Education:

  • B. Eng. (Hons.) (Materials Science and Engineering) with Minor in Business and Minor in Environmental Management (2007 – Nanyang Technological University)
  • M.S. (Environmental Science and Engineering) (2008 – Singapore Stanford Partnership)
  • Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering) (2014 – Nanyang Technological University)

Position Held:

  • Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute – Nanyang Technological University

    Research Associate (2012) – Research Fellow (2014) – Industrial Research Fellow (2016)

  • Phytosys Pte. Ltd. – Terrazenith Pte. Ltd. – start-up spin-off of NTU

    Director of Operations (2017)

  • School of Business and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University Singapore

    Sessional Lecturer (2019)

  • School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

    Research Fellow (2020) – Senior Research Fellow (2021)

Expertise:

  • Advanced Materials Characterization: XPS, TEM, FESEM-EDX, Raman Spectroscopy, AFM, FTIR, TGA, DSC, TMA, DMA.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Environmental Chemistry and Materials.
  • Electrochemistry and Applied Catalysis.

Publications

Enhancing dynamic energy return and performance of running shoes: Replacing talc with multi-walled carbon nanotubes derived from plastic wastes in midsole foam

ALD-made noble metal high entropy alloy nanofilm with sub-surface amorphization for enhanced hydrogen evolution

Developing a robust treatment of antibiotics removal using Bi2O3/Cdots synthesized via microwave-assisted precipitation optimized by central composite design

Sustainable utilization of Sedum plumbizincicola as superior hydrochar for efficient nutrients recovery

Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Using N-Doped ZnO/Carbon Dot (N-ZnO/CD) Nanocomposites Derived from Organic Soybean

Acetylated lignin from oil palm empty fruit bunches and its electrospun nanofibres with PVA: Potential carbon fibre precursor

Conformal Noble Metal High-Entropy Alloy Nanofilms by Atomic Layer Deposition for an Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Nanocomposite Foams with Balanced Mechanical Properties and Energy Return from EVA and CNT for the Midsole of Sports Footwear Application

Front Cover: Sustainable Production of Molybdenum Carbide (MXene) from Fruit Wastes for Improved Solar Evaporation (Chem. Eur. J. 2/2023)

Sustainable Production of Molybdenum Carbide (MXene) from Fruit Wastes for Improved Solar Evaporation

The New Materials for Battery Electrode Prototypes

Development of Core-Shell Rh@Pt and Rh@Ir Nanoparticle Thin Film Using Atomic Layer Deposition for HER Electrocatalysis Applications

The effect of multi-arc ion plating NiCr coating on interface characterization of ZrO2–Al2O3 ceramics reinforced iron-based composites

Interfacial characteristics and wear performances of iron matrix composites reinforced with zirconia-toughened alumina ceramic particles

Interfacial characterization and erosive wear performance of zirconia toughened alumina ceramics particles reinforced high chromium white cast irons composites

Conduction heat transfer switching using magnetic Fe x O y -decorated carbon-based nanomaterials

Developing Nickel/Graphene Nano Sheets as an alternative primary battery anode

Development of nitrogen-decorated carbon dots (NCDs) thermally conductive film for windows application

Effect of chromium on erosion-corrosion properties of ZrO2-Al2O3 particles reinforced Fe-based composites in artificial seawater slurries

Enhancing interfacial bonding of oxide ceramic particles/high manganese steel-based composites by NiCr alloy coating

Fabrication and wear property of NiCo coated ZrO2–Al2O3 ceramic particles reinforced high manganese steel-based composites

Facile method to synthesize of magnesium-graphene nano sheets for candidate of primary battery electrode

Noble metal alloy thin films by atomic layer deposition and rapid Joule heating

Sustainable development of graphitic carbon nanosheets from plastic wastes with efficient photothermal energy conversion for enhanced solar evaporation

Adsorption and Reaction Mechanisms of Direct Palladium Synthesis by ALD Using Pd(hfac)2 and Ozone on Si (100) Surface

Atomic layer deposition of palladium thin film from palladium (II) hexafluoroacetylacetonate and ozone reactant

Nd–Nb Co-doped SnO2/α-WO3 Electrochromic Materials: Enhanced Stability and Switching Properties

Novel Nd–Mo co-doped SnO2/α-WO3 electrochromic materials (ECs) for enhanced smart window performance

Atomic layer deposition of rhodium and palladium thin film using low-concentration ozone

Elucidation of abrasive wear and slurry erosion behavior of Fe matrix composites reinforced with metallic coating modified ZTAP ceramics

Hierarchical graphene/metal-organic framework composites with tailored wettability for separation of immiscible liquids

One-step construction of heterostructured metal-organics@Bi2O3 with improved photoinduced charge transfer and enhanced activity in photocatalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole under solar light irradiation

Construction of WO3-g-C3N4 composites as efficient photocatalysts for pharmaceutical degradation under visible light

Enhancing the catalytic activity of g-C3N4 through Me doping (Me = Cu, Co and Fe) for selective sulfathiazole degradation via redox-based advanced oxidation process

Facile fabrication of RGO-WO3 composites for effective visible light photocatalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole

Surface–active bismuth ferrite as superior peroxymonosulfate activator for aqueous sulfamethoxazole removal: Performance, mechanism and quantification of sulfate radical

Combined photocatalysis-separation processes for water treatment using hybrid photocatalytic membrane reactors

Magnetically recyclable Bi/Fe-based hierarchical nanostructures: Via self-assembly for environmental decontamination

Ag-decorated TiO2 photocatalytic membrane with hierarchical architecture: Photocatalytic and anti-bacterial activities

Asymmetric TiO2 hybrid photocatalytic ceramic membrane with porosity gradient: Effect of structure directing agent on the resulting membranes architecture and performances

High-permeability pluronic-based TiO2 hybrid photocatalytic membrane with hierarchical porosity: Fabrication, characterizations and performances

Preparation of carbon-sensitized and Fe-Er codoped TiO 2 with response surface methodology for bisphenol A photocatalytic degradation under visible-light irradiation

Mechanistic and thermodynamic studies of oxyanion sorption by various synthetic Mg/AI layered double hydroxides