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![]() MATH Anders Gustavsson Senior Lecturer Investigates rational and harmonic approximation through potential theory, connecting mathematical analysis with the geometric conditions that govern how functions can be represented. | ![]() MATH Andrew James Kricker Associate Professor; Director of URECA Distils the topology of knots and three-dimensional spaces into algebraic invariants, uncovering connections between geometry, combinatorial diagrams and mathematical physics. | ![]() PHYSICS Annalisa Bruno Associate Professor Turns perovskite semiconductors into efficient solar cells and light-emitting devices, advancing scalable fabrication and transparent photovoltaics for energy-generating buildings. | ![]() MATH Ariel Neufeld Associate Professor Builds mathematically grounded AI for decisions under uncertainty, combining stochastic control, robust optimization and high-dimensional computation for finance and insurance. |
![]() MATH Bei Xiaohui Associate Professor Designs algorithms and market mechanisms that balance fairness, efficiency and incentives, from sharing computational resources to allocating goods and matching buyers with sellers. | ![]() PHYSICS Bent Weber Associate Professor Pushes electronics to atomic dimensions, using scanning tunnelling microscopy and quantum transport to uncover and control the electronic properties of two-dimensional and topological materials. | ![]() MATH Bernhard Schmidt Professor Resolves existence questions in finite geometry and combinatorial design, bringing algebraic number theory to bear on highly symmetric configurations and structured matrices. | ![]() PHYSICS Cesare Soci Professor; Acting Director, Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies Engineers nanoscale light sources, detectors and optical materials, translating light–matter physics into technologies for sensing, imaging and quantum information. |
![]() MATH Chan Song Heng Associate Professor Uncovers identities and hidden structure in integer partitions, q-series and special functions, extending Ramanujan's legacy through analytic and combinatorial methods. | ![]() MATH Cheong Kang Hao Associate Professor; Assistant Dean (Continuing Education and Training) Finds when switching strategies turns losing outcomes into winning ones, connecting game theory, complex-system dynamics and machine learning to biological and social decisions. | ![]() PHYSICS Cheong Siew Ann Associate Professor; Deputy Director, Complexity Institute Maps the structure of complex systems, using statistical physics and networks to understand collective behaviour, systemic risk and the evolution of scientific knowledge. | ![]() PHYSICS Chew Lock Yue Professor Uncovers how synchronisation, fluctuations and information processing shape complex systems, connecting nonlinear dynamics to quantum thermodynamics and collective behaviour in transport. |
![]() PHYSICS Chia Ee Min, Elbert Associate Professor Probes quantum materials with ultrafast femtosecond and terahertz spectroscopy, resolving carrier dynamics and competing superconducting, magnetic and electronic orders. | ![]() PHYSICS Chong Yidong Professor (NRF Investigator); Assistant Dean (Communications), College of Science; Director, CN Yang Scholars Programme A pioneer of topological photonics and originator of coherent perfect absorption, he designs wave systems that harness topology, amplification and loss to control light. | ![]() PHYSICS Christos Panagopoulos Professor Uncovers and engineers emergent quantum matter, making major advances in topological magnetism, unconventional superconductivity and magnetic structures for nanoscale information technologies. | ![]() MATH Chua Chek Beng Associate Professor Builds optimisation algorithms from the geometry of convex cones, deriving efficient methods and rigorous guarantees for semidefinite and other continuous optimisation problems. |
![]() MATH Cyrus Mostajeran Nanyang Assistant Professor (NRF Fellow) Harnesses geometry to design shape-changing materials and learning algorithms, translating curved spaces into practical tools for optimization, data analysis and robotics. | ![]() MATH Daniel Paulin Associate Professor Quantifies the accuracy of probabilistic computation, proving convergence guarantees and designing efficient sampling methods for uncertainty assessment in large-scale Bayesian models. | ![]() MATH Dau Hai Dang Nanyang Assistant Professor Designs sampling algorithms that make complex probability models computationally tractable, linking Monte Carlo methods, diffusion-based generative models and rigorous Bayesian inference. | ![]() PHYSICS David Wilkowski Associate Professor Creates synthetic gauge fields in ultracold matter, harnessing coherent atomic dynamics and geometric control for quantum simulation, precision sensing and quantum technologies. |
![]() PHYSICS Endao Han Assistant Professor Reveals how soft matter acquires strength and living matter organises itself, uncovering the mechanics behind dense suspensions, active materials and bacterial collective behaviour. | ![]() PHYSICS Fan Hongjin Professor Engineers nanostructured materials for batteries and hydrogen production, translating control of surfaces and interfaces into flexible energy devices and efficient electrocatalysts. | ![]() MATH Fedor Duzhin Senior Lecturer Uses topology to study geometric dynamics and complex data, while building learning-analytics tools for fair assessment and collaborative mathematics education. | ![]() MATH Florian Rossmannek Nanyang Assistant Professor Establishes the mathematical foundations of learning dynamical systems, revealing when neural and state-space models retain memory, generate data and train reliably. |
![]() MATH Francois Joachim Marcel Gay-Balmaz Associate Professor Formulates geometric theories of fluids and thermodynamics, building models and numerical methods that preserve physical structure while capturing irreversible processes. | ![]() MATH Gary Royden Watson Greaves Assistant Professor Resolves extremal questions about geometric configurations and graphs, combining algebra, number theory and computation to determine the limits of highly symmetric structures. | ![]() PHYSICS Gu Mile Professor (NRF Investigator) Designs memory-efficient quantum models of complex processes, uncovering how quantum information reduces the resources required for simulation and information processing. | ![]() MATH Guo Jian Associate Professor; Programme Director, Master of Science in Cybersecurity (Applied Cryptography) (MSCS) Exposes weaknesses in cryptographic designs, developing attacks and lightweight primitives that sharpen the security of hashes, ciphers and authenticated encryption. |
![]() PHYSICS Guoqing Chang Nanyang Assistant Professor (NRF Fellow) Predicts unconventional topological matter ab-initio, revealing how quantum geometry and symmetry shape electronic, magnetic and optical responses in emerging quantum materials. | ![]() MATH Hemant Tyagi Nanyang Associate Professor Recovers hidden structure from incomplete and noisy data, devising provable algorithms for high-dimensional signals, networks and evolving dynamical systems. | ![]() PHYSICS Ho Shen Yong Principal Lecturer; Associate Dean (Students), College of Science; Director, Making and Tinkering Programme; Provost’s Chair in Physics Designs physics learning around experimentation and student-built prototypes, developing inquiry activities that connect physical principles to creative solutions for real-world problems. | ![]() MATH Hoang Viet Ha Associate Professor; Assistant Chair (Academic) Bridges microscopic structure and macroscopic behaviour, building rigorous multiscale methods for differential equations with complex materials, randomness and uncertainty. |
![]() MATH Jeremie Houssineau Assistant Professor Rethinks inference under uncertainty, combining probability and possibility theory to build robust learning methods when observations are noisy and knowledge is incomplete. | ![]() MATH Juan-Pablo Ortega Professor; Lee Soo Ying Professor of Mathematics; Head, Mathematical Sciences; Associate Chair (Faculty) Connects geometric mechanics with the mathematics of learning, establishing how dynamical systems encode memory, respect symmetry and support reliable forecasting. | ![]() PHYSICS Justin Song Associate Professor; Associate Chair (Students); Provost’s Chair in Physics Mesoscopic theories to reveal how quantum geometry, electron correlations and nonequilibrium dynamics shape transport and light–matter interactions in two-dimensional quantum matter. | ![]() PHYSICS Kai Xue Assistant Professor Resolves biomolecular structure and motion with NMR spectroscopy, uncovering the physical behaviour of protein condensates, membrane-associated assemblies and biological soft matter. |
![]() MATH Kiah Han Mao Assistant Professor Engineers error-correcting mathematics for reliable information, from DNA data storage and sequence reconstruction to efficient, private computation across distributed systems. | ![]() PHYSICS Koh Teck Seng Senior Lecturer; Assistant Chair (Education & Pedagogy Development) Designs semiconductor spin-qubit control protocols and quantifies how noise and physical constraints limit the accuracy of quantum gates. | ![]() MATH Ku Cheng Yeaw Senior Lecturer Determines the limits of combinatorial structure, using algebra and graph spectra to characterize extremal families of permutations, partitions and discrete configurations. | ![]() PHYSICS Kyungtak Lim Assistant Professor Reveals how magnetic geometry shapes fusion-plasma behaviour, using advanced simulations to understand turbulence, impurity transport, confinement and the heat loads on reactor components. |
![]() PHYSICS Lee Soo Ying Emeritus Professor Deciphers molecular motion through ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy, developing quantum theories that connect femtosecond Raman signals to vibrations, excited states and chemical reactions. | ![]() PHYSICS Leek Meng Lee Senior Lecturer; Assistant Chair (Academic) Develops detailed mathematical treatments of electrodynamics and field theory, with interests spanning condensed-matter physics, quantum geometric phases and quantum gravity. | ![]() MATH Leonard Huang Lecturer Extends the mathematics of symmetry and quantum representations, connecting operator algebras, noncommutative geometry and the structures underlying mathematical physics. | ![]() PHYSICS Lew Wen Siang Professor Controls nanoscale magnetism to implement programmable logic and nonvolatile memory, combining spintronic materials, device fabrication and magnetic dynamics for computing hardware. |
![]() MATH Li Yi Associate Professor Distils massive datasets into compact computational summaries, designing algorithms that extract reliable answers with limited memory, measurements and communication. | ![]() PHYSICS Lim Gerard Joseph Lecturer Develops nanomagnetic devices for reconfigurable logic and emerging memory, combining control of magnetic switching with nanofabrication and the translation of spintronics into computing hardware. | ![]() MATH Lim Kay Jin Senior Lecturer; Programme Director, Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) Deciphers algebraic representations of symmetry, linking the structure of finite-dimensional algebras to combinatorics, geometry and the complexity of their modules. | ![]() MATH Ling San Distinguished Nanyang Professor Turns algebra and number theory into foundations for secure communication, spanning error-correcting codes, post-quantum cryptography and the arithmetic of modular curves. |
![]() PHYSICS Marek Gluza Nanyang Assistant Professor Creates quantum algorithms for simulation and optimisation, combining mathematical physics with new methods for preparing quantum states and understanding many-body dynamics. | ![]() MATH Martianus Frederic Ezerman Senior Lecturer Constructs algebraic codes and discrete structures for reliable classical and quantum information, deriving error-correction guarantees and efficient methods for generating cryptographic sequences. | ![]() PHYSICS Massimo Pica Ciamarra Associate Professor; Assistant Chair (Internship) Develops microscopic descriptions of glass formation, jamming and disordered solids, connecting particle-scale structure to rigidity, unusual vibrations and collective dynamics. | ![]() MATH Michele Nguyen Assistant Professor Maps how changing environments affect disease and disaster risk, developing spatial and extreme-event statistics to strengthen public-health preparedness and resilience. |
![]() MATH Milind Hegde Nanyang Assistant Professor Uncovers universal patterns in random growth, using probability and geometry to explain why different fluctuating interfaces obey the same mathematical laws. | ![]() MATH Mu Yue Lecturer Reveals meaningful subgroups in complex data, developing sparse statistical learning methods that connect high-dimensional inference with disease modelling and public-health decisions. | ![]() PHYSICS Ng Huei Ying, Nelly Nanyang Assistant Professor Establishes what quantum thermodynamics permits, showing how catalysts unlock state transformations and where finite energy and size place fundamental limits on them. | ![]() MATH Ng Keng Meng Professor; Associate Chair (Undergraduate Studies) Probes the boundaries of computation and randomness, determining what information algorithms can recover and which mathematical principles are needed to recover it. |
![]() MATH Nicolas Privault Professor Transforms stochastic calculus into tools for complex systems, deriving probability laws and computational methods for random networks, nonlinear equations and financial models. | ![]() MATH Nikolay Bazhenov Associate Professor Determines what algorithms can learn and recognise about mathematical structures, connecting computability, logic and topology to the limits of effective classification. | ![]() MATH Okada Emile Takahiro Nanyang Assistant Professor Unravels the representation theory behind the Langlands programme, using geometry and harmonic analysis to connect p-adic symmetries with their arithmetic invariants. | ![]() MATH Pan Guangming Professor Separates signal from noise in high-dimensional data, establishing random-matrix laws that underpin modern inference, covariance estimation and the analysis of complex models. |
![]() PHYSICS Phan Anh Tuân Lee Soo Ying Professor in Biological Physics (NRF Investigator); Chair, SPMS Resolves DNA and RNA architecture through landmark G-quadruplex structural discoveries, connecting molecular folding to recognition, biological function and new therapeutic strategies. | ![]() PHYSICS Pinaki Sengupta Associate Professor Predicts exotic collective phases in quantum magnets, using microscopic theory and numerical simulation to uncover frustrated states, unconventional magnetic ordering and field-driven quantum transitions. | ![]() MATH Pun Chi Seng, Patrick Associate Professor; Associate Chair (Graduate Studies); Programme Director, Master of Science in Financial Technology (MSFT) Designs decisions that withstand model uncertainty, integrating stochastic control and statistical learning to tackle financial risk, changing preferences and high-dimensional data. | |
![]() PHYSICS Rainer Dumke Associate Professor; Associate Chair (Research); Head, Physics and Applied Physics Builds quantum processors and precision sensors from superconducting circuits and ultracold atoms, and co-founded AQSolotl to bring quantum-control hardware out of the laboratory. | ![]() PHYSICS S.N. Piramanayagam Associate Professor Tailors magnetic thin films and nanostructures for recording and spin-wave devices, developing materials platforms for memory and brain-inspired computing. | ![]() MATH Seok Young Hong Assistant Professor Decodes financial-market risk from large-scale time series, devising statistical methods that distinguish extreme price movements and extract structure from noisy trading data. | ![]() PHYSICS Shilei Ding Assistant Professor Harnesses orbital and spin currents to control magnetism, investigating new routes to efficient magnetic memory and logic in thin films and quantum materials. |
![]() MATH Stephane Vannitsem Professor (Practice) Quantifies the predictability of weather and climate, using chaos theory and information flow to untangle multiscale dynamics and improve probabilistic forecasting. | ![]() PHYSICS Su Rui Nanyang Assistant Professor Harnesses strong light–matter coupling in semiconductor microcavities, advancing room-temperature polariton physics and coherent, nonlinear and topological photonic devices. | ![]() PHYSICS Sum Tze Chien Professor (NRF Investigator); Associate Dean (Research), College of Science; Director, Institute of Advanced Studies Deciphers the photophysics of perovskites, revealing how light and charge behave in these semiconductors to guide their development for solar energy and light-emitting technologies. | ![]() MATH Tang Wee Kee Principal Lecturer; Assistant Chair (Outreach and Educational Transformation) Characterizes the geometry and complexity of function spaces, uncovering how smoothness, convexity and controlled discontinuity determine their mathematical structure. |
![]() MATH Thomas Peyrin Professor (NRF Investigator); Assistant Chair (Research and Graduate Studies) Exposes the limits of digital security and designs stronger cryptographic primitives, combining landmark cryptanalysis with lightweight encryption and automated security methods. | ![]() PHYSICS Timothy C.H Liew Associate Professor Develops theories of interacting polaritons and their quantum dynamics, identifying routes to optical devices, information processing and collective light–matter phenomena. | ![]() MATH Tong Ping Associate Professor; Programme Director, Master of Science in Modelling and Simulation (MSMS) Images the Earth’s hidden interior through mathematical inversion, developing seismic-wave models and tomography methods that reveal subsurface structure across multiple scales. | ![]() MATH Tushar Vaidya Lecturer Connects stochastic dynamics with quantum algorithms, establishing how interacting systems reach agreement and how quantum computation can tackle high-dimensional mathematical problems. |
![]() MATH Wang Huaxiong Professor; President’s Chair in Cryptology Constructs cryptographic systems that protect information while enabling its use, spanning privacy-preserving computation, secret sharing and security against future quantum attacks. | ![]() MATH Wang Li-Lian Professor Develops high-accuracy algorithms for scientific computation, establishing spectral methods that capture complex waves, nonlocal dynamics and solutions beyond standard smoothness assumptions. | ![]() PHYSICS Wang Xiao, Renshaw Associate Professor; Assistant Chair (Facilities, IT, Safety & Health); Programme Director, Masters in Precision Scientific Instrumentation Programme Engineers quantum-material interfaces to control electronic and magnetic behaviour, combining low-dimensional materials and heterostructures for new electronics and spintronic devices. | ![]() MATH Wu Guohua Associate Professor Charts the logical structure of computational difficulty, connecting degrees of unsolvability with information complexity and effective methods in analysis, algebra and combinatorics. |
![]() MATH Wu Hongjun Associate Professor Creates award-winning encryption algorithms and probes their security, designing fast and lightweight cryptography for systems with demanding performance and resource constraints. | ![]() PHYSICS Xavier Garbet Professor; Temasek Professor in Clean Energy Known for his contributions to turbulent transport theory in fusion plasmas, he tackles heat loss and instabilities that govern magnetic confinement critical for fusion energy. | ![]() MATH Xia Kelin Associate Professor Turns molecular shape and topology into predictive AI, developing mathematical representations that reveal biomolecular interactions and guide the design of drugs and materials. | ![]() MATH Xiang Liming Associate Professor Extracts reliable evidence from complex health data, designing statistical methods for survival outcomes, hidden heterogeneity and incomplete or correlated observations. |
![]() MATH Yan Zhenzhen Associate Professor; Assistant Chair (Students) Optimizes prices, networks and services under uncertainty, turning data about demand and behaviour into better decisions for retail, supply chains and healthcare. | ![]() PHYSICS Yang Bo Associate Professor; Assistant Chair (Students); Director, Odyssey Leaders in Science Programme Reveals how geometry and interactions create topological quantum matter, developing microscopic theories of fractional quantum Hall systems and collective behaviour in complex systems. | ![]() PHYSICS Yijie Shen Nanyang Assistant Professor Structures light in space and time, creating optical skyrmions and topological field textures for new approaches to information encoding and optical measurement. | ![]() PHYSICS Yong Ee Hou Senior Lecturer; Assistant Chair (Outreach) Models the geometry and mechanics of living matter, connecting biopolymer structure, biological form and collective behaviour through statistical physics and computation. |
![]() MATH Yongcun Song Assistant Professor Accelerates the control and simulation of complex systems, combining numerical optimization with machine learning to solve challenging equations and reuse their solutions. | ![]() PHYSICS Zhang Baile Professor; President’s Chair in Physics; Assistant Chair (Research & Graduate Studies) Bends light and sound around obstacles and along protected pathways, advancing visible-light cloaking, acoustic topological states and electrically pumped topological lasers. | ![]() PHYSICS Zhisong Qu Assistant Professor Formulates theories and computational models of fusion plasmas, revealing how magnetic geometry and energetic particles govern confinement, stability and transport. | ![]() MATH Zhongjian Wang Assistant Professor Brings rigorous analysis to generative AI and scientific simulation, developing learning and particle methods that capture complex transport, randomness and multiscale dynamics. |
Cross Appointments (18) | |||
![]() MATH; PHYSICS Jayne Thompson Associate Professor Designs quantum agents and algorithms that push beyond classical limits, uncovering how quantum information can reduce the memory and energy costs of adaptive computation. | |||
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