Associate Professor Tong Yen Wah and his team of researchers conduct a pilot trial for food waste treatment at the East Coast Lagoon Food Village using an anaerobic digester system to reduce waste in Singapore and turn food scraps into a green energy resource. Read more at this website: https://news.nus.edu.sg/food-waste-at-east-coast-lagoon-food-village-to-be-turned-into-energy-and-fertiliser-under-pilot-project

Three of our Department’s Faculty Members, Professor Liu Bin, Assoc Professor Sibudjing Kawi and Assoc Professor Xie Jianping have been recognized as some of the world’s most highly cited researchers in the Highly Cited Researchers 2021 List published by data analytics firm Clarivate. The highly-anticipated annual list, comprising 6,602 researchers from more than 70 countries

Seven ChBE researchers will lead new projects on lowering carbon emission 8 November 2021   On Oct. 25, 2021, the Singapore Government announced funding of 12 research projects to develop new technologies for reducing carbon emission (total funding size: 55 million SGD [~41 million USD]). Seven of these projects will be led by researchers from

Prof Liu, Head of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department and NUS Provost’s Chair Professor, has bagged the Kabiller Young Investigator’s Award in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine. Read more about it here: https://news.nus.edu.sg/prof-liu-bin-bags-kabiller-young-investigators-award/ Professor Liu Bin’s primary research interest is to innovate chemistry and materials with a focus on the design, synthesis and application of organic molecules

Aug. 28, 2021 Professor Javier Pérez-Ramírez is a Professor at the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering of the ETH Zurich. He is also the Isaac Manasseh Meyer Visiting Professor at NUS, actively managing the NUS Flagship Green Energy Program as its Director. Recently, Prof. Pérez-Ramírez received the Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis, a prestigious

Aug. 11, 2021 Professor Wang Chi-Hwa from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), received the Long Service Medal, a Singapore National Day Award. Prof. Wang has served in the department for more than 25 years and made outstanding contributions to its education, research and services. Prof. Wang’s recent teaching

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department receives the Commitment Award for the NUS Safety and Heath Awards (NUSSHA) 2020. The Commitment Award is given to departments in recognition of their efforts in implementing a progressive safety and health management system. The NUS Safety & Health Award (NUSSHA) scheme rewards and recognizes Departments, Research Institutes/Centres and Administrative

June 9, 2021 Based on her outstanding works in developing functional molecules/materials and her excellence in communicating science, Professor Liu Bin from National University of Singapore (NUS) has received Royal Society of Chemistry’s Centenary Prize this year. This prestigious award has a history of more than 70 years and is awarded to no more than

June 8, 2021 Automated reactors play critical roles in reducing the manufacturing cost of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). They may also enable on demand production of APIs when a supply chain is partially disrupted by a disease outbreak due to their intrinsic programmability. Flow reactors are instrumental in achieving the required degree of automation, but

29 April 2021 Drs. Gaurav Bhattacharjee and Lu Kangjia from the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) at National University of Singapore (NUS) are among the 2021 Class of Forbes 30 under 30 Asia. Forbes gives the honor this year to 300 top entrepreneurs under 30 years old in Asia. The hororees have been

Two Assistant Professors from NUS Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Drs. Sergey Kozlov and Wang Lei) were awarded with the Singapore NRF Fellowship (Class of 2021, total number of recipients: 13). The Fellowship from National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore provides five-year research grants (up to S$3 million each) to early career researchers to develop

Our Department was recently awarded the NUS Safety & Health Commitment Award 2020. The NUS Safety & Health Awards 2020 is a programme to give recognition to NUS Faculties, Departments, and Research Centres/Institutes (henceforth known as department) which have implemented an effective department safety and health management system (DSHMS) that would help reduce accidents and incidents