Faculty
Staff Information 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

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

* Femtosecond studies of energy transfer processes

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Nanyang Professor CHANG Ngee Pong
B.Sc. (Ohio), PhD (Colombia)
Theoretical high energy physics
 
 
Nanyang Professor Prof Rudolph A. MARCUS
B.Sc. (McGill Univ.)  Ph.D. (McGill Univ.)

Phone: (65) 6513 849
Email: rmarcus@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-09
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Visiting Professor
Gagik G. GURZADYAN

Dipl. Phys. (Yerevan), PhD (Moscow) Postdoc: Max-Planck Institute and CEA/Saclay.

Phone: (65) 6513 7405
E-mail: gurzadyan@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-11
* 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

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Visiting Professor
Maria-Elisabeth MICHEL-BEYERLE
Diploma (Chemistry) Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Dissertation Technical University of Aachen
Post Doc: Technical University of Munich
Habilitation Technical University of Munich

Phone: (65) 6513 7406
E-mail: mariaelisabeth@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-10
*Structure-based femto- to nanosecond dynamics of electronically excited states in biosystems and their mimics
*Mechanism of charge transfer processes in DNA and proteins
*Electrochemical control of topology of DNA by fluorescence lifetime imaging
*Optimization of dye or quantum dot sensitized solar cells

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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

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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.

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Nanyang Associate Professor
DEMIR Hilmi Volkan
BSc (Hons 1) (Bilkent U), MSc (Stanford U), DPhil (Stanford U)

Phone: (65) 6790 5395
E-mail: hvdemir@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-07
*Light-material interactions at the nanoscale
*Excitonics
*Light generation and harnessing
*Solid state lighting
*Optoelectronics, nanophotonics
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

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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

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Nanyang Assistant Professor Xiong QiHua
B.Sc. (Wuhan), M.Sc. (CAS),
PhD (Penn State)
Post-doc: Harvard

Phone: (65) 6513 8495
E-mail: qihua@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-04-14

Nanomaterials and Heterostructures, Raman scattering spectroscopy, nanoelectronics and nanophotonics, nanobiotechnology

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Nanyang Assistant Professor Cesare SOCI
Laurea (cum laude): U of Pavia
PhD: U of Pavia & UCSB
Postdoc: UCSB & UCSD

Phone: 6514 1045
E-mail: csoci@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-03

* Optical and photocurrent spectroscopy
* Organic semiconductors

* Nanowire synthesis and devices

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Nanyang 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.

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Nanyang Assistant Professor WANG Qijie
BSc (USTC), PhD (SMF, NTU), Postdoc (Harvard University)

Phone: 6790 5431
E-mail: qjwang@ntu.edu.sg
Office: S2-B2b-74A
* Semiconductor Lasers
* Mid-IR and Terahertz Technologies
* Nano-Photonics
* Fiber Optics & Photonics

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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


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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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Assistant Professor Pinaki SENGUPTA
M.Sc. (IIT-Kanpur), Ph.D. (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana)
Postdoc (Los Alamos, Univ. of California)

Phone: (65) 6592 1801
E-mail: psengupta@ntu.edu.sg
Office: SPMS-PAP-05-03
Supersolid, Quantum magnetism at high magnetic fields, Ultracold atoms in optical lattices, Control of quantum systems, Theoretical biology
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

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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