On November 15, 2023, we welcomed representatives from Saudi Aramco—Mr. Mohammed A Al-Sadah and Mr. Francisco G Sabater—to explore possible partnerships with our Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department (ChBE) and to gain insights into our Master and PhD programmes. This visit marks the beginning of potential collaborations for both parties, and we look forward to

    Dr Cindy Lee and her team consisting of: Dr Yap Swee Kun, Dr Suraj Vasudevan, Jangam Sachin Vinayak, Qin Zhen, Henry Dass S/O Selvaraj and Tian Zinong received the Annual Digital Education Award 2023.

Dr Suraj received the Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2023.

Professor Xie Jianping has been appointed as Director of Tianjin University-NUS Joint Institute in Fuzhou (NUSRI Fuzhou) from 1 September 2023.

Associate Professor Yan Ning has been appointed as Director of the Centre for Hydrogen Innovations (CHI) from 1 September 2023.

Prof  Liu Bin received the Silver Public Administration Medal during this year’s National Day Awards.

Professor Praveen Linga was honoured with the prestigious Young Alumni Achiever Award 2023 by his alma mater, IIT Kharagpur. These awards recognise alumni aged 45 or younger who have demonstrated emerging and distinctive innovation, creativity, and success in their chosen careers. They offer an opportunity for current and future students of IIT Kharagpur to draw inspiration

  Congratulations to Dr Vishnu Sunil, who was supervised by Professor Chi-Hwa Wang, for receiving the Controlled Release Society (CRS) PhD Thesis Award in recognition of his outstanding doctoral research and scientific contributions to the field of controlled release. This highly competitive award is the highest recognition for PhD graduates in the field of delivery science. This

Professor Liu Bin has been named among the Asian Scientist 100, an annual honour roll of the region’s top researchers compiled by Asian Scientist Magazine. Click here for more details.

  PhD Student, Zhang Shiyu (Tianjin University Programme) under the supervision of Dr Zhang Sui (ChBE, NUS) and Prof Jiang Zhongyi (TJU), received the Poster Presentation Award in International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM) 2023 in Japan. ICOM is the most important conference in the membrane area that is held every 3 years.

Congratulations to Theo R. Terence for seizing the remarkable opportunity to participate in the 11th University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS) as a representative of both Singapore and the National University of Singapore. This prestigious event took place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. More details can be found through on IG or

Perovskite solar cells designed by Asst Prof Hou Yi, Mr Wang Xi, Dr Li Jia, and their team at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have achieved a world record efficiency of 24.35% with an active area of 1 cm2, paving the way for cheaper, more efficient, and durable solar cells. Refer this website for