Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department would like to congratulate the five winners of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 2021/2022 for their contributions to the Department. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recognizes Teaching Assistants (TAs) for their ability to demonstrate evidence of positive contribution to student learning and sustained effort in module/class preparation (e.g., prepare additional

Congratulations to Prof Praveen Linga on his breakthrough in carbon capture technology research, which could help the world reach carbon neutrality. Prof Praveen and his team shows that CO2  could be stored below ocean floor to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Click  the links below to read more about it: Straits Times article: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nus-researchers-find-way-to-store-co2-beneath-the-ocean-floor

March 1, 2022 Professor Liu Bin is among the 22 international members elected this year to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Prof. Liu is the Head of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) Department, National University of Singapore (NUS). She is also Provost’s Chair and NUS Senior Vice Provost (Faculty & Institutional Development).

Converting carbon dioxide into valuable and much needed chemicals using renewable electricity is a promising and environmentally sustainable route that mitigates greenhouse gas emissions. However, one of the long-standing challenges that limits the practical viability of this method has been the fact that only a small fraction of the CO2 is converted to usable molecules

The pharmaceutical industry and fine chemical industries produce a vast array of important drugs and consumer products that are ubiquitous in our daily lives. The manufacture of these molecules involves large quantities of organic solvents, which impose a significant economic, environmental and sustainability burdens on these manufacturing processes. It is typically challenging and often economically

Collaborative bacterial and yeast ‘factories’ make important plant hormone agrochemicals Hormones are critical to the growth and function of plants, much like they are for humans. Therefore, these molecules are an important class of agrochemicals that enable more nutrient-efficient plant growth, which is a critical need in land-scarce regions like Singapore. However, it is conventionally

Dr. Hou Yi from National University of Singapore (NUS) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) Department led a research project that has developed novel perovskite-based solar cells. These new cells’ energy conversion efficiency is 23.6%, which is substantially higher than the previous record of this type of solar cells (~20%). This new achievement brings the perovskite-based

Dr Lum Yanwei wins the ASEAN-ROK Award for Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation in the NEXT ASEAN Innovator category. This annual award is supported by the Republic of Korea (ROK), the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), and the ASEAN Committee of Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI) to encourage young scientists and engineers to

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