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Interdisciplinary Graduate School – Complexity Institute

Supervisors & Projects

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S/N Name Appointment Email Research Area of Possible PhD Studies 1 Sulfikar AMIR Asst Prof [email protected] Sociotechnical systems, risk & resilience, city studies, complex

organizations

2 Sourav S BHOWMICK Assoc Prof [email protected] computational combination therapy, network-based drug target discovery, PPI network analytics and visualization, disease-related signaling network analytics

3 CAI Wentong Prof [email protected] Modelling and simulation (particularly, agent-based modelling and simulation); parallel and distributed computing

4 CHEW Lock Yue Assoc Prof [email protected] (1) Theory of Complex Systems relating to Coupled Social-Ecological Systems or Urban Systems; (2) Non-equilibrium physics of Biological Systems; (3) Information processing in entangled quantum chaotic systems

5 Joseph CHEUNG Sai Hung Asst Prof [email protected] Complex Civil Infrastructure Systems with focus on one or more of the following aspects: Dynamics, Modeling, Uncertainty, Interdependence, Risk including Catastrophe Risk, System Reliability and Resilience, Design, Monitoring, Control and Management

6 Massimo Pica CIAMARRA Assoc Prof [email protected] [Computer science + Physics/Engineering/Material Science] Exploiting computer-science optimization approaches, e.g. population dynamics, to design materials with desired features

7 George CHRISTOPOLUS Asst Prof [email protected] Neuroscience of human decision making; decision making in crises; social interactions (behavioral game theory); Built environment and human cognition and psychology

8 J Stephen LANSING Prof [email protected] Dynamics of coupled human & natural systems and Anthropology of island Southeast Asia

9 Kerry LEE Assoc Prof [email protected] The cognitive and developmental underpinnings of mathematical skills

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10 Peter M.A SLOOT Prof [email protected] Foundations of Complex Adaptivity, Information Spreading in Complex Networks, Multi-level Decision Support, Infectious Diseases,

11 Andrea NANETTI Assoc Prof [email protected] Re-imagining the domain of heritage studies by looking at rich data sets (text, maps, paintings, sculpture, architecture, videos,

12 TEE Shang-You Asst Prof [email protected] Biology from a Complexity-Physics perspective: studies in ageing, tissue and organ formation, multi-molecule interactions.

13 XIAO Gaoxi Assoc Prof [email protected] Complex networks, complex systems (system epidemics, system evolution, and system control), resilient systems, social evolution

14 ZHANG Yilei Asst Prof [email protected] Complexity study of cultured neuronal network

15 ZHENG Jie Asst Prof [email protected] Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics & Systems Biology, Cancer & Stem Cell Biology


Interdisciplinary Graduate School – Earth Observatory of Singapore


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S/N Supervisor Appointment Email Contact Research Areas

1 Adam D. Switzer Nanyang Assistant Professor [email protected]

Coastal-systems, tsunamis, sea-level change, Holocene coastal evolution, tropical cyclones, storm surge, coastal archives of palaeoclimate

2 Benoit Taisne Assistant Professor [email protected]

Fluid mechanics applied to magma transports. Understanding volcanic processes through field data analysis

3 Charles Martin Rubin Associate Professor [email protected] Paleoseismology and earthquake hazards

4 Kerry Edward Sieh Professor [email protected] Paleoseismology.

5 Emma Hill Nanyang Assistant Professor [email protected] Geodesy, tectonic deformation, earthquakes, sea level

6 Fidel Costa Rodriguez Assistant Professor [email protected]

Conditions (pressure, temperature, volatile contents) and processes that magmas experience below active volcanoes and how these relate to volcanic unrest phenomena.

7 Judith Hubbard Assistant Professor [email protected]

Active faulting and tectonics, structural geology, earthquake hazard assessment

8 Koh Tieh Yong Assistant Professor [email protected]

Atmospheric Dynamics and Modelling Dispersion and Mixing of Atmospheric Tracers

9 Nathalie Goodkin Nanyang Associate Professor [email protected] Climate Change, Paleo-climate, Ocean Carbon Cycle










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10 Paul Tapponnier Professor [email protected]

Tectonics and earthquake research. Continental dynamics and tectonics, particularly in the Asian and Mediterranean regions; active faulting and seismotectonics; earthquake hazard assessment; quantitative geomorphology; state-of-the-art determination of current rates of active deformation processes; and rock mechanics and rock deformation physics.

11 Sylvain Barbot Assistant Professor [email protected] Physics of earthquakes and tectonics

12 Wang Xianfeng Nanyang Assistant Professor

[email protected]

Paleoclimatology, Isotope Geochemistry.

13 Mikinori Kuwata Nanyang Assistant Professor [email protected] Atmospheric chemistry

14 Caroline Bouvet De La Maisonneuve Assistant Professor [email protected]

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Understanding volcanic activity and transitions in eruption styles through combined field studies, textural analyses, petrology, geochemistry and numerical modelling








Interdisciplinary Graduate School – Energy Research Institute @ NTU


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Name Appointment School Email Research Area of Possible PhD Studies

Alessandro Romagnoli Assistant Professor MAE [email protected]

Energy recovery systems – Energy storage – Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Alex Yan Qingyu Associate Professor MSE [email protected]

Li-O battery; Thermoelectric materials; Supercapacitors; Electrocatalysis

Ali I Maswood Associate Professor EEE [email protected] Converter for Renewable Energy (power Electronics)

Andrew Clive Grimsdale

Associate Professor MSE [email protected]

Materials for solar cells, Materials for batteries, Light-harvesting materials

Anutosh Chakraborty Assistant Professor MAE [email protected] Adsorption cooling, Gas storage on adsorbent materials

Aravind Dasari Assistant Professor MSE [email protected]

Polymer nanocomposites (fire response / active food packaging / acoustic absorption)

Cai Wenjian Associate Professor EEE [email protected]

High accuracy air flow control device; Fault detection and diagnostic of ACMV systems; Model based ACMV system optimization.

Chan Chi Chiu Julian Associate Professor SCBE [email protected] Sensing Technologies

Chen Hongyu Associate Professor / Associate Dean

SPMS [email protected]

Nanosynthesis for electrochemical applications: catalysis, sensing, etc.

Chen Xiaodong Associate Professor MSE [email protected] Advanced materials for energy conversion and storage













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Chen Zhong Professor MSE [email protected]

Semiconductor nanostructures for artificial photosynthesis; Surface engineering & functional coatings (e.g. self-cleaning, icephobic, anti-finger print, antifouling, etc.)

Darren Sun Delai Associate Professor CEE [email protected] Multifunctional membrane for clean water and energy production

Douglas Maskell Associate Professor SCE [email protected]

PV power electronics, algorithms for PV systems, Embedded systems in PV.

Fan Hongjin Associate Professor SPMS [email protected]

Materials for solar water splitting; Energy storage materials and devices (battery and supercapacitors); Light-emitting semiconductor nanomaterials (nanowires, 2D)

Fan Zheng David Assistant Professor MAE [email protected] Non-Destructive Evaluation / Structural Health Monitoring

Goh Wang Ling Associate Professor EEE [email protected] IC design

Gooi Hoay Beng Associate Professor EEE [email protected]

Smart grid, micro grid, energy storage, renewable and clean energy, transactive energy

Ho Shen-Shyang Assistant Professor SCE [email protected]

Machine Learning, Database Technology and Pattern Mining for Remote Sensing/Satellite Data

Huang Guangbin Associate Professor EEE [email protected]

Machine learning, human machine interface, brain computer interface, extreme learning machines, pattern recognition, feature learning

Huang Wei Min Associate Professor MAE [email protected] Shape memory materials and applications

Jagath Rajapakse Professor SCE [email protected]

Computational and systems biology, neuroimaging, brain computer interfacing













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Jason Xu Zhichuan Assistant Professor MSE [email protected]

Electrical energy conversion and storage materials; Efficient nanostructured electrodes for solar fuel production; Magnetic nanomaterials and applications in sustainable systems

Justin Dauwels Assistant Professor EEE [email protected]

Intelligent transportation systems (in collaboration with local and international companies)

Koh Tieh Yong Associate Professor SPMS [email protected]

Tropical Atmospheric Dynamics; Regional Climate and Weather Modelling; Convective and Turbulent Dispersion of Passive Tracers

Kong Ling Bing Associate Professor MSE [email protected] Nanomaterial for energy storage; Transparent ceramic materials

Lee Jong-Min Assistant Professor SCBE [email protected] Novel electrocatalysts for fuel cells; Green solvent development

Li Hua Associate Professor MAE [email protected]

Simulation of Sustainable Energy – (1) Building energy efficiency, (2) Fuel cell system, and (3) Maritime energy

Li Peifeng Assistant Professor MAE [email protected]

Process, microstructure and mechanical property relation of materials, micromechanics, 3D x-ray imaging, additive manufacturing such as selective lase melting

Ling Keck Voon Associate Professor EEE [email protected]

Model Predictive Control, Moving Horizon Estimation, Distributed Control and Estimation, Optimisation Algortihms, Application, Smart Grids, FPGA see (1) http://edventure.ntu.edu.sg/bbcswebdav/users/ekvling/Public/MMPC/KV-MPC.htm (2) http://www.cares.cam.ac.uk/irp-4-iceso











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Liu Bin Assistant Professor SCBE [email protected] Solar Cells, Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis, Water and Air Treatment.

Loo Say Chye Joachim Associate Professor MSE [email protected] Energy and environmental sciences

Lu Xuehong Associate Professor MSE [email protected]

Polymer nanocomposites; Organic-inorganic hybrid materials; Electrochromic materials and devices

Lydia Helena Wong Assistant Professor MSE [email protected]

synthesis and design of semiconductor materials for solar cell and solar water splitting.

Madhavi Srinivasan Associate Professor MSE [email protected]

Materials for Electrochemical Energy storage devices, Batteries/supercapacitors

Ng Yin Kwee Associate Professor MAE [email protected]

Renewable energy: Wind, Ocean & Tidal Engineering. Atmospherics Boundary Layer.

Nripan Mathews Assistant Professor MSE [email protected]

Photovoltaics, Printed and flexible electronics, electronic skin, photoelectrochemical processes

Samir H. Mushrif Assistant Professor SCBE [email protected]

Biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals, catalysis, alternate energy research, multiscale molecular modeling

Shen Ze Xiang Professor SPMS [email protected]

Graphene for energy storage; Metal oxide based Li ion batteries and supercapacitors; Plasmonics; Graphene and 2D materials; Super resolution microscopy and spectroscopy

Siek Liter Associate Professor ; Director, VIRTUS

EEE [email protected]

Low Voltage Low Power Analog/ Mixed Signal IC Design for ADC, PLL, ….. Power Management ICs, etc.

So Ping Lam Associate Professor EEE [email protected]

Fiber Optic Sensors, Renewable Energy, Energy Management, Microgrids and Smart Grids














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Soh Yeng Chai Professor EEE [email protected] control theory and applications; sensor networks; energy efficiency

Soo Han Sen Nanyang Assistant Professor

SPMS [email protected]

artificial photosynthesis, photocatalysis, nanomaterials, CO2 reduction, pollutant oxidation, biomass degradation

Soong Boon Hee Associate Professor EEE [email protected]

Wireless Communications, Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, Wireless Sensor & Actuator Networks

Sritharan Thirumany Associate Professor MSE [email protected] Nanostructures and nanomaterials for solar energy harvesting

Su Pei-Chen Assistant Professor MAE [email protected]

Micro solid oxide fuel cells; Nanostructured electrodes; Nano-ionics; Thin film energy materials

Sun Handong Associate Professor SPMS [email protected]

light-matter interaction, Optical Spectroscopy, Photonics: physics, devices and applications, Optoelectronic materials and devices, Biosensors using optical technology.

Timothy John White Professor MSE [email protected]

Optical properties and phase transition behavior of nanostructured vanadium dioxide

Wang Peng Associate Professor EEE [email protected]

Development, Control and operation of Micro grids; Smart grids; Building microgrid and energy management.

Wang Xin Associate Professor SCBE [email protected]

Electrocatalyst development for water splitting and CO2 electroreduction

Xie Lihua Professor EEE [email protected] Networked control, multi-agent systems, UAVs

Yang Yaowen Associate Professor CEE [email protected] Small energy harvesting, structural health monitoring














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Yeong Wai Yee Assistant Professor MAE [email protected]

3D printing for biomedical applications; Lightweight design for additive manufacturing; Multi-material 3D Printing; 3D bioprinting and tissue engineering

Zhang Jie Assistant Professor SCE [email protected] Artificial Intelligence, Multiagent System, Trust Management



Interdisciplinary Graduate School – Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering


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S/N Supervisor Appointment Email Research Area of Possible PhD Studies

1 Cao, Bin Prof [email protected]

• Biofilm-contaminant interaction toward biofilm-based decontamination of water

• Subsurface biofilm-mineral interaction and its impact on groundwater quality

2 Kline, Kimberly Prof [email protected] Bacterial pathogenesis and antimicrobials

3 Lauro, Federico Prof [email protected] • Genomics • Microbial ecology • Oceanography

4 Marsili, Enrico Dr [email protected]

• Biofilm electroanalytics • Bioelectrochemistry • Bioelectrosynthesis

5 Mcdougald, Diane Dr [email protected] Role of protozoan predation in the evolution of pathogens in the environment

6 Rice, Scott Prof [email protected] • Growth, development and evolution of mixed species biofilms • The role of bacteriophage in biofilm development of

Pseudomonas aeruginosa







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7 Wuertz, Stefan Prof [email protected]

• Public health microbiology and environmental engineering • Biofilms in the built environment • Used water treatment • Biological nutrient removal • Fate and transport of pathogens in the environment • Microbial community dynamics in bioreactors • Modeling of biological processes in used water reactors • Anaerobic digestion • Microbial source tracking


Interdisciplinary Graduate School – The Joint NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly (LILY) Supervisors & Projects

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1 An Bo Asst Prof [email protected] Artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, game theory, automated negotiation, resource allocation and optimization

2 Chng Eng Siong Assoc Prof [email protected] Speech and signal processing, microphone arrays and pattern classifications

3 Cong Gao Asst Prof [email protected] Database, Data mining/text mining, Information retrieval

4 Lee Bu Sung Assoc Prof [email protected] Networks and Grid

5 Liu Yang Asst Prof [email protected] Formal Methods, Software Security and Software Engineering

6 Miao Chunyan Assoc Prof [email protected]

Agent, Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE), Semantic Web/Grid, Agent Augmented Interactive Media/gaming/storytelling, Agent Mediated e-services/mobile agents for wireless communications. Her current research works focus on infusing intelligent agents into interactive new media (virtual, mixed, mobile and pervasive media) to create novel experiences and dimensions in game design, interactive narrative and other real world agent systems.

7 Pan Jialin, Sinno Asst Prof [email protected]

Machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, and their applications to opinion mining, social media analysis, information extraction in text, WiFi-based indoor mobile localization, recommender system, and software engineering








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8 Soh Yeng Chai Prof [email protected] Robust system theory and applications, estimation and filtering, signal and information processing, hybrid systems and applications, optical signal processing.

9 Tan Ah Hwee Assoc Prof

[email protected] Human centric computing, brain-inspired intelligent agents, cognitive and neural systems, machine learning, knowledge discovery and text mining

10 Xiao Xiaokui Asst Prof [email protected] Data privacy and spatial databases

11 Xing Zheng Chang Asst Prof

[email protected] Innovative human-oriented software development infrastructure and tools, sustainable software maintenance and reengineering, and reliable and secure system operation





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1 Cai Wentong Prof [email protected] Modelling and simulation (particularly, agent-based modeling and simulation); parallel and distributed computing.

2 Ong Yew Soon Assoc Prof [email protected] Artificial and Computational Intelligence in Digital Games.

3 Qian Kemao Assoc Prof [email protected] Computational optics, computer vision, computer animation.

4 Seah Hock Soon Prof [email protected] Computer Graphics, Animation and Games

5 Theng Yin Leng Prof [email protected] Human-computer interaction; active ageing (health, digital games for exercise and rehabilitation).

6 Tang Xueyan Assoc Prof [email protected] Distributed systems, mobile and pervasive computing.

7 Xu Dong Assoc Prof [email protected] Computer vision and machine learning

8 Zheng Jianmin Assoc Prof [email protected] 3D modeling, digital geometry processing, 3D printing, animation, interactive digital media








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1 Cai Jianfei Associate Professor [email protected] Cross-discipline research among the areas of multimedia, computer graphics,

computer vision and networking technologies

2 Cong Gao Assistant Professor

[email protected] Database; Data mining / text mining; Information retrieval; Big data analytics

3 Alex C Kot Professor [email protected] Signal processing for communication, biometrics, image forensics and information security

4 Lin Weisi Associate Professor [email protected] Image processing, perceptual modeling, video compression, multimedia

communication and computer vision

5 Tan Yap Peng Associate Professor [email protected] Image and Video Processing; Multimedia Computing; Computer Vision; Pattern

Recognition; Information Retrieval

6 Wang Gang Assistant Professor [email protected] Object recognition, scene understanding, activity analysis, computer vision &

the Internet, latent models, large scale learning, deep learning

7 Wen Yonggang Assistant Professor [email protected]

Cloud computing & data centre, multimedia communication & computing, big data analytics, mobile communication & computing, green information & communication technologies

8 Xu Dong Associate Professor [email protected] Computer vision and Machine learning

9 Yap Kim Hui Associate Professor [email protected] Image/video processing, media content analysis, computer vision, human-

computer interaction, and computational intelligence

10 Yuan Junsong Assistant Professor [email protected] Computer vision; video analytics; human computer interaction; multimedia

search and data mining; biomedical image analysis

S/No Programme Project Title Supervisor School Co-supervisor School 2nd Co-supervisor School 2 Collaborating Institution

1 Chemical Biology

Understanding the molecular mechanism for the side effect of

Relenza and Tamiflu and developing new neuraminidase inhibitor as

safe anti-flu theraputics

Liu Xuewei (Assoc Prof) SPMS Yoon Ho Sup (Assoc Prof) SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital

2 Chemical Biology"Understanding Protein Functions" through Protein Modification

Technology (PM-Tech): in vitro and in vivoLoh Teck Peng (Prof) SPMS Liu Chuan Fa (Assoc Prof) SBS Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd

3 Chemical Biology

PANACEA: Towards Computational and Systems Biology-based

Personalized Combination Therapy

With Application to Cancer

Sourav S Bhowmick

(Assoc Prof)SCE

Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan

(Asst Prof)LKCMed Michael Ferenzci (Prof) LKCMed Singapore General Hospital

4 Chemical BiologyTowards Computational Discovery of Interaction Networks in

Intracellular Pathogens

Kwoh Chee Keong (Assoc

Prof)SCE Peter Preiser (Prof) SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital

5 Chemical BiologyModification of Traditional Chinese Medicines for New

Pharmaceutical and Biological ApplicationsRobin Chi (Assoc Prof) SPMS Jaume Torres (Assoc Prof) SBS

Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese

Medicines/Beijing Capital Medical

University

6 Chemical BiologyDevelopment of a 3D sensor cell model for screening anti-breast

cancer drugs

Kathy Qian Luo (Assoc

Prof)SCBE Tan Lay Poh (Assoc Prof) MSE -

7 Chemical Biology

Engineering thermostable DNA/RNA dependent RNA polymerases for

the large scale synthesis of RNA molecules including miRNAs and

siRNAs

Lescar Julien (Assoc Prof) SBSPhan Anh Tuan (Assoc

Prof)SPMS -

8 Chemical Biology Influenza inhibitor design based on novel targets Mu Yuguang (Assoc Prof) SBS Robin Chi (Assoc Prof) SPMSRichard Sugrue (Assoc

Prof)SBS -

9 Chemical Biology Vaccine platform development for infectious diseases Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBERichard Sugrue (Assoc

Prof)SBS Lisa F. P. Ng (Dr) A*STAR SIgN -

10 Chemical Biology New types of stapled peptides for p53 activation Steve Zhou (Asst Prof) SPMS Chuan Fa Liu (Assoc Prof) SBS Brian Chia (Dr) A*STAR ETC -

11 Chemical Biology Targeting Disease-Associated Pre-mRNA Splice Site Structures Chen Gang (Asst Prof) SPMS Xavier Roca (Asst Prof) SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital

12 Chemical BiologySynthesis of Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids for Targeting HIV-1

Ribosomal Frameshift Stimulatory RNA StructureChen Gang (Asst Prof) SPMS

Liu Ding Xiang (Assoc

Prof)SBS Zhao Yanli (Asst Prof) SPMS Tan Tock Seng Hospital

13 Chemical Biology Development of novel antagonists targeting RIG-1 Chen Gang (Asst Prof) SPMSLiu Ding Xiang (Assoc

Prof)SBS Luo Dahai (Asst Prof) LKCMed

14 Chemical Biology

Heterologous Expression of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic

Pathways of Marine Microorganisms for the Discovery of Bioactive

Compounds

Liang Zhao-Xun (Assoc

Prof)SBS Liu Xuewei (Assoc Prof) SPMS

15 Chemical BiologyNanomaterials: functionalization of the nanostructures to tune their

toxicity and redox activity

Martin Pumera (Asst

Prof)SPMS Liu Chuan Fa (Assoc Prof) SBS

16 Chemical BiologyDevelop novel metal compleses as G-quadruplex targeting anticancer

drugsShao Fangwei (Asst Prof) SPMS Mu Yuguang (Assoc Prof) SBS Shanghai Huangpu Central Hospital

17 Chemical Biology Development of metabolically stable Prostacyclin analogues Steve Zhou (Asst Prof) SPMS Chuan Fa Liu (Assoc Prof) SBSExperimental Therapeutics Centre,

A*Star

18 Chemical BiologyMembrane extraction of pharmacologically active compounds for

managing cardiovascular diseases.James P. Tam (Prof) SBS Wang Rong (Assoc Prof) CEE

19 Chemical Biology A Microfluidic System for Radiochemistry Synthesis Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBETan Choon Hong (Assoc

Prof)SPMS

Lim Yee Hwee (Adj Asst

Prof)LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

20 Chemical BiologyTo screen for inhibitors to target novel hypoxia-responsive cancer

epigenetic regulators for cancer epigenetic therapy

Newman Siu Kwan Sze

(Assoc Prof)SBS Su Haibin (Assoc Prof) MSE

21 Chemical BiologyChemical Modification of Biologically Relent Peptides and Proteins:

Model Studies

Robin Yonggui Chi (Assoc

Prof)SPMS Jaume Torres (Assoc Prof) SBS

Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese

Medicines/Beijing Capital Medical

University

22 Chemical Biology Samroiyotmycin – an Interdisciplinary Study of a Novel Anti-MalarialRoderick Bates (Assoc

Prof)SPMS

Zbynek Bozdech (Assoc

Prof)SBS

Palangpon Kongsaeree

(Assoc Prof)

Mahidol

University

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23 Chemical Biology Development of Novel Radioligands using [11C]CO2Tan Choon Hong (Assoc

Prof)SPMS Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE

Lim Yee Hwee (Adj Asst

Prof)LKCMed Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

24 Chemical BiologyUnique and Site-Specific “Smart” Imaging Probes for localized

labeling and Sensing of Drug Resistant Bacterial Biofilm

Xing Bengang (Assoc

Prof)SPMS Yang Liang (Asst Prof) SBS

25Health Systems

Complexity

Automatic application of clinical practice guidelines to patient

recordsJung-jae Kim (Asst Prof) SCE Francis Bond (Assoc Prof) HSS Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

26Health Systems

Complexity

Toward Social TV Technologies for Autism Diagnosis and Assistive

Treatment

Yonggang Wen (Asst

Prof)SCE Theng Yin Leng (Prof) WKWSCI Institute of Mental Health

27Health Systems

Complexity

Prediction and control of epidemic spreading in multi-level complex

systemsXiao Gaoxi (Assoc Prof) EEE

Cheong Siew Ann (Asst

Prof)SPMS Tan Tock Seng Hospital

28Health Systems

ComplexityMulti-agent Technology for Collaborative Health Care Bo An (Asst Prof) SCE Ning Chen (Asst Prof) SPMS Peter Sloot (Prof) SCE Tan Tock Seng Hospital

29Health Systems

ComplexityDesign and Verification of Diabetes Management System

Arvind Easwaran (Asst

Prof)SCE

Cho Nam-Joon (Assoc

Prof)MSE National Healthcare Group

30Health Systems

ComplexityHealthcare for aging population Bu-Sung Lee (Assoc Prof) SCE Theng Yin Leng (Prof) WKW

31Health Systems

Complexity

Clinical Decision Support System for Early Recognition of

Deteriorating Heart PatientsChang Yun-Ke (Asst Prof) WKWSCI

Tai Hwei Yee (Adjunct

Assoc Prof)LKCMed

Christopher Khoo (Assoc

Prof)WKWSCI

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Complexity

Modelling Clinician Interaction with a Clinical Decision Support

System for Wound Management

Christopher Khoo (Assoc

Prof)WKWSCI

Tai Hwei Yee (Adjunct

Assoc Prof)LKCMed Chang Yun-Ke (Asst Prof) WKWSCI

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Complexity

Towards Network-driven in Silico Target Combination Discovery for

Cancer Therapy

Sourav S Bhowmick

(Assoc Prof)SCE

Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan

(Asst Prof)LKCMed Jie Zheng (Asst Prof) SCE Singapore General Hospital

34Health Systems

Complexity

A predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine digital

intervention for people with asthmaJosip Car (Assoc Prof) LKCMed Peter Sloot (Prof) SCE Tan Tock Seng Hospital

35Health Systems

ComplexityElucidating Complex Biofilm Formation Peter Sloot (Prof) SCE

Karinh Emma Josephina

Eurenius (Dr)SBS Staffan Kjelleberg (Prof) SBS Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

36Health Systems

ComplexityDNA-mediated clinical diagnosis system Shu Jian Jun (Assoc Prof) MAE Mu Yuguang (Assoc Prof) SBS

37Health Systems

Complexity

Co-evolution of infectious agents and social networks: a new

epidemiology modelling approach and applications Xiao Gaoxi (Assoc Prof) EEE Su Haibin (Assoc Prof) MSE

38Health Systems

ComplexityEfficient Algorithms for Biological Network Analysis: A GPU Approach Xiaokui Xiao (Asst Prof) SCE Junsong Yuan (Asst Prof) EEE Xiaoli Li (Dr) IIR, A*Star

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Signal Analysis

Characterization of islet cell infiltrating lymphocytes in experimental

autoimmune diabetes models

Bernhard Otto Boehm

(Prof)LKCMed Xing Bengang (Assoc Prof) SPMS Khoo Teck Puat Hospital


Signal AnalysisImaging-Based Volumetry of Organs Jianfei Cai (Assoc Prof) SCE Junsong Yuan (Asst Prof) EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Signal Analysis3D Motion Extraction from Tag MRI Cai Yiyu (Assoc Prof) MAE

Zheng Jianmin (Assoc

Prof)SCE

Gleneagles Medical Centre, Tan Tock

Seng Hospital


Signal Analysis

Three-dimensional (3D) spectroscopic autofluorescence imaging in

endoscopy for tissue characterizationLiu Quan (Asst Prof) SCBE

Nadia Magnenat

Thalmann (Prof)SCE National University Hospital


Signal AnalysisBiophysics of cardiomyopathies

Michael Alan Ferenczi

(Prof)LKCMed Xing Bengang (Assoc Prof) SPMS The Harley Street Clinic


Signal AnalysisSignaling Events in Pancreatic Islet Cells During Immune Rejection

Bernhard Otto Boehm

(Prof)LKCMed

Ravi Kambadur (Assoc

Prof)SBS

Per-Olof Berggren

(Visiting Prof)LKCMed Singapore Eye Research Institute

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Signal Analysis

Computational modelling, monitoring and treatment of ADHD using

MR Images of brain and advanced game engines

Suresh Sundaram (Asst

Prof)SCE P. N. Suganthan (Prof) EEE Ohio State University, USA


Signal Analysis

Scientific approach towards Traditional Chinese Medicine in tongue

diagnosis

Yeo Joon Hock (Assoc

Prof)MAE

Tan Bee Gawh (Adjunct

Prof)SBS NTU Traditional Chinese Medicine


Signal Analysis

In Vivo Non-invasive Measurement of Metabolic Rate of Oxygen

(MRO2) and Oxygen Saturation (sO2) by Portable Photoacoustic

Imaging Scanner

Zheng Yuanjin (Asst Prof) EEE Zhou YuFeng (Asst Prof) MAE National University Hospital


Signal Analysis

Flexible 12-Leads Cableless ECG Recording System for Clinical

Monitoring

Goh Wang Ling (Assoc

Prof)EEE Ng Yin Kwee (Assoc Prof) MAE National University Hospital


Signal Analysis

Energy-Efficient, High-Performance 3D Video Codec System

Development for Gesture Recognition and Control


Prof)EEE Ng Yin Kwee (Assoc Prof) MAE National University Hospital


Signal Analysis

Memantine and tPA, combinatorial therapy for Post-Stroke Aphasia:

an fMRI studyZhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE

Guan Cuntai (Adjunct

Assoc Prof)EEE National University Hospital


Signal AnalysisTowards Socio- and Neurofeedback Treatments for Schizophrenia Justin Dauwels (Asst Prof) EEE


Assoc Prof) SCE Institute of Mental Health


Signal Analysis

Computer-Aided Measurement of Psoriasis Area and Severity Index

Score- A Move Towards Standardization

Kong Wai Kin Adams

(Asst Prof)SCE

Sathyan Subbiah (Asst

Prof)MAE National Skin Centre


Signal AnalysisCellular and sub-cellular imaging of eye diseases in vivo Liu Linbo (Asst Prof) EEE Liu Quan (Asst Prof) SCBE Harvard Medical School


Signal Analysis

Sound based Techniques for the Classification of Excess Fluids in

LungsSer Wee (Assoc Prof) EEE

Vinod Achutavarrier

Prasad (Assoc Prof)SCE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Signal Analysis

Non-Contact Radar based Imaging Technique for Cardiac-Activity

MonitoringSer Wee (Assoc Prof) EEE

Vinod Achutavarrier

Prasad (Assoc Prof)SCE Singapore General Hospital


Signal Analysis

An Integrated Sound based cum Vibrator Approach for the Detection

and Therapy of OSASer Wee (Assoc Prof) EEE Du Hejun (Assoc Prof) MAE Singapore General Hospital


Signal Analysis

Analysis of Medical Images Based on Iterative Learning o Sparse

Representation and Dimensionality ReductionJiang Xudong (Assoc Prof) EEE

Guan Cuntai (Adj Assoc

Prof)SCE Lu Zhong Kang (Dr) I2R, A*Star National University Hospital


Signal Analysis

Data-driven Discovery of New Hidden Patterns in EEG for Disease

Diagnosis and Brain-computer InterfaceJiang Xudong (Assoc Prof) EEE


Prof)SCE Zhang Haihong (Dr) I2R, A*Star KK Women's and Children's Hospital


Signal AnalysisBig Data Analytics for Epileptic EEG Justin Dauwels (Asst Prof) EEE


Prof)SCE Sydney Cash (Assoc Prof)

Harvard

Medical

School

KK Women's and Children's Hospital


Signal AnalysisOptimal Control Theory for Abatement of Seizures Justin Dauwels (Asst Prof) EEE


Prof)SCE Sydney Cash (Assoc Prof)

Harvard

Medical

School

KK Women's and Children's Hospital


Signal Analysis

Scalable low-cost portable photoacoustic imaging system for

noninvasive identification of sentinel lymph node during breast

cancer staging

Manojit Pramanik (Asst

Prof)SCBE

Murukeshan Vadakke

Matham (Assoc Prof)MAE


Signal AnalysisHyperspectral diagnostic probe for ocular imaging

Murukeshan Vadakke

Matham (Assoc Prof)MAE Deepu Rajan (Assoc Prof) SCE Singapore Eye Research Institute

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Signal Analysis

Embedded Machine Learner based Wearable EEG system for Clinical

ApplicationsArindam Basu (Asst Prof) EEE

Vinod Achutavarrier

Prasad (Assoc Prof)SCE National University Health System


Signal Analysis

LED based low-cost photoacoustic imaging system for noninvasive

angiogenesis monitoring

Pramanik Manojit (Asst

Prof)SCBE

Claus-Dieter Ohl (Assoc

Prof)SPMS

65 Nanomedicine Surface physics of novel bioadhesive microfastenersHayden Kingsley Taylor

(Asst Prof) MAE Terry Steele (Asst Prof) MSE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

66 NanomedicineNanotoxicity: study of fundamental biochemical mechanisms of

toxicity of nanomaterials

Martin Pumera (Asst

Prof)SPMS

Loo Say Chye Joachim

(Assoc Prof)MSE Singapore Eye Research Institute

67 NanomedicineControlled Delivery of SiRNA using Lipoplexes and Polymeric

Nanoparticles for Post-Surgical Scarring in Glaucoma

Subbu Venkatraman

(Prof)MSE Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE Singapore Eye Research Institute

68 Nanomedicine

Simultaneous Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer using

Lanthanide-based Up-converting-Magnetic Nanoparticles via

Transdermal Delivery

Timothy Tan Thatt Yang

(Assoc Prof)SCBE

Andrew Tan Nguan Soon

(Asst Prof)SBS National Skin Centre

69 Nanomedicine

Self-care in Keloid Management with Nanoparticles/microneedles for

Drug Delivery and Second Harmonic Generation for Efficacy

Assessment

Chenjie Xu (Asst Prof) SCBEMichael Alan Ferenczi

(Prof)LKCMed National Skin Centre

70 Nanomedicine Nanocage formulation for cutaneous delivery of active compounds Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE National Skin Centre

71 NanomedicineChitosan-functionalized graphene oxide as nanocarriers for

chemotherapy and gene therapy of bladder cancerLi Lin (Assoc Prof) MAE

Subbu Venkatraman

(Prof)MSE

National University Hospital/National

University of Singapore

72 Nanomedicine Interfacial Science of Therapeutic NanoparticlesNam-Joon Cho (Assoc

Prof)MSE Khor Khiam Aik (Prof) MAE Stanford University School of Medicine

73 Nanomedicine Development of novel anti-Dengue antisense therapeutics Chen Gang (Asst Prof) SPMSLiu Ding Xiang (Assoc

Prof)SBS Zhao Yanli (Asst Prof) SPMS Tan Tock Seng Hospital

74 Nanomedicine Carrier-free drug nanocrystals for anti-cancer applications Qichun Zhang (Asst Prof) MSEKathy Qian Luo (Assoc

Prof)SCBE

75 NanomedicineSynthesis Of Single And Double Walled TiO2 Nanotube Carrier For

Bone Morphogenetic Protein DeliveryTay Beng Kang (Prof) EEE Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE University of Toronto

76 NanomedicineMultifunctional Polymeric Nanostructures for Cancer Imaging and

Therapy

Wang Mingfeng (Asst

Prof)SCBE Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE He Tao (Dr) ICES, A*Star National Cancer Centre

77 Nanomedicine Biodegradable scaffold with nano-materials for treating heart diseaseSubbu Venkatraman

(Prof)MSE Teoh Swee Hin (Prof) SCBE

Huang Yingying (Dr Snr

RF)MSE National Heart Centre

78 Nanomedicine Fundamental studies of sustained release from NanocarriersSubbu Venkatraman

(Prof)MSE Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital

79Sensing and

Diagnostics

A study of the mechanisms of Erythropoietin and testosterone

sensing using a carbon nanostructure-based electronic sensor

Alfred Tok Iing Yoong

(Assoc Prof)MSE Zhao Yanli (Asst Prof) SPMS

Changi Sports Medicine Centre, Changi

General Hospital

80Sensing and

DiagnosticsGraphene Sensors On a Chip for Cancer Diagnosis Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE Yu Ting (Asst Prof) SPMS Tan Tock Seng Hospital

81Sensing and

Diagnostics

Shoulder kinematics and instability model for computer aided

diagnosis and treatment evaluation system

Chou Siaw Meng (Assoc

Prof)MAE Poh Chueh Loo (Asst Prof) SCBE Singapore General Hospital

82Sensing and

DiagnosticsDevelopment of novel porous nanoparticles for biodetection Lee Jong-Min (Asst Prof) SCBE Yoon Yong Jin (Asst Prof) MAE National University Hospital

83Sensing and

DiagnosticsGlaucoma Diagnostic Aid via Machine Learning Lin Weisi (Assoc Prof) SCE Wang Lipo (Assoc Prof) EEE National University Hospital

84Sensing and

Diagnostics

Rapid Malaria Diagnosis using Magnetically Enriched Surface

Enhanced Raman SpectroscopyLiu Quan (Asst Prof) SCBE Peter Preiser (Prof) SBS National University Hospital

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85Sensing and

Diagnostics

Mechanistic and Pathological Study of the Genesis, Growth and

Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Ng Yin Kwee Eddie (Assoc

Prof)MAE

Srinivasan Dinesh Kumar

(Asst Prof)LKCMed Tan Tock Seng Hospital

86Sensing and

DiagnosticsAutomatic fall detection for older people Qu Xingda (Asst Prof) MAE Mao Kezhi (Assoc Prof) EEE National University Hospital

87Sensing and

Diagnostics

Rapid response, multi-disease biosensor diagnostics for the

evaluation of non-invasive saliva samples of febrile patients in

Singapore

Toh Chee Seng (Asst Prof) SPMS Ng Lee Ching (Assoc Prof) SBS Tan Tock Seng Hospital

88Sensing and

Diagnostics

An integrated medical device for rapid and sensitive diagnostics of

bacterial infections in blood sampleYoon Yong Jin (Asst Prof) MAE Lee Jong-Min (Asst Prof) SCBE National University Hospital

89Sensing and

DiagnosticsSilicon biophotonics sensor for cancer biomarker detection Yoon Yong Jin (Asst Prof) MAE

Richie Donghwan Kim

(Assoc Prof)SCBE National University Hospital

90Sensing and

Diagnostics

Surface Acoustic Wave(SAW) Sensor For Passive Wireless Intraocular

Pressure MeasurementZheng Yuanjin (Asst Prof) EEE

Tina Wong Tzee Ling

(Adjunct Assoc Prof)MSE Singapore Eye Research Institute

91Sensing and

Diagnostics

An investigation to assess upper extremity motor skills of stroke

patients

Ang Wei Tech (Assoc

Prof)MAE Chow Jia Yi (Asst Prof) NIE Tan Tock Seng Hospital

92Sensing and

DiagnosticsUltrasonic Link IC for Wireless Power & Data Transfer Deep In Body


Prof)EEE

Vinod Achutavarrier

Prasad (Assoc Prof)SCE National Neuroscience Institute

93Sensing and

Diagnostics

Microstructured optical fiber laser based mid-infrared

supercontinuum generation for medicine applicationsShum Ping Perry (Prof) EEE Sun Handong (Assoc Prof) SPMS Singapore General Hospital

94Sensing and

DiagnosticsConcurrent sensing platform for neurodevelopmental disorder Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE Albert I. Chen (Asst Prof) SBS Institute of Mental Health

95Sensing and

DiagnosticsNanomaterials for biosensor development Lee Jong-Min (Asst Prof) SCBE Moon Seung Ki (Asst Prof) MAE

National University Hospital/National

University of Singapore

96Sensing and

Diagnostics

Cardiac Ischemia-induced Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis of Acute

Coronary Syndrome

Newman Siu Kwan Sze

(Assoc Prof)SBS


Prof)SCBE

Dominique de Kleijn

(Prof)

University of

UtrechtNational University Hospital

97Sensing and

Diagnostics

Fibre optic based immunoassay for detection of lipoarabinomannan

in patients samples for tuberculosis diagnosis

Alfred Tok Iing Yoong

(Assoc Prof)MSE Robert S. Marks (Adj Dr)

BGU / NTU-

CREATEBrendon J Hanson (Dr) DSO Tan Tock Seng Hospital

98Sensing and

Diagnostics

Dengue Prognosis by a Quantitative Electrochemical Lateral Flow

Immunosensor (IgG, IgM and IgA)Chen Hongyu (Assoc Prof) SPMS Robert S. Marks (Adj Dr)

BGU / NTU-

CREATETan Tock Seng Hospital

99Sensing and

Diagnostics

Microfluidic device enabled Thromboelastometry Characterisation

for early diagnosis of acute traumatic coagulopathy

Li King Ho Holden (Asst

Prof)MAE Tse Man Siu (Assoc Prof) EEE

Shabbir M Moochhala

(Adjunct Assoc Prof)DSO

100Sensing and

Diagnostics

Nano-Advantaged Surfaces for Biosensing: Development of Cutting-

Edge Breast Cancer DiagnosticsLiu Xuewei (Assoc Prof) SPMS Duan Hongwei (Asst Prof) SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital

101Sensing and

Diagnostics

Organic Dye-modified Upconversion Nanophosphors for Bio-imaging

of reactive oxygen speciesQichun Zhang (Asst Prof) MSE Xing Bengang (Assoc Prof) SPMS

102Sensing and

Diagnostics

Portable and noninvasive protein sensors for the early detection of

Parkinson’s disease using field-effect transistorsZhang Hua (Prof) MSE Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE

103Sensing and

Diagnostics

A study of wandering patterns and fall risks among people with

dementia in SingaporeChan Syin (Assoc Prof) SCE

Annabel Chen (Assoc

Prof)HSS Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital

104Sensing and

DiagnosticsMolecular Tags for the Detection of Biomarkers for Bladder Cancer

Leong Weng Kee (Assoc

Prof)SPMS Ng Siu Choon (Prof) SCBE Malini Olivo (Prof) SBIC, A*Star

Singapore General Hospital / Duke -

NUS

105Sensing and

Diagnostics

"No More Pricks" - A Device that Sense Glucose Level in the Eye for

Diabetic Patients


(Assoc Prof)MSE Per-Olof Berggren (Prof) LKCMed Zhang Qichun (Assoc Prof) MSE

106Systems Biology and

Medicine

Fat cell metabolism on a chip: Single cell metabolomics and

pharmacology using novel lab-on-a-chip devicesChen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE Tan Tock Seng Hospital

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MedicineDevelopment of biomedical informatics for metabolic diseases

Chueh Loo Poh (Asst

Prof)SCBE

Walter Wahli (Visiting

Prof)LKCMed Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Medicine

Role of newly identified, hyper-inflammatory dendritic cells in

disease induction and maintenance

Christiane Ruedl (Assoc

Prof)SBS

Florent Ginoux (Adjunct

Prof)LKCMed -


Medicine

Examining functional fingerprints of autophagy activity and genome

stability in successfully aged

nonagenarians (≥90 years old persons) versus nonagenarians with

disease

Esther Wong Siew Peng

(Asst Prof)SBS Karen Crasta (Assoc Prof) LKCMed Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Medicine

Deciphering signalling networks by which anti-mitotic therapies

modulate autophagy in cancer cellsKaren Crasta (Assoc Prof) LKCMed

Esther Wong Siew Peng

(Asst Prof)SBS Dave Wee Keng Boon (Dr) A*STAR IHPC -


Medicine

Elucidating the Role of Degenerative Protein Modifications in

Pathogenesis of Glaucoma

Newman Siu Kwan Sze

(Assoc Prof)SBS


Prof)SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Medicine

In situ monitory of transmission of antibiotic resistance genes in

complex microbial communitiesYang Liang (Asst Prof) SBS Cao Bin (Asst Prof) SCE National University Hospital


Medicine

Targeting the Flavivirus replicase for vaccine and antiviral

developmentDahai Luo (Asst Prof) LKCMed Julien Lesccar (Assoc Prof) SBS


Medicine

Activation Mechanism of the Unfolded Protein Response during Lipid

Disequilibrium

Guillaume Thibault (Asst

Prof)

SBS /

LKCMed

Dragoslav Vidovic (Asst

Prof)SPMS


MedicineFunctional Characterization and Physiological Significance of SETD3 I-Hsin Su (Asst Prof) SBS

Tan Choon Hong (Assoc

Prof)SPMS


MedicinePolycomb group protein complexes regulated Purkinje cell function I-Hsin Su (Asst Prof) SBS George J. Augustine (Prof) LKCMed


Medicine

Development of an algorithm for early diagnosis of severe forms of

dengueJagath Rajapakse (Prof) SCE Mao Kezhi (Assoc Prof) EEE Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School


MedicineMechanisms of Immune Modulation by Epithelial Pathogens Kimberly Kline (Asst Prof) SBS Eric Harvill (Vg Prof) LKCMed


Medicine

Multidisciplinary approach to understanding telomeric chromatin

structure and dynamicsLars Nordenskiold (Prof) SBS

Phan Anh Tuan (Assoc

Prof)SPMS

John van Noort (Vg Assoc

Prof)

SBS / Leiden

U


MedicineDevelopment of in vitro platform for hair growing cells Li Hoi Yueng (Assoc Prof) SBS Lew Wen Siang (Asst Prof) SPMS Andrew Tan (Asst Prof) SBS


Medicine

Development of treatment for antibiotic-resistant bacterial

infectionsLi Hoi Yueng (Assoc Prof) SBS Lew Wen Siang (Asst Prof) SPMS


Medicine

Mechanistic studies of gut microbiota-brain interactions using

microfluidics

Li King Ho Holden (Asst

Prof)MAE Hou Han Wei (Dr Snr RF) LKCMed Tse Man Siu (Assoc Prof) EEE


Medicine

A Quantum-Classical Modelling and Molecular Profiling System for

Preventive MedicineMu Yuguang (Assoc Prof) SBS Lin Feng (Assoc Prof) SCE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Medicine

Hypoxia-induced autophagy in astrocytes: implication for ischemic

stroke

Wong Siew Peng Esther

(Asst Prof)SBS Karen Crasta (Assoc Prof) LKCMed Liao Ping (Dr) NNI


Medicine

Structural investigations of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated

degradation complex


Prof)LKCMed

Shashi Bhushan (Asst

Prof)SBS


Medicine

From Dietary Excess to Degenerative Diseases: Finding the Missing

Links in Autophagy


Prof)LKCMed

Rachel Susan Kraut (Assoc

Prof)SBS Haibin Su (AssocProf) MSE


MedicineDevelopment of Orally Active α-Amylase Inhibitors James P. Tam (Prof) SBS


Prof)SCBE Julien Lescar (Assoc Prof) SBS


MedicinePolyploidy and the age-dependent decline in liver regeneration

Karen Carmelina Crasta

(Assoc Prof)LKCMed

Cho Nam-Joon (Assoc

Prof)MSE


Medicine

The regulatory pathways integrating the cortical actin network and

spindle dynamics during early stages of mitosis

Koh Cheng Gee (Assoc

Prof)SBS


(Assoc Prof)LKCMed


Medicine

Hypoxic tumour microenvironment promotes tumorigenesis and

cancer stem cell phenotype via epigenetic programming

Newman Siu Kwan Sze

(Assoc Prof)SBS


(Assoc Prof)LKCMed


Medicine

Food as an environmental influence on the epigenetics of obesity and

metabolic syndrome

Newman Siu Kwan Sze

(Assoc Prof)SBS Walter Wahli (Prof) LKCMed


Medicine

Development of probiotics that supply therapeutic and nutritional

molecules in the human gut

Poh Chueh Loo (Asst

Prof)SCBE Walter Wahli (Prof) LKCMed Singapore General Hospital

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133Therapeutic Medical

DevicesHistotripsy for tumor therapy


Prof)SPMS


Prof)SCBE

Johns Hopkins Singapore International

Medical Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Devices

Development of a robotics-enhanced endoscopy system for

endoluminal reduction of gastric volume to induce weight loss

Phee Soo Jay Louis (Assoc

Prof)MAE Wang Han (Assoc Prof) EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Devices

Development of smart robotic catheters with “pull” navigation

mechanismTeoh Swee Hin (Prof) SCBE

Subbu Venkatraman

(Prof)MSE Khoo Teck Puat Hospital


Devices

A Nanomedicine based Therapeutic Medical Device to treat Age-

related Macular DegenerationTee Shang You (Asst Prof) SPMS Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


DevicesTherapeutic Bone Tissue Engineered-Scaffolds Using Trace Elements Teoh Swee Hin (Prof) SCBE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


DevicesBiomechanics of novel bioadhesive thin films Terry Steele (Asst Prof) MSE

Hayden Kingsley Taylor

(Asst Prof)MAE Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine


Devices

Smart theranostic robotic navigational catheters with micro-optical

coherence tomography (µOCT) and Raman spectroscopy cellular

imaging and tissue ablation functions

Chenjie Xu (Asst Prof) SCBE Linbo Liu (Asst Prof) EEE National University Health System


Devices

Neurorehabilitation of hand functional deficits with haptic

interventionZhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE


Assoc Prof) EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Devices

Modeling and innovating biodegradable cancellous screws for

patients with hip fractureZhou Kun (Asst Prof) MAE

Subbu Venkatraman

(Prof)MSE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Devices

Design, Computational Modeling and Measurements of an Axial

Heart Pump

Chua Leok Poh (Assoc

Prof)MAE Su Haibin (Assoc Prof) MSE

Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo

(Asst Prof)MAE National Heart Centre


DevicesMotor Adaptation and Learning in Virtual and Real Environment

Domenico Campolo (Asst

Prof)MAE Xiang Liming (Asst Prof) SPMS Etienne Burdet (Prof)

Imperial

College

London

Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Devices

Development of integrated non-contact acoustic suspension and

active damping for Ventricular Assist Device

Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo

(Asst Prof)MAE Su Haibin (Assoc Prof) MSE

Chua Leok Poh (Assoc

Prof)MAE National Heart Centre


Devices

Investigation and real-time monitoring of bubble cavitation in HIFU

ablationZhou Yufeng (Asst Prof) MAE


Prof)SPMS Singapore General Hospital


Devices

Scaffold-mediated RNA interference to enhance nerve regeneration

in traumatic nerve injuries

Chew Sing Yian (Assoc

Prof)SCBE Albert I. Chen (Asst Prof) SBS National University Hospital


Devices

Application of Graphene-based materials as Skirting for Corneal Inlay

and Artificial CorneaKhor Khiam Aik (Prof) MAE Chen Peng (Assoc Prof) SCBE Li Hua (Assoc Prof) MAE Singapore Eye Research Institute


Devices

Design optimization of the mechanical strength and stability of

biodegradable stent Based on computational modeling simulation

with experimental validation

Li Hua (Assoc Prof) MAE Cui Fangsen (Dr) A*Star Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE National University Health System


Devices

Direct Modulation of Brain Plasticity after Stroke by the synergistic

action of Robot Aided Rehabilitation and Non-Invasive Brain

Stimulation

Lorenzo Masia (Asst Prof) MAEAnnabel Chen (Assoc

Prof)HSS National University Hospital


Devices

Convergence of video and games system for automated

rehabilitative exerciseTheng Yin Leng (Prof) WKWSCI

Yau Wei Yun (Adjunct

Asst Prof)EEE Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Devices

Mobile Applications for Delivering Self-Help Cognitive-Behavioral

Therapy for Emotional Distress

Xing Zhenchang (Asst

Prof)SCE

Shen Biing Jiun (Assoc

Prof)HSS


Devices

Biodegradable PLA staple with self-tightening function for minimally

invasive surgery

Huang Weimin (Assoc

Prof)MAE Hu Xiao (Prof) MSE


DevicesDelivery Systems for Managing Diabetes


(Assoc Prof)MSE Per-Olof Berggren (Prof) LKCMed


Devices

Noninvasive ablation of breast cancer by cylindrical phased array

HIFU under sonography guidance Zhou Yufeng (Asst Prof) MAE Zheng Yuanjin (Asst Prof) EEE KK Women's and Children's Hospital

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Devices

3D microlens array system Huang Weimin (Assoc

Prof)

MAE Zheng Jianmin (Assoc

Prof)

SCE


Devices

SoC-based Testing and Verification of Implantable Biomedical

instruments

Nachiket Kapre (Asst

Prof)

SCE Arindam Basu (Asst Prof) EEE

157 Tissue Engineering Development of biohybrid scaffolds for biomedical applicationsCleo Choong Swee Neo

(Asst Prof)MSE Teoh Swee Hin (Prof) SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital

158 Tissue Engineering

Modifying physical properties of the tumour microenvironment can

inhibit the propagation, migration and metastasis of breast cancer

cells

Cleo Choong Swee Neo

(Asst Prof)MSE

Andrew Tan Nguan Soon

(Asst Prof)SBS National University Health System

159 Tissue EngineeringEngineering an autologous “living” heart valve replacement for

pediatric patientsMayasari Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE

Yeo Joon Hock (Assoc

Prof)MAE KK Women's and Children's Hospital

160 Tissue EngineeringGraphene reinforced nano-hydroxyapatite composite for bone

substitution and repairSam Zhang (Prof) MAE Tan Lay Poh (Assoc Prof) MSE

National University Health

System/National University of

Singapore

161 Tissue Engineering Chemical Strategies to Promote 3D Liver ArchitectureNam-Joon Cho (Assoc

Prof)MSE

Tan Choon Hong (Assoc

Prof)SPMS Stanford University School of Medicine

162 Tissue Engineering Skin Disease Model Tan Lay Poh (Assoc Prof) MSEAndrew Tan Nguan Soon


163 Tissue EngineeringNanofiber and miRNA-induced cellular transdifferentiation for

fibrosis treatment


Prof)SCBE

Fong Wen Mei Eileen

(Asst Prof)MSE Duke University Medical Center

164 Tissue Engineering Fully Biocompatible nanocomposites for bone engineering Dong Zhili (Assoc Prof) MSE Khor Khiam Aik (Prof) MAE Singapore Eye Research Institute

165 Tissue Engineering

Model development with experimental validation for characterizing

electromechanical constitutive relation of cardiac hydrogel for

cardiac tissue regeneration

Li Hua (Assoc Prof) MAEEileen Fong Wen Mei

(Asst Prof)MSE National Heart Centre Singapore

166 Tissue Engineering Microfluidics modeling of interstitial flow through a tumor Marcos (Asst Prof) MAE Li Hoi Yeung (Assoc Prof) SBS Singapore General Hospital

167 Tissue EngineeringMicrofluidics Fabrication of Vascularized Bone Organoids for Next-

Generation Bone Tissue EngineeringKang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE Zhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE National University Health System

168 Tissue EngineeringDevelop 3D platform for neuroregenerative therapy of Parkinson’s

diseaseZhang Yilei (Asst Prof) MAE Zeng Li (Dr) NNI Kang Yuejun (Asst Prof) SCBE National Neuroscience Institute

169 Tissue EngineeringInvestigation and real-time monitoring of therapeutic outcome

cavitation in HIFU ablationZhou Yufeng (Asst Prof) MAE


Prof)SPMS Singapore General Hospital

170 Skin ResearchNanofiber and miRNA-induced cellular transdifferentiation for

fibrosis treatment


Prof)SCBE

Fong Wen Mei, Eileen

(Asst Prof)MSE Duke University Medical Center

171 Skin Research Bioactivation of Scaffold for Drug Delivery of Antisense David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Eileen Fong (Asst Prof) MSE

172 Skin Research Cx26 as a Novel Target in Wound Healing David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Esther Wong (Asst Prof) SBS

173 Skin Research Drug Delivery of Antisense through the Skin David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Chenjie Xu (Asst Prof) SCBE

174 Skin Research Macroautophagy, Connexins and Wound Healing David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Esther Wong (Asst Prof) SBS

175 Skin Research Wnts and Connexins in Wound Healing David Becker (Prof) LKCMed Esther Wong (Asst Prof) SBS

176 Skin ResearchStudy of molecular pathways of immune cell mediation in psoriasis

through novel computational methodsJagath Rajapakse (Prof) SCE

Navin Kumar Verma (Asst

Prof)LKCMed National Skin Centre

177 Skin ResearchSub-cellular imaging of skin disease using micro-optical coherence

tomographyLiu Linbo (Asst Prof) EEE Xu Chenjie (Asst Prof) SCBE National Skin Centre

178 Skin ResearchInvestigation of depth sensitive Raman spectroscopy in skin wound

healing assessment for optimal treatmentLiu Quan (Asst Prof) SCBE

David Laurence Becker

(Prof)LKCMed National Skin Centre

179 Skin Research Microneedles for Keloid TreatmentMichael Alan Ferenczi

(Prof)LKCMed Xu Chenjie (Asst Prof) SCBE National Skin Centre

180 Skin ResearchCorrelating Physical Skin Barrier Dysfunction with Nanomaterial

Induced ToxicityNg Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE Birgit Lane (Prof)

IMB,

A*StarNational Skin Centre

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181 Skin ResearchTopical delivery of systemic therapeutic agents for use in skin

inflammatory disorders

Subbu Venkatraman

(Prof)MSE Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE National Skin Centre

182 Skin Research Role of the Transcription Factor PPARβ/δ in Skin Health and Disease Walter Wahli (Prof) LKCMedTan Nguan Soon (Asst

Prof)SBS

183 Skin Research LRG1 in diabetic wound healing and its therapeutic potentialXiaomeng Wang (Asst

Prof)LKCMed Chenjie Xu (Asst Prof) SCBE

Tavintharan

Subramaniam (Assoc Prof)

LKCMed /

KTPHLee Kong Chian School of Medicine

184 Skin ResearchDevelopment of Multifunctional Nanoparticle-Based Carriers for

Targeted Photodynamic Skin Cancer TherapyZhao Yanli (Asst Prof) SPMS

Subbu Venkatraman

(Prof)MSE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE National Skin Centre

185 Skin Research Carbon Nanotubes Based Electronic Skin Zhang Qing (Prof) EEE Zhang Hua (Prof) MSE National Skin Centre

186 Skin Research Nanocage formulation for cutaneous delivery of active compounds Sierin Lim (Asst Prof) SCBE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE National Skin Centre

187 Skin ResearchTo determine whether Ezh2-regulated DC functions are critical for

skin immunityI-Hsin Su (Asst Prof) SBS

Florent Ginhoux (Adjunct

Asst Prof)LKCMed Nagoya City University

188 Skin Research The regulation of angiogenesis in skin wound healingKoh Cheng Gee (Assoc

Prof)SBS

Kathy Luo Qian (Assoc

Prof)SCBE Tan Tock Seng Hospital

189 Skin ResearchMediating macrophage behavior by substrate topography and

sustained microRNA delivery


Prof)SCBE Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE Duke University Medical Center

190 Skin ResearchUnderstanding the Influence of Hair Keratins on Cell and Tissue

PhysiologyNg Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE

Tan Nguan Soon Andrew


191 Skin Research Role of N-WASP in Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)Thirumaran Thanabalu

(Assoc Prof)SBS Chen Wei Ning (Prof) SCBE

Tan Nguan Soon (Asst

Prof)SBS National Skin Centre

192 Skin Research Developing Molecular Tags for Transcutaneous StudiesLeong Weng Kee (Assoc

Prof)SPMS Ng Siu Choon (Prof) SCBE Malini Olivo (Prof) SBIC, A*Star IMB, A*Star

193 Skin ResearchDeciphering signal transduction processes involved in T-cell

migration implicated in inflammatory skin diseases

Navin Kumar Verma (Asst

Prof)LKCMed

Tan Suet Mien (Assoc

Prof)SBS Dermot Kelleher (Prof) LKCMed National Skin Centre

194 Skin ResearchDeveloping a Smart Wound Dressing Based on Hair Keratins and

Designer PeptidesNg Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE Artur Schmidtchen (Prof) LKCMed

195 Skin ResearchNovel aspects of keratins and associated proteins and peptides in

hair

Arthur Schmidtchen

(Prof)LKCMed Ng Kee Woei (Asst Prof) MSE

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