Professor Saif Khan

Head
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Saif A. KHAN is a Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) and Chair of the General Education Committee at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006, where he was an R. T. Haslam Presidential Fellow, and his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai in 2001, where he was a University gold medallist.

His research at NUS is focused on (re)imagining the next generation of sustainable, efficient and intelligent molecular manufacturing processes. His group has pioneered the development of novel microfluidics-based ‘factories’ for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and advanced materials in collaboration with several industrial partners worldwide. A thought leader in advanced manufacturing, Dr Khan currently leads two key verticals within the Pharmaceutical Innovation Programme Singapore (PIPS) - a country-wide industry-academia consortium with major industrial partners in the pharmaceutical (Pfizer, GSK, Merck) and agrochemical (Syngenta) sectors. He has also co-founded two start-up companies focused on advanced materials manufacture and ophthalmic drug delivery respectively.