Former Members

Notable Former Members

Former Director of CIBA

Prof Watt joined the Department of Physics as a Visiting Fellow in 1990 and retired as Professorial Fellow on 30 June 2015. He was the former Director of CIBA. Prof Watt was given the chance to visit NUS in 1990 under a visiting fellowship scheme operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. During that two-month visit to the Physics Department to work with the former Head of Department, Prof S M Tang, he realized that there was a high potential within NUS for carrying out interdisciplinary research (one of his research interests in Oxford was applying nuclear-physics based techniques to biomedical problems). He subsequently took a one-year sabbatical leave from Oxford, during which time they built up a proton microscope similar to one they had designed and built in Oxford. He managed to get another three years absence of leave from Oxford, and took a further three-year contract in Singapore – during this time it became clear to him that NUS was far more interested in multidisciplinary research than the Dept of Nuclear Physics in Oxford. He therefore gave up his tenured position in Oxford to make his stay in Singapore more permanent. This decision was encouraged by his wife and son, who love living in Singapore.

Last updated 29 September 2023

Former MSc Student

Prof Sow received a BSc Degree (1st Class) in Physics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1991. After spending two more years in NUS for research, he received a M.Sc. degree in Physics. He then went on to The University of Chicago and completed his PhD degree in 1998. During the period in 1999-2000, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Bell Laboratory, Lucent Technologies. He returned and joined the Department of Physics, NUS in 2001. He is now a Professor with the Department of Physics and the Vice Dean (Outreach and Admissions) of the NUS College of Humanities of Sciences. He has authored and co-authored many papers in the field of nanoscience and nanomaterials.

Last updated 29 September 2023

Former PhD Student

Prof Sum graduated with a BSc (1st Class), an MSc (Accelerated Masters Program), and a PhD degree in Physics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1999, 2001, and 2005, respectively. He then joined the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as a Lecturer where he switched his research field and created a new research group in the NTU Division of Physics and Applied Physics. He is now a Professor within NTU, with numerous teaching awards under his belt. In 2023, he was also conferred the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) for his merits and services from the Prime Minister’s Office in Singapore.

Last updated 15 February 2024 (adapted from https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/cris/rp/rp00384)

Former Staff

Professors

  • TANG Seung Mun
  • Frank WATT

Research Fellows

  • Martin ANG Tze Wei
  • Tanmoy BASU
  • DANG Zhiya
  • DHARMALINGAM Mangaiyarkarasi
  • DOU Yanxin
  • HAN Jiaguang
  • ISTVAN Raijta
  • KAMBIZ Ansari Mahabadi
  • LIU Tiancai
  • Piravi Perumal MALAR
  • MI Zhaohong (Mike)
  • Mallikarjuna Rao MOTAPOTHULA
  • Manikantha Babu NETHALA
  • RAJ Kumar Dutta
  • Pattabiraman Santhana RAMAN
  • Soma Venugopal RAO
  • RESHMI Rajendran
  • SHAO Peige
  • TEO Ee Jin
  • Shuvan Prashant TURAGA
  • Saumitra VAJANDAR
  • WU Jianfeng
  • YAN Yuanjun
  • YUE Weisheng

Instructors

  • TAN Huei Ming

Technologists and Research Engineers

  • CHOO Theam Fook
  • Armin Baysic DE VERA
  • Rajasekaran MARIAPPAN
  • Daniel PARKER

Research Assistants

  • ANNA Rodrigues
  • CHUA Tze Yen
  • Lakshmi JAYAKUMAR
  • Shripad R. KULKARNI
  • Anirudh Raghav RAMASESHAN
  • Ryan YANG

Former Students

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  • CHAN Taw Kuei
  • CHEN Xiao (Kyle)
  • CHIAM Sher-Yi
  • CHOI Kwan Bum
  • GONG Jintao
  • GUO Zikun
  • Brandon HO Chee Sheng
  • HOI Siew Kit
  • HUANG Long
  • JIN Huining
  • LIANG Haidong
  • LIU Fan
  • LIU Nan Nan
  • MARKUS Zmeck
  • MUKHTAR Ahmed Rana
  • OW Yueh Sheng (Isaac)
  • Sarfraz QURESHI
  • Debbie SENG Hwee Leng
  • SHI Yi
  • Soumendu SINHA
  • SONG Jiao
  • SUM Tze Chien
  • SUREERAT Homhuan (Susan)
  • TAN Hong Qi
  • TAO Ye
  • Chammika UDALAGAMA
  • WANG Liping
  • WANG Yinghui
  • XIONG Boqian (Aky)
  • XU Xinxin
  • YANG Chengyuan
  • YAO Yong
  • YUEN Gin Hao
  • ZHOU Hai Long

Master of Science (MSc)

  • CHAN Sook Fun
  • CHEN Yanzhou
  • CHUA Tze Yen
  • FREDERIC Champeaux
  • HAN Shixin
  • LAI Tian Hao
  • LIAO Ruochong
  • LIM En Liang, Irvin
  • LIU Weili
  • LIU Yaoxi (Yoki)
  • Lakshmi JAYAKUMAR
  • MU Zhenkun
  • Aliki Sofia ROTELLI
  • SOW Chorng Hawr
  • TAN Boon Hon
  • TAN Huei Ming
  • TAN Jia Jun Bryan
  • XIAO Yucan
  • YAN Peiyan
  • ZHANG Fang
  • ZHANG Yixuan
  • ZHENG Zhong

Some names may appear more than once as they held several positions prior.

Page last updated 24 February 2025

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