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	Contact Information & Appointment	Research Focus
	Professor HUAN Cheng Hon, Alfred Head of Division B.A. (Oxford), DPhil (Oxford), Phone: (65) 6316 2961 E-mail: alfred@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-02-01	* Surface, photoemission, and magnetic anisotropy studies of low dimensional system * Femtosecond studies of energy transfer processes Research Profile
	Professor LEE Soo Ying B.Sc. (Hons. 1, Malaya), PhD (Chicago), FSNIC, FRSC, CChem Post-doc: UCLA Phone: (65) 6790 3723 E-mail: sooying@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-02	* Time-dependent vibrational-electronic spectroscopy * Nonlinear spectroscopy * Femtosecond broadband stimulated Raman spectroscopy * Molecular reaction dynamics Research Profile
	Nanyang Professor CHANG Ngee Pong B.Sc. (Ohio), PhD (Colombia)	Theoretical high energy physics
	Visiting Professor Gagik G. Gurzadyan Dipl. Phys. (Yerevan), PhD (Moscow) Phone: E-mail: Office:	* Ultrafast laser spectroscopy * Femtosecond charge transfer processes in DNA and proteins * Photoinduced excited state dynamics of chromophore/protein systems * Nonlinear photophysics and photochemistry of DNA
	Nanyang Associate Professor PANAGOPOULOS Christos BSc (Hons 1) (U LaTrobe), MSc (U Kyushu), DPhil (U Cambridge ) Phone: (65) 6513 7412 E-mail: christos@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-11	Quantum magnetism and unconventional superconductivity Electron motion through materials at their quantum limits Self-generated electronic heterogeneity New forms of miniaturised multifunctional devices Research Profile
	Professor SHEN Zexiang B.Sc. (Jilin), PhD (London) Phone: (65) 6316 8855 E-mail: zexiang@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-03-01 Research Website	Development of near-field scanning Raman (nano-Raman) & photoluminescence microscopy, characterization of nano-structures using nano-Raman microscopy, applications of micro Raman spectroscopy. Research Profile
	Nanyang Assistant Professor FAN Hongjin Bsc (Jilin Univ), PhD (NUS), Postdoc (Max-Planck-Institute & Cambridge) Phone: (65) 6513 7408 E-mail: FANHJ@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-06	Nanowires and nanotubes: size/morphology dependent properties and devices Functional compound nanomaterials Nanoscale Kirkendall effect Atomic layer deposition Research Profile
	Assistant Professor CHEONG Siew Ann B.Sc. (NUS), PhD (Cornell University, USA) Phone: (65) 6513 8084 E-mail: Cheongsa@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-03	Condensed Matter Physics Computational Physics Statistical and Complex System Dynamics Bioinformatics Research Profile
	Assistant Professor CHEW Lock Yue B.Eng. (NUS), M.S. (Southern California), PhD (NUS) Phone: (65) 6316 2968 E-mail: lockyue@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-04	Study of nanoequilibrium systems from the perspective of nonlinear and statistical physics with the aim of discovering new and fundamental physical principles Research Profile
	Assistant Professor Elbert CHIA BSc (Auckland), MSc (Illinois), PhD (Illinois) Phone: (65) 6513 8132 E-mail: ElbertChia@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-13	Ultrafast Quasiparticle Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems Research Profile
	Assistant Professor Rainer DUMKE Dipl(Hanover), PhD(Inst of Quantum Optics, Hanover) Post-doc: NIST Phone: (65) 6316 2969 E-mail: rdumke@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-03-14 Research Website	The Quantum Mechanical Properties of Ultra Cold Atomic Matter – Atom-Chip Devices, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Atom Interferometry, Quantum Information Processing. Research Profile
	Assistant Professor KOH Tieh-Yong B.Sc. (Imperial College), PhD (MIT) Phone: (65) 6316 2966 E-mail: kohty@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-05	Geophysical fluid dynamics, general circulation in the atmosphere, tropical meteorology, local circulation, mixing and transport of chemical species, numerical weather prediction in Southeast Asia. Research Profile
	Assistant Professor KUO Jer-Lai B.Sc. (Taiwan), M.Sc. (Taiwan), PhD (Ohio State) Post-doc: UPenn Phone: (65) 6316 2967 E-mail: jlkuo@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-02	Larger scale computer simulations via first principle methods, surface adsorption process, order/disorder transitions in ice physics, properties of H-bonded systems, nuclear quantum effects on hydrogen bonding Research Profile
	Assistant Professor LEW Wen Siang B.Sc. (Malaya), M.Phil. (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) Phone: (65) 6316 2963 E-mail: wensiang@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-03-04	Fundamental and applied studies of spintronics devices Nanomagnetism, nanoscale sciences and fabrication techniques Microfluidics, magnetic MEMS, bio spintronic devices Research Profile
	Assistant Professor Claus-Dieter OHL Dipl( Darmstadt) PhD(Göttingen) Phone: (65) 6513 8039 E-mail: cdohl@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-05-07	Experimental Fluid Dynamics Acoustics and Cavitation Research Profile
	Assistant Professor PHAN Anh Tuân B.Sc./M.Sc. (Moscow), M.Sc. (Paris), Ph.D. (Ecole Polytechnique, France) Post-doc: MSKCC (New York) Phone: (65) 6514 1915 E-mail: phantuan@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-05-04	Biophysics: Use of physical, chemical and computational methods to investigate and manipulate properties of biomolecules, such as DNA, RNA, and proteins. Research Profile
	Assistant Professor SUM Tze Chien B.Sc. (NUS), M.Sc. (NUS), PhD (NUS) Phone: (65) 6316 2971 E-mail: tzechien@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-03-05	* Femtosecond studies of energy transfer processes in nanoparticles, organic light emitting devices and organic photovoltaics * Magneto-optical spectroscopy of magnetic materials and structures * Femtosecond laser direct-write and modification of materials * Optical waveguide fabrication and characterization Research Profile
	Assistant Professor SUN Handong PhD (HKUST) Phone: (65) 6513 8083 E-mail: HDSun@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-12	Optoelectronic materials & devices Semiconductor physics Optical spectroscopy Nano-materials & Technology Research Profile
	Assistant Professor TAN Howe-Siang (Associated Faculty from CBC) B.Sc. (NUS), M.A. (Princeton), PhD (Princeton) Post-doc: Stanford Phone: (65) 6316 2987 E-mail: howesiang@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-03-06	Ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy of water molecules, two-dimensional optical spectroscopy, optical pulse shaping Research Profile
	Assistant Professor WANG Lan B.Sc. (ZheJiang University), PhD (NUS(Physics), University of Minnesota (Materials Science)) Phone: (65) 6316 2964 E-mail: wanglan@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-03-06	Magnetic and electronic properties of novel magnetic materials and structures. Research Profile
	Assistant Professor WU Tao, Tom B.Sc. (ZheJiang University), PhD (University of Maryland) Phone: (65) 6514 1047 E-mail: tomwu@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-04-10	Spintronic Materials and Devices Nanoscale Materials and Sensors Multiferroic Heterostructures Novel Electronic Devices Research Profile
	Assistant Professor YU Ting B.Sc. (Jilin University), PhD (NUS) Post-doc: SMF S'pore Phone: (65) 6316 7899 E-mail: yuting@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-03-12	Synthesis and characterization of nanostructures, assembly and manipulation of 1 D nanostructures, investigation of applications of nanostructures, development of nano-devices. Research Profile
	Adjunct Associate Professor Alex SEE Kai Hung B.Sc. (CUHK), PhD (Rutgers) Phone: (65) 9237 6957 E-mail: alexsee@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-03-02	Formation of the ultrathin nitrided gate oxide, its physical and electrical properties; Study of ultra-shallow junction formed with rapid thermal annealing and laser annealing; Metal silicide formation and their applications; Physical and electronic properties of high-k dielectric materials, stained-silicon and silicon germanium for advanced CMOS applications
	Adjunct Assistant Professor PHUA Poh Boon B.Sc. (NUS), PhD (MIT) Phone: (65) 6316 2965 E-mail: pohboon@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-03-13	* High power diode pumped solid state laser * Nonlinear optics * Fiber/Photonic devices * Ultra-fast laser and devices
	Adjunct Assistant Professor ZHANG Xinhai B.Sc. (Shandong), PhD (NUS) Phone: (65) 6874 8149 E-mail: xh-zhang@imre.a-star.edu.sg Office: SPMS-PAP-03-02	Ultrafast Spectroscopy First-Principles Calculations
	Senior Tutor LU Bing Sui BA (Cambridge) E-mail: binghermes@gmail.com	Renormalization group methods to dynamic critical phenomena Method of replica symmetry breaking used in spin glass and rubber physics
	SPMS Scholar CHONG Yidong B.Sc. (Stanford), PhD Program (MIT) E-mail: yidong@ntu.edu.sg	Assorted topics in condensed matter physics.
	SPMS Scholar YONG Ee Hou B.Sc. (Stanford), M.Sc. (Stanford), PhD program (Harvard) E-mail: SPMS-V1@ntu.edu.sg	Application of field theoretical methods in condensed matter physics: field theory, gauge theory of high temperature superconductivity, quantum Hall fluids and the double-layered Hall system, theory of quantum phase transition, and theory of disordered and strongly correlated systems.

Contact Information & Appointment

Research Focus

Professor HUAN Cheng Hon, Alfred
Head of Division
B.A. (Oxford), DPhil (Oxford),

Phone: (65) 6316 2961
E-mail: alfred@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-02-01

* Surface, photoemission, and magnetic anisotropy studies of low dimensional system

* Femtosecond studies of energy transfer processes

Research Profile

Professor LEE Soo Ying
B.Sc. (Hons. 1, Malaya),
PhD (Chicago),
FSNIC, FRSC, CChem
Post-doc: UCLA

Phone: (65) 6790 3723
E-mail: sooying@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-CBC-04-02

* Time-dependent vibrational-electronic spectroscopy
* Nonlinear spectroscopy
* Femtosecond broadband stimulated Raman spectroscopy
* Molecular reaction dynamics

Research Profile

Nanyang Professor
CHANG Ngee Pong
B.Sc. (Ohio), PhD (Colombia)

Theoretical high energy physics

Visiting Professor
Gagik G. Gurzadyan
Dipl. Phys. (Yerevan), PhD (Moscow)

Phone:
E-mail:
Office:

* Ultrafast laser spectroscopy

* Femtosecond charge transfer processes in DNA and proteins

* Photoinduced excited state dynamics of chromophore/protein systems

* Nonlinear photophysics and photochemistry of DNA

Nanyang Associate Professor
PANAGOPOULOS Christos
BSc (Hons 1) (U LaTrobe), MSc (U Kyushu), DPhil (U Cambridge )

Phone: (65) 6513 7412
E-mail: christos@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-11

*Quantum magnetism and unconventional superconductivity

*Electron motion through materials at their quantum limits

*Self-generated electronic heterogeneity

*New forms of miniaturised multifunctional devices

Research Profile

Professor SHEN Zexiang
B.Sc. (Jilin), PhD (London)

Phone: (65) 6316 8855
E-mail: zexiang@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-03-01

Research Website

Development of near-field scanning Raman (nano-Raman) & photoluminescence microscopy, characterization of nano-structures using nano-Raman microscopy, applications of micro Raman spectroscopy.

Research Profile

Nanyang Assistant Professor
FAN Hongjin
Bsc (Jilin Univ), PhD (NUS),
Postdoc (Max-Planck-Institute & Cambridge)

Phone: (65) 6513 7408
E-mail: FANHJ@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-06

Nanowires and nanotubes: size/morphology dependent properties and devices
Functional compound nanomaterials
Nanoscale Kirkendall effect
Atomic layer deposition

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
CHEONG Siew Ann
B.Sc. (NUS), PhD (Cornell University, USA)

Phone: (65) 6513 8084
E-mail: Cheongsa@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-03

Condensed Matter Physics
Computational Physics
Statistical and Complex System Dynamics
Bioinformatics

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
CHEW Lock Yue
B.Eng. (NUS), M.S. (Southern California), PhD (NUS)

Phone: (65) 6316 2968
E-mail: lockyue@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-04

Study of nanoequilibrium systems from the perspective of nonlinear and statistical physics with the aim of discovering new and fundamental physical principles

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
Elbert CHIA
BSc (Auckland), MSc (Illinois),
PhD (Illinois)

Phone: (65) 6513 8132
E-mail: ElbertChia@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-13

Ultrafast Quasiparticle Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
Rainer DUMKE
Dipl(Hanover), PhD(Inst of Quantum Optics, Hanover)
Post-doc: NIST

Phone: (65) 6316 2969
E-mail: rdumke@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-14

Research Website

The Quantum Mechanical Properties of Ultra Cold Atomic Matter – Atom-Chip Devices, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Atom Interferometry, Quantum Information Processing.

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
KOH Tieh-Yong
B.Sc. (Imperial College), PhD (MIT)

Phone: (65) 6316 2966
E-mail: kohty@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-05

Geophysical fluid dynamics, general circulation in the atmosphere, tropical meteorology, local circulation, mixing and transport of chemical species, numerical weather prediction in Southeast Asia.

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
KUO Jer-Lai
B.Sc. (Taiwan), M.Sc. (Taiwan),
PhD (Ohio State)
Post-doc: UPenn

Phone: (65) 6316 2967
E-mail: jlkuo@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-02

Larger scale computer simulations via first principle methods, surface adsorption process, order/disorder transitions in ice physics, properties of H-bonded systems, nuclear quantum effects on hydrogen bonding

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
LEW Wen Siang
B.Sc. (Malaya), M.Phil. (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge)

Phone: (65) 6316 2963
E-mail: wensiang@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-04

Fundamental and applied studies of spintronics devices
Nanomagnetism, nanoscale sciences and fabrication techniques
Microfluidics, magnetic MEMS, bio spintronic devices

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
Claus-Dieter OHL
Dipl( Darmstadt)
PhD(Göttingen)

Phone: (65) 6513 8039
E-mail: cdohl@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-05-07

Experimental Fluid Dynamics
Acoustics and Cavitation

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
PHAN Anh Tuân
B.Sc./M.Sc. (Moscow), M.Sc. (Paris), Ph.D. (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
Post-doc: MSKCC (New York)

Phone: (65) 6514 1915
E-mail: phantuan@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-05-04

Biophysics: Use of physical, chemical and computational methods to investigate and manipulate properties of biomolecules, such as DNA, RNA, and proteins.

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
SUM Tze Chien
B.Sc. (NUS), M.Sc. (NUS),
PhD (NUS)

Phone: (65) 6316 2971
E-mail: tzechien@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-05

* Femtosecond studies of energy transfer processes in nanoparticles, organic light emitting devices and organic photovoltaics
* Magneto-optical spectroscopy of magnetic materials and structures
* Femtosecond laser direct-write and modification of materials
* Optical waveguide fabrication and characterization

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
SUN Handong
PhD (HKUST)

Phone: (65) 6513 8083
E-mail: HDSun@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-12

Optoelectronic materials & devices
Semiconductor physics
Optical spectroscopy
Nano-materials & Technology

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
TAN Howe-Siang
(Associated Faculty from CBC)
B.Sc. (NUS), M.A. (Princeton),
PhD (Princeton)
Post-doc: Stanford

Phone: (65) 6316 2987
E-mail: howesiang@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-CBC-03-06

Ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy of water molecules, two-dimensional optical spectroscopy, optical pulse shaping

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
WANG Lan
B.Sc. (ZheJiang University),
PhD (NUS(Physics), University of Minnesota (Materials Science))

Phone: (65) 6316 2964
E-mail: wanglan@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-06

Magnetic and electronic properties of novel magnetic materials and structures.

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
WU Tao, Tom
B.Sc. (ZheJiang University),
PhD (University of Maryland)

Phone: (65) 6514 1047
E-mail: tomwu@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-10

Spintronic Materials and Devices
Nanoscale Materials and Sensors
Multiferroic Heterostructures
Novel Electronic Devices

Research Profile

Assistant Professor
YU Ting
B.Sc. (Jilin University), PhD (NUS)
Post-doc: SMF S'pore

Phone: (65) 6316 7899
E-mail: yuting@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-12

Synthesis and characterization of nanostructures, assembly and manipulation of 1 D nanostructures, investigation of applications of nanostructures, development of nano-devices.

Research Profile

Adjunct Associate Professor
Alex SEE Kai Hung
B.Sc. (CUHK), PhD (Rutgers)

Phone: (65) 9237 6957
E-mail: alexsee@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-02

Formation of the ultrathin nitrided gate oxide, its physical and electrical properties; Study of ultra-shallow junction formed with rapid thermal annealing and laser annealing; Metal silicide formation and their applications; Physical and electronic properties of high-k dielectric materials, stained-silicon and silicon germanium for advanced CMOS applications

Adjunct Assistant Professor
PHUA Poh Boon
B.Sc. (NUS), PhD (MIT)

Phone: (65) 6316 2965
E-mail: pohboon@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-13

* High power diode pumped solid state laser
* Nonlinear optics
* Fiber/Photonic devices
* Ultra-fast laser and devices

Adjunct Assistant Professor
ZHANG Xinhai
B.Sc. (Shandong), PhD (NUS)

Phone: (65) 6874 8149
E-mail: xh-zhang@imre.a-star.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-02

Ultrafast Spectroscopy
First-Principles Calculations

Senior Tutor
LU Bing Sui
BA (Cambridge)

E-mail: binghermes@gmail.com

Renormalization group methods to dynamic
critical phenomena
Method of replica symmetry breaking used in spin glass and rubber physics

SPMS Scholar
CHONG Yidong
B.Sc. (Stanford), PhD Program (MIT)

E-mail: yidong@ntu.edu.sg

Assorted topics in condensed matter physics.

SPMS Scholar
YONG Ee Hou
B.Sc. (Stanford), M.Sc. (Stanford), PhD program (Harvard)

E-mail: SPMS-V1@ntu.edu.sg

Application of field theoretical methods in condensed matter physics: field theory, gauge theory of high temperature superconductivity, quantum Hall fluids and the double-layered Hall system, theory of quantum phase transition, and theory of disordered and strongly correlated systems.