Judge of CHS Case Competition 2023 – Solutions for Tomorrow
Staff Advisor of NUS Chemical Sciences Society (CSS), AY2018/2019 – Present
President’s Graduate Fellowship, 2009 – 2013
Research Interests
Blended Learning: Make learning more personalized, inclusive, and flexible for our students using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework.
Technology-enabled Active Learning (TEAL) & Peer Instruction: Enhance student learning and engagement through peer teaching & learning in a psychologically safe learning environment.
PeerWise Collaborative Learning: Deepen students’ understanding of threshold concepts in chemistry through co-creation of questions, collaborative learning, and social constructivism.
Teaching Contributions AY2023/2024
CM1102 Chemistry – The Central Science
CM3191 Chemical Synthesis Experiments
CM3292 Advanced Experiments in Physical & Analytical Chemistry
Representative Publications
Chong, Y.Y., Student Centric Instructional Design: 7 Strategies to Enhance Teaching & Learning. In the Teaching Think Tank series, Department of Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, May 17, 2022.
Chng, H. T.; Tay, S. E. R.; Low, I. C. C.; Ng, M. T. T.; Chong Y. Y., Motivating Students Pre- and during Challenging Times – A multidisciplinary perspective. In the Higher Education Campus Conference (e-HECC), NUS, Singapore, Dec 8, 2020.
Chong, Y. Y., 8am lectures – Every student’s (and teacher’s) Nightmare! 7 Simple Hacks to Make Learning More Engaging. In the Learning on NUS Campus 2019, Singapore, Nov 19, 2019.
Yap, C. P.; Chong, Y. Y.; Chwee, T. S.; Fan, W. Y., Electrocatalytic Proton Reduction by an Air-Stable Nickel( ii )-Thiolato PNN Pincer Complex.Dalt. Trans.2018,47, 8483–8488.
Chong, Y. Y.; Fan, W. Y., Facile Synthesis of Single Crystalline Rhenium Trioxide (ReO3) Nanocubes with High Catalytic Efficiency for Photodegradation of Azo Dye. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2013, 397, 18-23.
Chong, Y. Y.; Chow, W. Y.; Fan, W. Y., Preparation of Rhenium Nanoparticles via Pulsed-Laser Decomposition and Catalytic Studies. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2012, 369, 164-169.
Kee, J. W.; Chong, C. C.; Toh, C. K.; Chong, Y. Y.; Fan, W. Y., Stoichiometric H2 Production from H2O upon Mn2(CO)10 Photolysis. J. Organomet. Chem.2012,724, 1-6.
Chong, Y. Y.; Goh, W. B.; Tan, S. T.; Fan, W. Y., Catalytic Rate Enhancement Observed for Alkyne Hydrocarboxylation using Ruthenium Carbonyl-capped Nanostructures. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2010,348, 559-564.
