Department
Social data analytics, intelligence systems, pattern recognition, risk/fault prediction and analysis, data mining and applications, and urban mobility
Co 2014 wangz@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
Nil Nil
97 Boon Kiat QUEK Social & Cognitive Computing Department
Computational Social Cognition: computational models of social information processing of affective and cognitive states and other socio- cognitive constructs (e.g., motivations, emotions, action tendencies, personality, attitudes, behaviour); connectionist and localist- connectionist networks; cognitive modelling and simulation Robotics: autonomous unmanned vehicles; autonomous system survivability; multi-agent systems; control architecture design for
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autonomy; fuzzy logic control and inference; system engineering and integration; computer vision; machine perception; wireless networking; artificial cognitive systems
98 Robert LASKOWSKI MSE solid state DFT, applications and method development
Co 2015 rolask@i hpc.a- start.ed u.sg
N Nil
99 Teck-Bin Arthur LIM Enviromental Modeling / Fluid Dynamiics
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Flow Control, Environmental Flow Modeling, Building and Marine/Offsho re Applications.
Co 2015 limtba@ ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
100 Sridhar NARAYANASWAMY Engineering Mechanics
Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Additive Manufacturing , Composite Micromechani cs, Microstructure Property correlations
Co 2015 narayan as@ihpc .a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
101 Dinh-Chi PHAM Engineering Mechanics
Composite materials, fracture and fatigue, multiscale modeling, optimization
Co 2015 phamdc @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
102 Loganathan PONNAMBALA M
Cross- Disciplinary Data Intensive Analytics/Comp uting Science
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Infectious disease modeling and Network- based modeling
103 Wai Teng TANG Computing Science
HPC machine learning, GPGPUs, heterogeneou s computing for HPC
Co 2015 tangwt @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
104 Guglielmo VASTOLA Engineering Mechanics
Additive Manufacturing
Co 2015 vastolag @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
105 Binfang WANG Electronics and Photonics
Urban environmental & green building modeling - solar irradiance & daylight, numerical optimization in engineering design, computational electromagnet ics and interactive engineering
Co 2015 wangbf @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
106 Wai Siang YEOH Electronics and Photonics
Wireless power transmission, antenna technology, wireless tracking technology
Co 2015 yeohws @ihpc.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
107 Wenzu ZHANG Electronics and Photonics
Application- driven research in modelling and computation;
Co 2015 zhangw z@ihpc. a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
108 Wenzu ZHANG IHPC/EP Computational quantum optics and photonics
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s, (3) Development of new computational techniques for simulating thermal and charge transport, (4) Substrate- limited carrier mobility in 2D crystals (graphene, MoS2), (5) Stochastic processes and methods in transport simulations, (6) Effects of disorder on charge and thermal transport in low- dimensional nanostructure s, (7) Anderson localization and percolation theory
115 Soo Kng TEO Geometrical Modeling / Computing Science
Biomedical engineering, Computational biomechanics using numerical techniques (finite element method)
Co 2015 teosk@i hpc.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
116 Lin WU Electronics and Photonics
• Quantum plasmonics/na nophotonics • Plasmon- enhanced phenomena & applications • Nanoscale device and ultrafast device modelling and simulation
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117 Haiyan XU Co 2015 xuh@ihp
c.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
118 Xiaofeng YIN Computing Science
Manufacturing planning and scheduling; Supply chain and logistics optimisation and risk management; Knowledge discovery and pattern recognition; AI-based optimisation
Co 2015 yinxf@ih pc.a- star.edu. sg
N Nil
119 Huapeng ZHAO Electronics and Photonics
Electromagnet ic Radiation and Scattering, Electromagnet ic Compatibility
9 Zilong CHEN Advanced Concepts and Nanotechnology Division at DSI
Quantum optics, Quantum metrology, Quantum sensors, Solid state defects for quantum applications
Co 2015 chenzi@ dsi.a- star.edu. sg
Nil NIL
10 Yunjie CHEN Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Magnetic recording, Magnetic materials and media, Magnetic nanostructure s and nano- magnetism, Scanning probe microscopy, Nano science and technology, ion-surface interaction
Co 2015 chen_yu njie@dsi .a- star.edu. sg
NA NIL
11 Eng Keong CHUA Non-volatile Memory Division (NVM)
Non-volatile memory such as phase change memory and reconfigurable switch with applications in auto-mobile and aerospace.
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scanning probe techniques and applications
13 Chunling DU Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Optimal and robust control; Filtering and estimation; Vibration modelling and control; Motion control; Advanced control for nano- positioning; Multidimensio nal systems
MRAM, Magnetic tunnel junctions, Magnetic materials, Process development, Physical Vapor Deposition, Reactive Ion Etching
Co 2011 Franck_ GE@dsi. a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
15 Yuan-Hsing FU Advanced Concepts and Nanotechnology Division (ACN)
Simulation and characterizatio n of light- matter interaction in nano-meter scale for nanophotonics applications.
Co 2014 FU_Yuan _Hsing@ dsi.a- star.edu. sg
NA NIL
16 Nu Phyu HLA Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Computational electromagnet ic, Numerical techniques, Modelling, simulation, design and analysis of permanent magnet motors /actuators, Hard disk drive spindle motor and EMI/EMC of electromagnet ic devices
Surface Science, Material Analysis, Thin film and Film interface Analysis, Lubricant and Overcoat study for hard disks
Co 2013 JI_Rong @dsi.a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
20 Quan JIANG Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Electric Drive, Motion Control, Power Electronics, DSP/FPGA Embedded System, Electrical Machines, Computer- aided Testing, Electric Vehicle and Electromagnet ic Field
Co 2008 JIANG_Q uan@dsi .a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
21 Yu JIANG NVM division, DSI
Scaling and Development of 3D-RRAM device architectures. RRAM and selector device design, fabrication and characterizatio n
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102
28 Siang Huei LEONG Drive Systems
and Technologies Division (DST)
Nanometrolog y and Instrumentatio n
Co 2011 LEONG_ Siang_H uei@dsi. a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
29 Minghua LI Non-volatile Memory Division (NVM)
Novel phase change materials, Optical data storage media, ZnO thin film
Co 2008 LI_Ming hua@dsi .a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
30 Jianming LI Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
(1) All optical magnetic recording & ultrafast magnetic recording, (2) Phase change materials for phase change memory (PCM) & optical data storage, (3) fractal mrasurement of material microstructure s & image processing
Co 2009 LI_Jianm ing@dsi. a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
31 Yan Hwee, Sunny LUA Non-volatile Memory Division (NVM)
Nanomagnetis m, Spintronics, Non-volatile memory, Nanofabricatio n
Co 2011 Sunny_L ua@dsi. a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
32 Boris LUKIYANCHUK Advanced Concept and Nanotechnology Division (ACN)
Laser-matter Interactions, Laser Processing and Chemistry, Plasmonics, Left-handed materials (materials with negative refraction index), Nanoclusters,
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103
Laser Cleaning
33 Yansheng MA Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Tribology and head-disk interface of hard disk drive, Lubricant on disk surface, Contamination analysis and control of hard disk drive
Co 2008 MA_Yan sheng@ dsi.a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
34 Jing PU Advanced Concept and Nanotechnology Division (ACN)
Silicon Photonic device design, fabrication and characterizatio n.
Co 2013 PU_JIng @dsi.a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
35 Shuqin REN Data Center Technologies Division (DCT)
Privacy preserved data asset management for shared storage system; Adaptive QoS Management for multi- tenanted storage system; I/O monitoring and scheduling for parallel file system
Co 2011 REN_Sh uqin@ds i.a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
36 Sergio RUOCCO DCT NVM, compilers, system software, operating systems, real- time systems, software engineering, real-time systems, power management.
Co 2014 sergio_R UOCCO @dsi.a- star.edu. sg
no NIL
37 Maziar SHAKERZADEH Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Materials structure- properties correlation, Heat assisted magnetic
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104
recording, Mechanical properties of thin and ultrathin films, Phase Transformatio ns in Solids, Physics of physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques, Carbon thin films and nanostructure s, Plasma processing for surface modification of materials
38 Jianzhong SHI Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Condensed matters, thin film technology
Co 2010 SHI_Jian zhong@ dsi.a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
39 Wendong SONG Non-volatile Memory Division (NVM)
Thin films and functional materials for data storage
46 Qian WANG Advanced Concept and Nanotechnology Division (ACN)
Nanophotonic s; Photonic Integration; Plasmonics; Photonics Modeling and Simulation; Fiber Optics; Liquid Crystal Optics and Devices; Optical Interconnectio n; High density data storage; Optical Sensing;
Co 2011 WANG_ Qian@d si.a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
47 Qingsong WEI Data Center Technologies Division (DCT)
Data Center Technologies, Distributed Storage System, Cloud Storage, Non-
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53 Mingsheng ZHANG Drive Systems
and Technologies Division (DST)
Nanotribology & tribology in head disk interface, MEMS and their application for data storage, Micromagneti cs and spintronics
Co 2008 ZHANG_ Mingshe ng@dsi. a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
54 Qide ZHANG Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Airflow, flow- induced vibration, and particle trajectories of disk drives, Fluid bearings, spindle motor and rotor dynamics, Computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, vibration analysis
Co 2008 ZHANG_ Qide@d si.a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
55 Tiejun ZHOU Drive Systems and Technologies Division (DST)
Energy assisted recording; nanostructure d magnetic/semi conductor materials for data storage, spintronics, biological applications; electrically controlled magnetism in nanostructure d ferromagnetic /multiferroric composites
Co 2010 ZHOU_Ti ejun@ds i.a- star.edu. sg
NIL NIL
56 Yongqing ZHU Data Center Technologies Division (DCT)
• Cloud storage and cloud computing, data management, metadata index and search; • High- performance storage system, parallel and
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Institute of Microelectronics (IME)
S/N Name Research Dept Research
Interest Co/ Sole
Year approv ed
Email address
Adjunct, joint or no appointment (if supervisor has more than one appt, please provide details of all types of appt)
University (NUS, NTU; please specify if others)
1 Dim-Lee KWONG Director's Office 1. 3D IC and TSV 2. Advanced Optical Interconnect technology 3. Si-based Biosensors 4. Miniaturized medical devices 5. MEMS- CMOS integrated Microsystems
Sole 2005 kwongdl @ime.a- star.edu. sg
2 Guo-Qiang Patrick LO Nano Electronics & Photonics; TSV Taskforce; Gallium Nitrade (GaN) Program
1. Si-Based Light-Emitting Devices and white solid- state lighting 2. 3D Optical- Interconnects 3. Low-Loss Passive Waveguide -- Process and Modeling 4. Ultra-High Speed Si- based Modulator 5. Ultra-High Speed Si- based Photodetector 6. GaN Power Devices and Technology 7. 3D IC – for High Bandwidth Electrical and Optical Interconnect 8. 3D IC with Thermal management Solution
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3 Ming Bin YU Interconnection
& Advanced Packaging Program
1. Silicon Nano photonics 2. TSV process technology development
Co 2003 mingbin @ime.a- star.edu. sg
4 Xiaowu ZHANG Research Office 1.3D IC integration with TSV technology 2.TSV interposer technology 3.Micro-stress sensor design, fabrication and testing
Co 2003 xiaowu @ime.a- star.edu. sg
5 Qingxin ZHANG MEMS Program Si based MEMS device design and fabrication, Intergation of MEMS and CMOS technology, Wafer transfer technology and its application on RF/Bio technology
Co 2006 qingxin @ime.a- star.edu. sg
6 Yuan GAO Integrated circuits and system design
RF/analog integrated circuit design
Co 2009 gaoy@i me.a- star.edu. sg
7 Tsung-Yang Jason LIOW NanoPhotonics Program
Silicon Photonics
Co 2009 liowty@i me.a- star.edu. sg
8 Navab SINGH MEMS Program MEMS/NEMS devices and technology
Co 2009 navab@i me.a- star.edu. sg
9 Xin LIU Integrated Circuits & Systems Laboratory - Digital IC
Digital signal processing; VLSI circuit design; Wireless communicatio n
Co 2011 liux@im e.a- star.edu. sg
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10 Mi Kyoung PARK Bioelectronics
program Development of label-free immunosensor s - silicon photonics sensor, SPR sensor, and electrochemic al sensor; Cancer Diagnostics, Surface Chemistry for bio- conjugation
Co 2011 parkmk @ime.a- star.edu. sg
11 Jun Feng SONG Nano Photonics Program
Silicon photonic III-V on SOI Silicon Plasmonics Radio on SOI Silicon photonics biosensor
Co 2011 songjf@i me.a- star.edu. sg
12 Xin Peng WANG Nano Electronics Program
Advanced architectures and materials for nanoscaled CMOS technology; Emerging NVMs and their application, including metal-oxide based ReRAMs, chalcogenide phase-change memories etc;
Co 2011 wangxin @ime.a- star.edu. sg
13 Hong CAI Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program
1. Nano-opto- mechanical- systems (NOMS) development, which is based on the core technologies of nanomechanic s and nanophotonics . It can be exploited for actuating optomechanic al devices, including sensors,
Co 2012 caih@im e.a- star.edu. sg
112
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accelerometer s, gyro, nano- optical switches and array, and nano- actuators etc. It will be technological impact for revolutions traditional micro-silicon- devices through the light-and- motion connection. 2. Nano- Photonics research area, focusing on silicon photonics devices development. Including CMOS platform- based silicon micro- and nano- fabrication process development, photonic devices with applications in high-speed optical interconnects development.
14 Tshun Chuan Kevin CHAI Integrated Circuits & Systems Laboratory - Analog & Mixed Signal IC
• Analog mixed signal design; • Readout interface for sensors applications in biomedical areas such as cellomics, genomics and proteomics; • interface readout for MEMS sensors using capacitive, piezoelectric,
Co 2012 chaitc@i me.a- star.edu. sg
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18 Hongyu LI Interconnection & Advanced Packaging Program
1. 3D IC and 3D packaging process integration by TSV technology. 2. Fine pitch Cu to Cu bonding. 3. 3D interconnect reliability.
Co 2012 lihy@im e.a- star.edu. sg
19 Eu Jin Andy LIM Nano Photonics Program
1, Semiconducto r process integration and device physics (Silicon, III-V) 2. Advanced gate stack technology in particular metal gates, high-k dielectrics, interface engineering for CMOS applications 3. Silicon photonics devices or optoelectronic
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devices 4. Thin film chemical vapour deposition process technology for e.g. Ge, Si, SiC, SiGe epitaxial films and superlattice structure
20 Xianshu LUO Nano Photonics Program
1. Silicon photonics for on-chip optical interconnects 2. Hybrid Optoelectronic s IC for Next- Generation Optical Communicatio ns 3. Microwave photonics by using silicon photonics platform
Co 2012 luox@im e.a- star.edu. sg
21 Sheung Yan Simon NG Integrated Circuits & Systems
Lower power CMOS sensor interface and high resolution data converter design
Co 2012 ngsys@i me.a- star.edu. sg
22 Andrew Benson RANDLES Sensors Actuators & Microsystems Program
SAW Temperature compensation, cMUT design and fabrication
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25 Xiaoguang TU Nano Photonics
Program Silicon Photonics Device and Integration
Co 2012 tux@im e.a- star.edu. sg
26 Lei YAO Integrated Circuits & Systems
Mixed signal VLSI design, biomedical circuit and system, neural stimulation and recording circuits, data conversion circuits
Co 2012 yaol@im e.a- star.edu. sg
27 Jun ZHOU Integrated Circuits & Systems
1. energy- efficient digital signal processor design 2. Low voltage circuit and system design 3. Variation- tolerant circuit and system design 4. 3DIC design
Co 2012 zhouj@i me.a- star.edu. sg
28 Minwoo RHEE IPP-Packaging Materials
Advanced packaging material and simulation. Power electronics / Rugged Electronics Packaging.
Co 2013 rheem@ ime.a- star.edu. sg
29 Ming-Yuan CHENG Interconnection & Advanced Packaging Program
Implantable miniaturized medical devices, 3D neural probe array system, sensorized guide wire system, bio- packaging, microassembly for medical device, and flexible tactile sensing arrays.
- Rare cells enrichment and isolation - Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis - Development of new in-vitro diagnosis (IVD) techology - Biosensors, bioMEMS, microfluidics, and point-of- care devices
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36 Ee Lim TAN Miniaturized
Medical Devices - Development of micro- electronic devices and system for biomedical applications - Minimally- invasive, non- invasive continuous, and real-time device and system solution - Emphasis in human physiological monitoring (e.g. blood/ liquid pressure monitoring, tactile feedback and contact force detection)
Co 2015 tanel@i me.a- star.edu. sg
NA
37 Ilker Ener Ocak MEMS sensors and systems; Accelerometers; Gyroscopes; Magnetometers; Pressure Sensors; Resonators; Circuits for capacitive sensors
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National Metrology Centre (NMC)
S/N Name Research Dept Research
Interest Co/ Sole
Year approv ed
Email address
Adjunct, joint or no appointment (if supervisor has more than one appt, please provide details of all types of appt)
University (NUS, NTU; please specify if others)
1 Yun Fook, Thomas LIEW Executive Director
Nanotribology /tribochemistr y of magnetic recording devices, Trace level air-borne molecular microcontami nants and reliability of magnetic recording components/s ystems, Magnetic nanostructure s/spintronics devices for data storage/memo ry devices
Sole 2003 Thomas _Liew@ nmc.a- star.edu. sg
2 Siew Kong TUNG Mechanical Metrology Cluster
Materials characterizatio n R&D and instrumentatio n; materials development for aerospace brazing materials, lead free solders and solder fluxes, metallic alloys, nano- powders, and others
Co 2006 tung_sie w_kong @nmc.a - star.edu. sg
3 Liping ZHAO Optical Metrology Laboratory
Optical systems and optical measurements ; Surface measurements ; Infrared optics and non- destructive inspection; Diffractive optics and planar optics;