CHUA, Soo Jin

Dr Chua Soo Jin, （蔡树仁） Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Dr Soo-Jin Chua joined the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Singapore, the predecessor of the National University of Singapore, in 1978. In subsequent years while serving as an academic staff in NUS, he concurrently served in various capacities in research organizations as listed in the section below on “other related experiences”. His research area is in III-Nitrides grown by MOCVD, ZnO grown by hydrothermal synthesis, and fabrication of optoelectronic devices such as semiconductor lasers and optical waveguide components and applications of nanostructures and plasmonics in Optoelectronics.

Education:

Degrees with fields, institution, and date:
B.Eng (Electrical, 1st Class Hons), University of Singapore, 1974
Ph. D. (Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics), University of Wales, UK, 1977 (supported by scholarship from the university of Wales, UK.)

Number of years of service in NUS including date of original appointment and dates of advancement in rank:

1997 – 2017 – Professor
2017 – Jun. 2020 -Adjunct Professor
2020 – Present – Professor Emeritus:

Lecturer for NUSRI 3+1+1 programme “Semiconductor Optoelectronics” at NUS campus in Suzhou, China: 2017 – ongoing. Lecturer for BTech course TEE2002, TTG2401.

Specialization:

Semiconductor Optoelectronics Materials and Devices; MBE of As/P epitaxial films; MOCVD of Group III Nitrides; Integration of III-V compound semiconductors (InGaAs and InGaN) with Silicon; Solution Growth and PLD of ZnO; Semiconductor nanostructures. Plasmonics generation and detection.

Visiting Professor at the following universities to give seminars and lectures:

1. University Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China: Jun 2017; Jun 2017; Jul 2018; Jul 2019; Jun –Jul 2025
2. Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China: Jun- Jul 2017; Jul 2019
3. Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China : Oct – Nov 2016; Oct 2017; Sep 2018
4. NorthWest Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China: Oct – Nov 2017; Sep – Oct 2018. Nov – Dec 2019; Adjunct Professor, Northwest Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China. 2020 – 2023
5. Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Road, Nanjing, 210023, China, Nov – Dec 2018, “100 Prestigious Teachers Recruitment Program” of Nanjing University. Sept – Oct 2019
6. Shandong University, Jul 2020; Jul 2021; Jul, 2022; Jul 2024; Jul 2025.
7. Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, May – Jun 2024, Oct – Oct 2025; Foreign National Talent (2024 – 25)

Courses conducted:

1. Engineering Mathematics: Vector Calculus, Extremization, Special Functions, Partial Differential Equations (2^nd year undergraduate) 40 hrs
2. Semiconductor Optoelectronics (senior undergraduate) 40 hrs
3. Advanced Semiconductor Optoelectronics (graduate) 40 hrs
4. Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics (graduate) 40 hrs
5. Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices (undergraduate) 20 hrs
6. Semiconductors and Civilization (undergraduate) 20 hrs
7. LED Devices and Performances (36 hrs): Parameters of LED emission and their measurement, Materials and Defects, Structure and Packaging, LED reliability and Failure. (industry)
8. Optoelectronics for sustainability, energy efficiency and applications in the Digital Age. (undergraduate) 36 hrs
9. Microelectronics and Semiconductor Nanotechnology: Trends, Status and Engineering (industry) 36 hrs

Other related experience — teaching, industry, etc.:

• Programme committee member, International Workshop on Nitrides (IWN) 2026.
• Member of Editorial Board, Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Scilight, 1 Jan 2026 – ongoing.
• Technical Advisor, Applied Angstrom Technology 1 Sept 2023 – 31 Dec 2024.
• Consultant to MBE Technology Pte Ltd, November 1993 to Mar 2003; Electronic Components of General Electric (USA) Pte Ltd, GaAs LED Fabrication, Jul 1986 – Jul 1988.
• Section Editor “Semiconductors & Photonic: Materials and Device Physics, Journal of Physics D. (1 Jan 2019 – 31 Dec 2021).
• Principal Investigator, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) 2010 – 2016.
• Institute of Microelectronics (1999 -2005) Assistant Director.
• Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) Principal Scientist (2005 -2015); Deputy Executive Director (Industry) Oct 2002 – 2010; Co-Chair, IMRE Management Committee, 2010-2012; Member, Research and Innovation Committee (IMRE) 2012 – 2014; Cluster Director (2000 – 2005); Programme Director, Optoelectronics and Systems Cluster (Jan 1997 – Dec 2000)
• Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA), Deputy Director (Nov 98 – Jul 2014); Programme Chair – Advanced Materials (SMA), Nov 1998 – Jul 2001:
• Director, Centre for Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, NUS, 1990 – 2010
• Ontario-Singapore Academic Exchange Fellow: University of Toronto, University of Waterloo and McMaster University, Canada, Jun 1995.
• British Council Visiting Fellow: UMIST, Manchester, Apr – Jun 1990
• JICA Visiting Fellow, Kyoto University 25 Oct – 16 Nov, 1988
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdenist (DAAD) Scholar; Sabbatical at Fraunhofer Institute for Festkorper Technologie, Munich, West Germany. Jul 1981 to Mar 1982:
• Research Engineer, Standard Telecommunications Labs., Harlow, Essex, U.K. Oct 1977 to Oct 1978:
• IEEE Singapore Section:

Chairman, Continuing Education Committee, 1981 – 1983
Section Deputy Chairman, 1983 – 1984
Section Chairman, 1985 – 1986.

• IEEE Region 10 Chairman, Continuation Education Committee, 1987
• Vice Chairman, SPIE Singapore Chapter, 97-98, 2001- 2002

Consulting, patents, etc.:

• 45 patents under filed since 1999; 25 granted; 6 licensed.
• 21 consultancy projects with industry since 1986.

Research:

• Total number of journal publications > 580, Citations > 18,951
• Graduated 50 PhDs; 48 MEng students.

 Honors and awards:

• Humes Industries, University of Singapore, Book Prize 1971 (First in 1^st-year cohort of 300 Engineering students)
• United Engineers, University of Singapore, Book Prize 1974
• University of Wales, UK Research Scholarship 1974 – 1977
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Scholarship 1982
• MINDEF-NUS Award for outstanding contributions to Joint R&D, Jan 1995
• Best Poster Awards at International conferences: 4th National Symposium on Progress in Materials Research, 1998; 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology, Symposium J, 2005; Asia Display 2007, Mar 12 -15, 2007, Shanghai, PR China; 5th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology, Symposium O, 28 June – 3 July, 2009; 6th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology, Symposium A: Nanostructured Oxides, Interfaces, Heterostructures and Devices, ICMAT 2011, 26 Jun – 1 July, 2011.
• Teaching Excellence Award 1997/98, NUS.
• Outstanding University Researcher 1998, NUS.

Professional development activities in the last ten years:

• Taught 28 Professional courses (typically 30 hrs duration) to industry. Topics include Fundamentals of semiconductor lasers, VCSEL and DFB lasers; LED Technology, Performance and Reliability\; Operation, Performance and Testing of Infrared Detectors; Elements of Optics and Optoelectronics; Laser Operations, Technology and Applications; Fundamentals of Optics for Industrial Applications; Fiber Optics for Optical Communications; Physics, Technology and Reliability of Optoelectronic Devices,
• International Conference, Technical programme committee member – 24
• Chairman and co-chairman of international conferences – 15
• International conference Advisory Committee Member – 35
• Invited presentations in international conferences – Keynote 5, invited: 89.