Research Areas

Advanced Materials

• CHEN Wei – molecular, organic and graphene electronics; interface engineering; nanocatalysis
• CHI Chunyan – novel π-structures and high performance conjugated materials for organic electronics and sensors
• CHIN Wee Shong – doped and layered oxide/hydroxide nanocomposites for energy, sensor and photocatalytic applications
• CHUA Lay Lay – organic polymer semiconductors (polymer-graphene/swcnt); organic electronic devices
• CHUAH Gaik Khuan – application of zeolites in heterogeneous catalysis, green chemistry and water remediation
• Goki EDA – graphene and other 2D materials; electronic and optoelectronic devices; device physics
• JIANG Donglin – 2D organic polymers; covalent organic frameworks (COFs)
• LIU Xiaogang – supramolecular chemistry; low-dimensional nanomaterials; nanoparticle-based sensors and probes
• LOH Kian Ping – 2-D covalent organic frameworks (COFs), graphene and 2D materials; perovskites; energy storage
• LU Jiong – low-dimensional materials for optoelectronic and energy-related applications; surface science
• PARK Somin – Synthesis, Surface Chemistry, Optoelectronics
• TAN Zhi Kuang – new hybrid and organic semiconductors; perovskites; optoelectronic devices
• Suresh VALIYAVEETTIL – polymer synthesis; nano- and biomaterials
• WU Jishan – novel aromatic systems and materials; supramolecular chemistry
• XU Qing-Hua – nanophotonics; plasmonics;  bophotonics; optoelectronics; optical spectroscopy and imaging

Advanced Catalysis and Synthesis

• Guillermo C. BAZAN – synthesis of organic molecules with architectures that optimize optoelectronic performance
• GE Shaozhong – transition metal catalysis; homogeneous catalysis; asymmetric catalysis
• KOH Ming Joo – sustainable chemical transformations; base metal catalysis; radical cross-coupling; carbohydrate chemistry
• LAM Yulin – bioorganic and medicinal chemistry; green chemical catalysis  
• LU Yixin – organocatalysis; asymmetric catalysis
• OU Pengfei – Computational Catalysis, Electrochemistry, AI/ML
• QIU Yunyan – Polymer Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Supramolecular Chemistry, Catalysis
• WU Jie – green and sustainable chemistry; photocatalysis; continuous-flow synthesis
• XI Yumeng – Catalysis, Polymer, Materials Chemistry, Organic Synthesis
• ZHAO Yu – asymmetric catalysis; transition metal catalysis; borrowing hydrogen methodology
• ZHU Ru-Yi – RNA/DNA modification for biomedical applications and therapeutics; RNA-binding small molecules, DNA-small molecule catalysts for catalysis
• ZHU Ye – natural product functionalization; bio-orthogonal chemistry; transition metal catalysis

Chemical Biology and Biochemistry

• ANG Wee Han – therapeutic metallopharmaceuticals; immunochemotherapy; fluoroscent-based molecular sensors
• CHNG Shu Sin – bacterial membrane biogenesis; lipid transport; membrane protein and lipid chemistry
• Thorsten WOHLAND – fluorescence (cross)-correlation spectroscopy; transmembrane protein receptors and membranes
• WEI Jiangbo – RNA modification
• YAO Shao Qin – catalomics; activity/affinity-based profiling; small molecule microarrays; drug delivery
• ZHAO Ziqing, Winston – single-molecule/super-resolution imaging; chromatin architecture and dynamics; biomolecular phase separation
• ZHU Ru-Yi – RNA/DNA modification for biomedical applications and therapeutics; RNA-binding small molecules, DNA-small molecule catalysts for catalysis

Environmental and Analytical Chemistry

• LI Fong Yau, Sam – environmental analysis; water treatment; waste to energy; metabolomics; capillary electrophoresis
• YEO Boon Siang, Jason – materials to catalyze energy conversion reactions; carbon dioxide reduction; water splitting

Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

• HUYNH Han Vinh – coordination chemistry; N-heterocyclic carbene (NHCs) and applications in catalysis
• YIP Hon Kay, John – inorganic supramolecular chemistry; inorganic-  and organometallic-based photocatalysis

Microscopy and Spectroscopy

• Thorsten WOHLAND – fluorescence (cross)-correlation spectroscopy; transmembrane protein receptors and membranes
• XU Qing-Hua – nanophotonics; plasmonics;  bophotonics; optoelectronics; optical spectroscopy and imaging
• ZHAO Ziqing, Winston – single-molecule/super-resolution imaging; chromatin architecture and dynamics; biomolecular phase separation

Surface Chemistry

• CHEN Wei – molecular, organic and graphene electronics; interface engineering; nanocatalysis
• PARK Somin – Synthesis, Surface Chemistry, Optoelectronics
• XU Guo Qin – surface chemistry; nanostructures and photocatalysis

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

• Ryan P. A. BETTENS – first-principle molecular dynamics; enzyme-substrate interactions; water and its interactions
• KANG Hway Chuan – Electronic structure and reactivity of nanoclusters; sputtering dynamics
• Liviu UNGUR – electronic structure theory; crystal and ligand field models; single molecule magnets
• OU Pengfei – Computational Catalysis, Electrochemistry, AI/ML
• WONG Ming Wah, Richard – electronic structure theory; crystal and ligand field models; single molecule magnets
• ZHANG Chun – molecular electronics; nanocatalysis