Research Staff

  Adrian Teo Jian Tong
Research Fellow
Email: adrian.teojt@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2017
Research Area: Micro-Systems
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Biotechnology, MEMS
Supervisor:  Associate Professor Li King Ho, Holden
Alger Ang Wei Jiat
Project Officer
Email: alger.angwj@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Lab-on-a-chip
Supervisor:  Associate Professor Marcos
Andrew Barnes
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Strathclyde, 2023
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy 
Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aeroacoustics, Blade Engineering, Wind Energy 
Archit Krishna Kamath
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2018
Research Area: Robotics and Automation
Research Interests: Nonlinear and Modern Control Theory, Sliding mode Control, Vision Guided Quadrotor Control, Real-time Control Implementation
Bai Lu
Research Fellow
Email: bailu@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Control theory, distributed optimization, multi-task learning, evolutionary multi-task optimization
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Mir Feroskhan
Cai Zhisong
Research Associate
Qualifications:  MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Soft Robotics, Soft Gripper
Chen Junyu
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tsinghua University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Shape memory alloys; Elastocaloric effect; Phase transformation; Heterogeneous materials; Fatigue
Chen Keqi
Research Associate
Qualifications:  MEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Industrial Eng & Design
Research Interests: Multimodal human-computer interaction
Chen Mei
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Peking University, 2019
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Liquid crystal/polymer composites, smart soft materials, 3D and 4D printing
Supervisor: Professor Zhou Kun
Cheng Weixia
Research Associate
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Ultrasound, Ground-penetrating radar, corrosion
Chng Choon Peng
Research Fellow
Email: choonpeng.chng@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, The University of Tokyo, 2008
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Cellular biomechanics, Soft matter mechanics, Computational modeling of biological systems 
Supervisor:  Assistant Professor Huang Changjin
Christine Teh Chin Ying
Project Manager
Email: christine.tehcy@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2018
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Fuzzy system, artificial intelligence, mathematics modelling, data-driven optimization and machine learning
Supervisor: Professor James Wang
Chua Yu Sheng
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, National University of Singapore, 2022
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Clean Energy, Energy Storage, Metal and Ceramic, Laboratory experiments and Surface and Microstructures 
Daryl Lim
Research Associate 
Qualifications: MEng, University of Southampton, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Aerospace Materials, Additive Manufacturing, Materials Engineering,
Optics and Laser Engineering, Polymer Manufacturing
Deepak Sharma
Research Fellow
Email: deepak.sharma@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2023
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Functional materials, Mechanics of materials, Additive manufacturing, Bio-inspiration, Sustainable materials
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Hortense Le Ferrand
Dutta Sutapa
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Bio-membrane, Biosensor, Nano-bio interactions, Mathematical Modeling
Ee Yen Jie
Research Fellow
Email: yenjie.ee@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Universiti Malaya, 2024
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Li-ion Battery, Battery Management System, Phase Change Materials, Fiber Sensors
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Ho Jin Yao
Fan Zifu
Project Officer
Email: zifu.fan@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Insect-machine hybrid system, Robotics
Supervisor: Professor Hirotaka Sato
Fei Jiping
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Passive cooling, Solar Water Harvesting, Vapor Water Capturing, Optofluidic Design, Coating Development
Gong Lingyan
Project Officer
Email: lingyan.gong@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: BEng, Wenzhou University, 2019
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidics, biosensors
Supervisor: Associate Professor Hou Han Wei
Greg Angelo Gonzales Nonato
Project Officer
Email: greg.nonato@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Insect-machine hybrid system, Robotics
Supervisor: Professor Hirotaka Sato
Gu Yuheng
Research Associate 
Qualifications: MSc, National University of Singapore, 2024
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Passive cooling
Guo Ke
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, The University of Hong Kong, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests:  Autonomous driving
Guo Yuanyuan
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Batteries, Depositions and Characterizations
He Xianqi
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests:  Autonomous Vehicle, Decision and Planning, Deep Learning
He ZeZhou
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Science and Technology of China, 2021
Research Area:  Mechanics
Research Interests: Micro/nano mechanics, Interface mechanics, Bioinspired materials, Material design, Multiscale simulations
Hegde Gautam 
Research Fellow 
Qualifications: PhD, Indian Institute of Science, 2024
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Bessel Beam Imaging, Photo acoustics, Optical metrology, FBG sensors, Applied Mechanics
Hendra Suratno Tju
Research Engineer II
Email: HSTju@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2008                      
Research Area: -
Research Interests: -
Supervisor:  Professor Chen I-Ming
Hou Boyuan
Project Officer
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: 3D printing, Compliant mechanism, Structure Design
Hsu Thiri Zaw
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Material
Research Interests:  Additive manufacturing, Material characterization, Biomedical devices
Huang Hao
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Catalysis,  Biomass conversion
Huang Shenglin
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Crystal Plasticity, Additive Manufaturing Alloy, Non-equilibrium Phenomena, Data-Driven Modeling, Solid Mechanics
Supervisor: Professor Zhou Kun

 



Jin Zhenghong
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Northeastern University, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Distributed optimization and control, Source seeking, Nonlinear control, Unmanned System
John Hoh
Senior Research Engineer I
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Structural Composites, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
Ju Xiaofei
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, ENSTA-Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Computational mechanics, Fatigue, Smart materials
Kanneeram Keerthi
Research Associate
Qualifications: PhD, ​Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 2023
Research Area: ​Micro-systems & Optics
Research Interests: ​Instrumentation, Laser Spectroscopy 
Kavishni Nanayakkara
Project Officer
Email: kavishni.n@ntu.edu.sg 
Qualifications: BEng, BSocSci, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Biomechanics, Engineering in Biology, Design and Development of Biomedical Devices
Supervisor: Associate Professor Chou Siaw Meng
Kay Khine Maw
Research Associate
Email: kaykhine.maw@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: MEng, Nanyang Technological University , 2017
Research Area: Biomedical and sports
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Cells sorting, digital droplet PCR, Immune cells and platelet functions
Supervisor: Associate Professor Hou Han Wei
Kazuki Kai
Research Fellow
Email: Kazuki.kai@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Nagasaki University, 2012
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Insect-machine hybrid system
Supervisor: Professor Hirotaka Sato

Koh Lee Heng Keith
Research Associate
Email: Keith.kohlh@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: BSci, National University of Singapore, 2012
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Digital Microfluidics, DMF, Biology, Fabrication
Supervisor: Associate Professor Li King Ho, Holden

Le Duc Long
Research Fellow
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Bio-robotic, Hybrid system
Li An
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Robotics & Automation 
Research Interests: Robot design methodology, joint actuator, processing robotics
Li Chunze
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, National University of Singapore, 2023
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: 3D Printing, Control
Li Lin
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2023
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Automated driving, Decision making, Motion prediction, Reinforcement learning, Deep learning
Li Meng
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Autonomous driving, multi-agent reinforcement learning, Safety and security in microscopic traffic

Li Qiang
Research Fellow
Email: q.li@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Titanium alloys, Metal matrix composites, Fracture mechanics, Additive Manurfacturing
Supervisor: Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty
Li Siyi
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: AR Development and Metaverse
Li Xin
Principal Research Engineer/Chief Engineer
Qualifications: MEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2018
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Aircraft Design, Aircraft Production, Aircraft Type Certification, Airworthiness
Li Yang
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Composite structure design
Li Zhi
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Brown University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Hydrogen embrittlement, fracture mechanics, multiscale modelling, nanomechanics, heterostructured alloys 
Supervisor: Professor Zhou Kun
Lim Cheng Le Gerald  ​
Project Officer
Email: gerald.lim@ntu.edu.sg 
Qualifications: BEng, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 2020
Research Area: Biomedical
Research Interests: Healthcare, Biomedical, Sustainable, Low tech, low cost
Supervisor: Professor Phee Soo Jay, Louis​ 
Lim Zhi Jun​
Research Engineer
Email: zhijun.lim@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Aerospace
Research Interests: Air Traffic Management, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Supervisor: Associate Professor Sameer Alam
Linghu Changhong
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Mechanics and Applications of Adaptable Interfacial Adhesion; Smart Soft Materials and Robotics; Flexible and Wearable Electronics; Contact, Adhesion and Fracture Mechanics; Mechanics of Materials
Liu Fei
Research Fellow
Email: fei.liu@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Micro-mechanical testing, Metals, Deformation behavior, 3D printing, Microstructure characterization

Supervisor: Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty

Liu Pengfei
Research Fellow
Email: pengfei.liu@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Phase change heat transfer
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Ho Jin Yao, Associate Professor Wong Teck Neng
​ ​Liu Jiajun
Research Assistant
Email: liujj@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: MSc, National University of Singapore, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Mechatronics, surgical robot
Supervisor: Professor Phee Soo Jay, Louis
Lok Wan Wei
Research Engineer 
Qualifications:  BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidic particles sorting techniques
Lou Baichuan
Research Associate
Qualifications: MEng, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2021
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Automated Driving, Nonlinear Dynamics, Multicopter Control
Lou Shanhe
Research Fellow
Email: shanhe.lou@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Zhejiang University, 2021
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicle, Mechanical Design Theory, Human-Machine Interaction 
Supervisor: Associate Professor Lyu Chen 
Lu Bing
Research Associate
Qualifications: M.Arch, University College London, 2024
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Soft Robotics; Adaptive Gripper; (also rehabilitative robots)
Maria Merin Antony
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, ​International School of Photonics, CUSAT, India, 2019
Research Area: ​Micro-systems & Optics
Research Interests: ​Optical and Spectral imaging, Nonlinear Optics, Fiber Sensors
Moses James Paul
Research Fellow
Email: moses.jamespaul@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, UNSW Sydney, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Mechanical behavior of Materials, Fracture and Fatigue behaviour, Additive Manufacturing, Ferrous and Non-ferrous Alloys, Material Characterization
Supervisor: Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty
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Ng Chin Siang
Project Officer
Email: chinsiang.ng@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: 4D Printing, Shape Memory Polymers, Vat Photopolymerization
Supervisor:  Associate Professor Su Pei-Chen
Nguyen Huu Duoc, Davis
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Robotic & Automation
Research Interests: Insect-machine hybrid system, biohybrid system, autonomous navigation, locomotion control, insect-scale mobile robots
Peng Weixiang 
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Structural morphology, Mechanical Simulation, Multilayer materials
Quah Tan Kai Noel
Project Officer
Email:  noel.quah@ntu.edu.sg 
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Neural Networks, Sensors, Computer Vision, Robotics, Feedback Systems 
Supervisor: Associate Professor Li King Ho
See To Yu Xiang
Research Assistant
Qualifications: Diploma, Singapore Polytechnic, 2017
Research Area: Robotic & Automation
Research Interests: Motion control and analysis of cyborg insect
​​Soh Wee Keong Eugene
Project Officer
Email: eugene.soh@ntu.edu.sg​
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Sustainability in materials 
Supervisor:  Associate Professor Hortense Le Ferrand 
Song Kewei
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Waseda University, 2023
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: Robotics, Micro-nano Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Electronic devices
Sreekanth Perumbilavil
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tampere University, Finland, 2018
Research Area: Microsystems and Optics
Research Interests:  Nonlinear Optics, Nanoscale lasers, Nanofabrication, Ultrafast Process, Material Science
Sugandhana Shanmuganathan
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Robotic & Automation
Research Interests: Robotics in Industrialization, Advanced Manufacturing Processes
Tan Runjia
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning on robot,
Human-Robot-Interaction application
Teoh Jia Heng
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, National University of Singapore, 2022
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: 3D Printing
Virendra Kumar Verma
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Kyushu University, 2020
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Fatigue, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Material Characterization.
Vo Tran Vy Khanh
Senior Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, National University of Singapore, 2020
Research Area: Materials
Research Interests: Electromechanical transducers, Sensors and Actuators design, Structural Health Monitoring, Smart-materials-based systems, 3D printing technologies..
Wang Kang
Research Fellow
Email: kang.wang@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Zhejiang University, 2021
Research Area: Industrial Eng & Design
Research Interests: Intelligent Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Topology Optimization, Machine Learning, Biomedical Engineering
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Liang Xuan
Wang Yujia
Research Fellow
Email: yujia.wang@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Tsinghua University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Solid mechanics, Mechanical metamaterials Micro/Nanoarchitected materials
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Wang Yifan
Wang Xuwen
Research Fellow
Email: XUWEN.WANG@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2016
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Condensation hear transfer
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Ho Jin Yao
Wu Chenlong
Research Associate
Qualifications: MEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Electronic cooling, Immersion cooling, Heat transfer, Simulation
Wu Lulu
Wallenberg - NTU Postdoctoral Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Uppsala University, 2023
Research Area: Micro-Systems & Optics
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Organ-on-Chip, Nanotechnology and materials, Image analysis
Wu Xinghui
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tsinghua University, 2021
Research Area: Thermo-Fluid & Energy
Research Interests: Nanoscale heat and mass transfer, Evaporation and boiling of binary mixtures, Molecular dynamics simulation, Fluid dynamics
Xia Ziqing
Project Officer
Qualifications: BEng, Tianjin University, 2019

Research Area: Industrial Eng & Design
Research Interests: Ambient Assisted Living, Product Design and Development        Supervisor: Professor Chen Chun-Hsien

Xiao Jiaping
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Beihang University, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Cyber physical systems, Intelligent systems and robotics, Reinforcement learning, Machine vision
Xu Mingjun 
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, University of Science & Technology China, 2018
Research Area: Industrial Engg & Design
Research Interests: Fire suppression mechanism of water mist, Smoke control, Fire dynamics 
Yang Haohan
Research Associate
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Driver states estimation, human-machine shared control, deep learning
Yang Yongjing
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: Additive manufacturing, Cold spray, Welding and joining
Yang Ziqian
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Tongji University, 2023
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Structural health monitoring, Ultrasonic imaging, Smart sensor design
Yao Liming
Research Fellow
Email: liming.yao@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2019
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Fracture & fatigue mechanics, Solid-liquid two-phase flow, Mechanical design, Fluid-structure coupling, Multi-scale analysis
Supervisor: Associate Professor Xiao Zhongmin
Yash Chandra Shekar
Research Assistant
Qualifications: BEng, Nanyang Technological University, 2024
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests:  Automotive, Motorsport, Race-Car, Powertrains, Battery Systems
Yong Wei Jie
Research Engineer I
Qualifications: BEng, Osaka University, 2021
Research Area: ​Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: ​Motion Planning, Dexterous Manipulation, Human-Robot Interaction, Mechatronics
Zeng Yadan
Research Engineer II
Qualifications: MEng, University of Science and Technology of China, 2015
Research Area: ​Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: ​Computer vision,  Map reconstruction, Optical localization
Zhai Wengang
Research Fellow
Email: Wengang.zhai@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2023
Research Area: Manufacturing
Research Interests: Additive manufacturing, laser processing, metallurgy
Supervisor: Associate Professor Zhou Wei
Zhang Bojian
Research Assistant
Qualifications: MSc, Nanyang Technological University, 2022
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests:  Soft robotics, robotic control, structure design, machine learning, origami
Zhang Bolin
Research Associate
Qualifications: MSc, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2017
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Motion Planning, Optimal Control, Safety of Autonomous Vehicles, Vehicle Dynamics and Control
Zhang Shuai
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 2020
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Robotics and autonomous systems, Swarm robots, Multi-agent systems, Multi-agent reinforcement learning, Distributed control
Zhao Yuchen
Research Fellow
Email: yuchen.zhao@ntu.edu.sg
Qualifications: PhD, Duke University, NC, USA, 2020
Research Area: Robotics & Automation
Research Interests: Robotic Materials, Soft Robotics, Soft Matter Physics, Inverse Design
Supervisor: Assistant Professor Wang Yifan
Zheng Shoujing
Research Fellow
Qualifications: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2021
Research Area: Mechanics
Research Interests: Fracture, Soft matter, Hydrogel, Solid Mechanics, Machine Learning
Supervisor: Professor Li Hua