Faculty
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Professor LEUNG Pak Hing Head of Division B.Sc. (CNAA), Ph.D. (ANU) Post-doc: Toronto, Chicago Phone: (65) 6316 8899 E-mail: pakhing@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-02-01B |
* Asymmetric synthesis and optical resolution of novel P-chiral phosphine ligands * Gold-phosphine anti-cancer drug * Asymmetric catalysis |
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Professor LEE Soo Ying B.Sc. (Hons. 1, Malaya), Ph.D. (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 LOH Teck Peng B.Eng. (Tokyo), M.Eng. (Tokyo), Ph.D. (Harvard) Phone: (65) 6513 8203 E-mail: teckpeng@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-05-20 |
* Enantioselective reactions * Development of new synthetic methodology * Green chemistry * Total synthesis of natural product |
| Nanyang Professor Sunggak KIM B.S. (Seoul National University) Ph.D. (McGill University) Phone: (65) 6592 7765 Email: sgkim@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-05-01 |
* Development of new synthetic methodologies, free radical chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and natural product synthesis | |
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Nanyang Professor François MATHEY M.Sc. (Ecole Polytechnique), Ph.D. (U Paris VI) Phone: (65) 6513 2731 Email: fmathey@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-06-08 |
* Chemistry of phosphorus-carbon heterocycles * Carbene-like chemistry of monovalent phosphorus * Phosphorus analogues of metallocenes * New phosphorus ligands for homogeneous and asymmetric catalysis * Organophosphorus materials for optoelectronic applications |
| Nanyang Professor Koichi NARASAKA B.Sc., M.Sc. & Ph.D. (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Phone: (65) 6316 8900 E-mail: narasaka@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-05-07 |
*Organic Synthesis | |
| Associate Professor LI Tianhu B.Sc. (Jilin University, China), Ph.D. (SUNY at Stony Brook) Phone: (65) 6513 7364 E-mail: thli@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-21 |
* Design and construction of supercoiled DNA molecules with desired topology and superheliex density * Development of topoisomerases inhibitors * Search for new types of deoxyribozymes * Design and synthesis of G-quadruplex-based anticancer drug candidates |
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| Associate Professor LEONG Weng Kee B.A., M.A. (Cambridge U); Dip. Ed. (NIE); M.Sc. (NUS), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser U) Phone: (65) 6592 7577 E-mail: CHMLWK@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-06-07 |
*Organometallic Clusters *Bioorganometallic Chemistry *Catalysis |
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| Associate Professor PARK Cheol-Min B.S., Ph.D. (Seoul National Univ), Post-doc (Stanford Univ) Phone: (65) 6513 2748 E-mail: CMPark@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-05-02 |
* Asymmetric Synthesis * Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products * Medicinal Chemistry |
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| Associate Professor ZHONG Guofu B.Sc. (Nanjing), M.Sc. (Shanghai), Ph.D. (Scripps) Post-doc: TSRI Phone: (65) 63168761 E-mail: guofu@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-18 |
* Asymmetric Synthesis * Organocatalysis * Organic Synthesis * Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry |
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| Assistant Professor
Roderick W. BATES B.Sc. (Imperial College), Ph.D. (Imperial College) Post-doc: Colorado Phone: (65) 6316 8907 E-mail: roderick@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-08 |
* Development of reactions for the synthesis of natural products and other interesting molecules, particularly using transition metals, and focussing on the control of stereochemistry. | |
| Assistant Professor Philip Wai Hong CHAN B.Sc. (Bristol), Ph.D. (Oxford) Post-doc: University of Hong Kong, University of Sydney, Tohoku University Phone: (65) 6316 8760 E-mail: waihong@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-17 |
* Development of new asymmetric organo- and organometallic-catalyzed methodologies of broad utility to organic synthesis. * Target synthesis of natural and synthetic products. * Applications of Organic Chemistry to Medicinal Chemistry and Materials Science. |
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| Assistant Professor
CHEN Hongyu B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (Yale), Post-doc. (Cornell) Phone: (65) 6316 8795 E-mail: hongyuchen@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-03-02 |
* Bioinorganic Modeling of Photosystem II * Mn-based water oxidation catalysts * Encapsulation of nanoparticles * Nanoparticle-based artificial photosynthetic system |
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| Assistant Professor Shunsuke CHIBA B.Eng. (Waseda University), M.Sc. & Ph.D. (The University of Tokyo) Phone: (65) 6513 8013 E-mail: shunsuke@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-05-05 |
* Development of Organic Synthetic Reactions * Synthesis of natural products |
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| Assistant Professor DENG Weiqiao B.S. (LanZhou University), M.S. (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics), Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology) Phone: (65) 6316 8796 E-mail: wqdeng@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-06 |
* Hydrogen storage material chemistry * Fuel cell catalyst synthesis *Simulations of hydrogen economy and molecular electronics. |
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| Nanyang Assistant Professor
HONG Soon Hyeok B.S, M.S (Seoul National Univ), Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology) Phone: (65) 6513 2747 E-mail: HongSH@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-06-21 |
* Organometallic Catalysis | |
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Assistant Professor
KUO Jer-Lai (Joint appointment with PAP) B.Sc. (Taiwan), M.Sc. (Taiwan), PhD (Ohio State) Post-doc: UPenn Phone: (65) 6316 8853 E-mail: jlkuo@ntu.edu.sg Office: SBS B3n-07 |
* 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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LIU Xuewei B.Sc. (Beijing), M.Sc. (Beijing), Ph.D. (USC) Post-doc: Caltech Phone: (65) 6316 8901 E-mail: xuewei@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-05-17 |
* Organic, Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology * Synthetic methodology, Strategy & Synthesis * Chemical tools for living cells * Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Delivery |
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ORNER, Brendan P. B.S. (Haverford College), M.S. (Pittsburgh), Ph.D. (Yale) Phone: (65) 6316 8757 E-mail: orner@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-19 |
* Chemical Biology * Combinatorial Techniques * Protein Design and Engineering * Biomaterials |
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Assistant Professor
PHAN Anh Tuan (Joint appointment with PAP) 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: SBS B3n-16 |
* 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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SO Cheuk Wai B.Sc. & Ph.D. (Chinese U. of Hong Kong) Post-doc: Göttingen, Nagoya Phone: (65) 6513 2730 E-mail: CWSo@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-06-17 |
*Synthetic, structural and mechanistic studies of heavier main group organometallic compounds *Development of new π-conjugated materials with main group elements |
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TAN Howe-Siang B.Sc. (NUS), M.A. (Princeton), Ph.D. (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 | |
| Assistant Professor WEBSTER, Richard D. B.Sc. (Auckland), B.Sc. (Hons. 1, La Trobe), Ph.D. (La Trobe) Post-docs: Oxford, ANU Phone: (65) 6316 8793 E-mail: webster@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-06 |
* Analytical Chemistry * Molecular electrochemistry * Redox chemistry of vitamins and enzymes * Spectroscopy of radical ions * Surface modified electrodes |
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XING Bengang B.Sc (XJNU), Ph.D. (NJU) Post-doc: Stanford University, University of California, HKUST Phone: (65) 6316 8758 E-mail: bengang@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-04-20 |
* My research interests will be highly interdisciplinary in the interface of organic synthesis, bioconjugate chemistry, biomaterials as well as medicinal chemistry, nano-science and biological chemistry. | |
| Assistant Professor Motoki YAMANE Motoki YAMANE B.Sc., M.Sc. & Ph.D. (Tokyo) Phone: (65) 6513 8014 E-mail: yamane@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-05-06 |
*Organic Synthesis *Organometallic Chemistry Directed towards Organic Synthesis |
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YEOW Kok Lee, Edwin B.Sc. (NUS), Ph.D. (Melbourne) Post-doc: Belgium Phone: (65) 6316 8759 E-mail: edwinyeow@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-03-04 |
* Photoinduced electron transfer and electronic energy transfer in novel molecular devices, and single molecule spectroscopy on biologically important systems. | |
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Assistant Professor ZHANG Dawei
B.S. (Nankai), M.S. (Nankai), Ph.D. (NYU) Phone: (65) 6513 7367 Email: ZHANGDW@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-03-03 |
*Development of force field *Structure-function of TCM |
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| Nanyang Assistant Professor
ZHOU Steve B.Sc., M.Sc. (NUS), Ph.D. (MIT) post-doc (Yale and UIUC) Phone: (65) 6513 2726 Email: jrzhou@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-06-03 |
* New organic reactions * Asymmetric catalysis * Mechanistic studies * Enzymatic mimetics * Solar cell |
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| Senior Fellow SIOW Kok Siong B.Sc. (Nanyang Univ.), M.Sc. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (McGill) Phone: (65) 6316 8794 E-mail: kssiow@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-03-05 |
* Physical chemistry of polymers – thermodynamics of polymer solutions, polymer blends, and properties and applications of polymers. |
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| Senior Fellow GOH Lai Yoong B.Sc. Hons (U.Hongkong), M.Sc. (U. Malaya), D. Sc., Ph.D. (University College London) Phone: (65) 6316 8792 E-mail: laiyoonggoh@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-06-18 |
* Organotransition metal chemistry with special reference to chromium and ruthenium – Synthetic, structural and reactivity aspects. | |
| Lecturer CHUA Guan Leong B.Sc. (NUS), Ph.D. (NUS) Phone: (65) 6316 8903 E-mail: guanleong@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-05-21 |
* Organic synthesis with focus on ionic liquids supported strategies and new technologies. | |
| Lecturer PULLARKAT Sumod A. B.Sc. (Calicut), M.Sc. & M.Phil. (Annamalai), Ph.D. (NUS) Phone: (65) 6316 8906 E-mail: sumod@ntu.edu.sg Office: SPMS-CBC-06-02 |
* Development of novel chiral organophosphorous and organoarsenic compounds. |
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| SPMS Scholar SOO Han Sen B.Sc. (MIT), M.Sc. (MIT), Ph.D. program (UC Berkeley) Phone: (65) 6790 3760 E-mail: SPMS-V1@ntu.edu.sg Office: NIE5-3-41 |
* Development of novel elonate ligands to support early transition metal complexes. |
