Physics Department

Accolades

Congratulation to Dr M.V. Reddy for receiving the Outstanding Mentor Award in the NUS-Science Mentorship Programme 2011. His seven SMP project students won distinction and 3M best poster award, other six SMP project students from won distinction and three project students won Merit award in 17th Youth Science Conference 2011 held at NTU. Click here for more information.
Congratulations to the following colleagues for receiving the National Day Awards 2011 :
Dr. Kuldip Singh - The Commendation Medal
Mr. Teo Hoon Hwee - The Efficiency Medal
Prof Baaquie, Belal E and Prof Kuok Meng Hau - The Long Service Medal.
Congratulations to Asst/Prof Vitor Manuel Pereira for receiving the "Seeds of Science" Award - one of the most important prizes Portugal gives to Portuguese scientists whose work has been recognized in several scientific areas. Asst/Prof Vitor Manuel Pereira won this award together with three other leading Physicists. Click here for more information.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Chung Keng Yeow for receiving the Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) at the University Hall Auditorium, Level 2, Lee Kong Chian Wing on 4 May 2011. The Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) recognises faculty members who have displayed a high level of commitment to their teaching for the year under review. Click here for more information.

Congratulations to Professor VENKATESAN, Thirumalai Venky's research group. Their paper "Metal-insulator transition at a depleted LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface: Evidence for charge transfer induced by SrTiO3 phase transitions" is the most downloaded paper in Applied Physics Letters.

NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH In press

This research describes an important result from A/Prof Yan Jie's research group, which suggests that formation of protein filaments may be a very general structural basis for gene silencing in bacterial cells.
Click here for the short write up.

Students have done the department proud in the University Physics competition 2011

Congratulations to Ng Kia Boon, Kwang Siu Yi, Tang Wenjie Shawn, Law Yun Zhi, Kwong Chang Jian, Wong Songhan, Guan Yilun Aaron, Nguyen Duy Quang and Lin Mao for winning the silver and bronze medals in the the University Physics competition 2011. > Read more ... .

A/Prof Dagomir Kaszlikowski guest blogs for Scientific American

How does the everyday, classical world emerge from the strange behaviour of its quantum constituents? Writing for the Scientific American Guest Blog, A/Prof Dagomir Kaszlikowski (pictured) describes a new explanation proposed by his group and its collaborators.

APS Fellow Nominated by Forum on International Physics

Congratulations to Professor Feng Yuan Ping who is named APS fellow for the year 2011 for his contributions to the understanding of ferromagnetism in non-magnetic element doped semiconductors and new phenomena in carbon-based nano materials through computational studies and his untiring efforts in promoting international scientific collaborations in computational materials physics.

How a quintessential quantum test was fooled: paper in Physical Review Letters

The above research, published 20 October in Physical Review Letters has received attention in the media was done by Christian Kurtsiefer and Valerio Scarani, CQT Principal Investigators and NUS Professors, along with former CQT members Antía Lamas-Linares and Ilja Gerhardt, in collaboration with Vadim Makarov, Qin Liu and Johannes Skaar of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.

NUS Science Faculty Awards 2011 & NUS Quality Service Award 2011

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Science Faculty Teaching, Research and Service Awards and NUS Quality Service Award. The Science Faculty Award Ceremony will be held on 16 November 2011 (Wednesday), 3pm, at the University Hall Auditorium. The NUS Quality Service Award 2011 presentation will be held during NUS Excellence Day on 22 Feb 2012. > Read more ... .

Graphene's two-photon shuffle

Professor JI Wei's work on 'Giant Two-Photon Absorption in Bilayer Graphene' that originally appeared in Nano Letters has been highlighted by NPG Asia Materials. Many experts in this field are very excited by their work. Details can be found at http://www.natureasia.com/asia-materials/highlight.php?id=958.

Job Opportunities & Careers

The Graphene Laboratory is recruiting Laboratory Technologists to provide administrative support to the research team and provide supports in graphene research by preparing the graphene samples. Candidates should have Polytechnic Diploma or equivalent. Fresh graduates are welcomed.
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NUS-Science Mentorship Programme Award 2011

Congratulations to A/P Sow Chorng Haur, A/P Tay Seng Chuan, Dr M V Venkatashamy Reddy and Dr Massimiliano Colla for receiving the Outstanding Mentor Award under the NUS-Science Mentorship Programme at the recent Youth Science Conference 2011. Their SMP project students have won distinction and 3M best poster award. The Department appreciates their effort for participating in these programmes to inspire our school students to do science with us.

Graphene gives protection from intense laser pulses

Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS), DSO National Laboratories and University of Cambridge have jointly announced a new world record in broadband non-linear optical absorption
behavior using single-sheet graphene dispersions in a variety of heavy-atom solvents and film matrices.
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Nurturing a Passion for Physics

A prize launched by the NUS Department of Physics will recognise students for their excellence in experimental physics. The Department hopes that the Arthur Rajaratnam Prize will motivate more students to continue their pursuit of physics. Click here for more information about the prize.

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