Our People

Prof Ali Miserez

Ali Miserez is a Faculty member in the School of Materials Science and Engineering and the School of Biological Sciences at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Swi ...

Appointments:
Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering President's Chair in Materials Science and Engineering Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Interface of Biology & Engineering (Engineering in Biology) | Materials Science & Engineering | Nanotechnology & Nano-Science

Asst Prof Alvin Chan Guo Wei

Dr Alvin Chan’s research interests centre around making AI technologies safe and beneficial for humanity. These encompass topics such as deep learning for medical applications, adversarial learning and generative modelling. Awarded the MOE START (Si ...

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, College of Computing & Data Science Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

Prof Chan Bee Eng, Mary

Dr Mary Chan-Park is the 2019 Board of Trustees Chaired Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore). She also holds a joint appointment at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at ...

Appointments:
Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology President's Chair in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Courtesy Appointment)

Keywords: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Interface of Biology & Engineering (Engineering in Biology) | Nanotechnology & Nano-Science

Prof Chew Sing Yian

Dr. CHEW Sing Yian is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB), the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technologic ...

Appointments:
Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering (Courtesy Appointment) Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)

Keywords: Biomedical Engineering | Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine | Neuroscience

Asst Prof Choe Young Jun

Young-Jun Choe received his PhD from Seoul National University in Korea, where he studied the mechanism of the aggregation of yeast prion proteins. Subsequently, as a postdoctoral researcher, he attempted to engineer functional amyloid fibrils in the ...

Appointments:
Nanyang Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Interface of Biology & Engineering (Engineering in Biology)

Asst Prof Claudio Bussi

I am a recently appointed Assistant Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. I received my PhD in Immune Cell Biology from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, and completed my postdoctora ...

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Ageing | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Microbiology and Immunology | Neuroscience | Proteomics and Protein

Asst Prof Czarny Bertrand

Dr Bertrand CZARNY joined the French governmental agency CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) in 2001. For more than 10 years, he was responsible, as a Team Leader, for the biodistribution, drug delivery and toxicology studies of nanoparticles. During this ...

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Courtesy Appointment)

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Interface of Biology & Engineering (Engineering in Biology) | Materials Science & Engineering | Nanotechnology & Nano-Science

Assoc Prof Danne Ojeda Hernandez

Danné Ojeda is an Associate Professor in the School of Art, Design, and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore since 2008. Danne has longstanding experience in academia. She worked as Assistant Professor of Art History at the Higher Insti ...

Appointments:
Associate Chair (Graduate and Continuing Education) Associate Professor, School of Art, Design and Media

Keywords: Art, Design and Media | Communication Studies | History | Internet & Communications | Language & Communication | Research/Studies on Asia | Science, Technology and Society

Assoc Prof Du Hejun

DU Hejun obtained both BEng and MEng from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China in 1983 and 1986, respectively. Subsequently, he lectured there until 1988 before he left for Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Keywords: Materials Science & Engineering | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering | Microsystems and Optics | Nanotechnology & Nano-Science | Physics | Water & Sustainability

Assoc Prof Francesc Xavier Roca Castella

During my PhD I studied the alternative splicing pathways of CD44 in human breast cells, showing that one of these pathways is de-regulated in ductal carcinomas. I then performed my post-doctoral research in Adrian R. Krainer Lab at Cold Spring Harbo ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences Assistant Chair (Research), School of Biological Sciences (SBS)

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences

Prof Gao Yonggui

Dr. Gao Yonggui got his Ph.D from Zhejiang University China, and worked as a lecturer in College of Life Science, Zhejiang University. Later he moved to Professor Tanaka’s Lab funded by Center of Excellence (COE) Scholarship, Faculty of Advanced Life ...

Appointments:
Professor, School of Biological Sciences Assistant Chair (Faculty) & Assistant Chair (Safety), School of Biological Sciences (SBS)

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Structural Biology

Assoc Prof Guillaume Thibault

Guillaume Thibault PhD is a biochemist/cell biologist with 20 years of experience in cellular stress responses and quality control. He obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof Walid Houry from the Department of Biochemistry, University of Tor ...

Appointments:
Assistant Dean (International Engagement), College of Science, School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences Assistant Dean (International Engagement), College of Science

Keywords: Ageing | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Microbiology and Immunology | Proteomics and Protein

Assoc Prof Hou Han Wei

Dr. Han Wei Hou is an Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He is also an Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Courtesy Appointment) Assistant Chair (Students), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Interface of Biology & Engineering (Engineering in Biology) | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering | Microelectronics & Applications | Science, Technology and Society | Thermofluids

Prof Julien Lescar

1.1 CURRICULUM VITAE Lescar Julien Born June 17th, 1966 in Paris French citizenship Married, 2 children EDUCATION 1990-1993 Ph.D. (December 1993) Université Paris XI, Orsay Thesis work performed at the Institut Pasteur, Paris 1989 ...

Appointments:
Professor, School of Biological Sciences Director, Nanyang Institute of Structural Biology (NISB) Interim Director, Nanyang Institute of Structural Biology (NISB)

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Structural Biology

Prof Kanaga Sabapathy

Professor Sabapathy is the Chair of the School of Biological Sciences (SBS). He is also the President’s Chair in Biological Sciences. Prof Sabapathy recently joined NTU from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), where he headed the Division ...

Appointments:
Chair, School of Biological Sciences Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Cancer Research | Proteomics and Protein

Assoc Prof Ke Yiping, Kelly

Dr. Yiping Ke is an Associate Professor with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2008 and B.Sc. ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, College of Computing & Data Science

Keywords: Computer Science and Engineering

Asst Prof Li Yinghui

Dr Yinghui Li is a Nanyang Assistant Professor in the School of Biological Sciences (NTU) and a joint Principal Investigator in the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR). She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences at the National ...

Appointments:
Nanyang Assistant Professor (NRF), School of Biological Sciences Nanyang Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences

Assoc Prof Luo Dahai

Academic: BSc, 2002 – 2006, Ph.D. 2006 - 2010, NTU, Singapore. Employment: Associate Professor, 2019 - Present, LKCMedicine, NTU, Singapore. Nanyang Assistant Professor, 2013-2019, LKCMedicine, NTU, Singapore. Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-20 ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, Infection and Immunity, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

Keywords: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Microbiology and Immunology | Respiratory and Infectious Diseases | Structural Biology | Zoonotic Disease Medicines

Assoc Prof Marek Mutwil

Marek received his Bachelor and Master degrees in biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where he studied the biosynthesis of polysaccharides in tip-growing cells in the group of prof. William G.T. Willats. He then joined the group of ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences Assistant Chair (Faculty), School of Biological Sciences (SBS)

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Earth Sciences & Engineering | Plant Biology | Water & Sustainability

Assoc Prof Melissa Jane Fullwood

Dr. Melissa J. Fullwood is an Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences in NTU. Her lab works on understanding the roles of 3-dimensional organization of our genome in transcription regulation in cancer cells. She completed her under ...

Appointments:
Associate Chair (Students), School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Ageing | Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences

Assoc Prof Mu Yuguang

2006.4 - now Assistant Professor in School of Biological Sciences, NTU 2003.10 – 2006.3 Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship in School of Biological Sciences, NTU 2000.1 - 2003.9 Research Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in Institute of Theoret ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Computer Science and Engineering | Physics | Structural Biology

Prof Liu Chuan Fa

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2003 – present Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2002 – 2003 Research Scientist IV, Amgen Research, Amgen Inc., USA 2000 – 2002 Resea ...

Appointments:
Professor, School of Biological Sciences Assistant Chair (Innovation), School of Biological Sciences (SBS)

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Prof Phan Anh Tuan

Professor Phan received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Physics and Mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia) in 1995, Master’s degree in Biophysics from University of Paris-Sud (France) in 1996, and PhD in Biophysics from Éc ...

Appointments:
Chair, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS) Lee Soo Ying Professorship in Biological Physics Professor, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences - Division of Physics & Applied Physics Professor, School of Biological Sciences (Courtesy Appointment) Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (Courtesy Appointment)

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Nanotechnology & Nano-Science | Physics

Assoc Prof Tan Thatt Yang Timothy

PhD (Chemical Engineering), Feb 2004 – University of New South Wales, Australia. Thesis “Photocatalytic Reduction of Selenate and Selenite: Water/Wastewater treatment and the Formation of Nano-Selenium Compounds” under the International Postgraduat ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Deputy Director, CN Yang Scholars Programme, CN Yang Scholars Programme

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Materials Science & Engineering | Nanotechnology & Nano-Science | Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Devices

Assoc Prof Tan Suet Mien

Dr. Tan Suet Mien obtained his B.Sc.(Hons, first class)(1996) and M.Sc. (1998) from the National University of Singapore. He obtained his D.Phil. (2001) from the University of Oxford, UK. He joined the School of Biological Sciences (NTU) in 2001 as A ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences & Life Sciences

Assoc Prof Tan Meng How

Dr. Meng How Tan received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and B.A. degree in economics from University of California - Berkeley, his M.S. degree in aeronautics from California Institute of Technology, his M.S. degree in biomedical engineeri ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Deputy Director (Undergraduate) and REP Fellow, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB)

Keywords: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Informatics and Data Science | Biotechnology | Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Assoc Prof Yen Choo

Associate Professor Yen Choo obtained his PhD in Molecular Biology in 1995 from the University of Cambridge, England, researching sequence-specific protein-DNA interactions under Nobel laureate Sir Aaron Klug. He subsequently directed the zinc finger ...

Appointments:
Associate Professor of Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Associate Professor (Practice), Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

Keywords: Ageing | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Informatics and Data Science | Biotechnology | Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Asst Prof Yong Ee Hou

E. H. Yong is a theoretical physicist with background in statistical physics and applied mathematics. He graduated from Stanford university in 2003 with a BSc in Physics, a BSc in Mathematics, and a MSc in Statistics. In 2012, he obtained his PhD fro ...

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences - Division of Physics & Applied Physics

Keywords: Mathematics | Physics | Science, Technology and Society