Dr Andy Tay is a Presidential Young Professor at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) College
of Design and Engineering, and a Principal Investigator in the NUS Institute for Health Innovation &
Technology (iHealthtech) and the NUS Tissue Engineering Programme under the NUS Life Sciences
Institute. He is leading the emerging field of immuno-engineering, where new biomaterials are
designed to modulate immune cells and their tissue environments to improve recovery from diseases
such as diabetic ulcers and cancer. Dr Tay receives the President’s Science and Technology Award – Young Scientist Award 2025.