Education
- Bachelor’s in Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) First Class Honours, NUS
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
- Brunel Research Fellow, Imperial College London
Research Interests
- Magnetic biomaterials
- Mechanobiology Medicine
- Immuno-engineering
Selected Awards & Honours
Academic & Entrepreneurship
- Early-Career Faculty Award, Interstellar Initiative, 2020
- Alessandro Chiabrera Award, Bioelectromagnetics Society, 2020
- Young Scientist, World Economic Forum, 2020
- NUS Development Grant, NUS, 2020
- Yamaguchi Medal, Asian Pacific Association for Biomechanics, 2019
- The III Siena Think Tank Young Investigator Fellowship, NIBIT Foundation, 2019
- Singapore Commonwealth Fellowship in Innovation, RSC Singapore, 2019
- Brunel Fellow, 1851 Royal Commission, 2019
- 30 Under 30, Forbes (4% acceptance rate), 2019
- Travel Award, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (1 of 5 awardees), 2019
- 8th Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar, University of Washington, 2018
- Harry M Showman Prize (Commencement Award), UCLA, 2018
- Travel Fellowship, 68th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting, 2018
- MRS Bulletin Postdoc Publication Prize, Materials Research Society (*Out of >120 applicants), 2017
- Springer These Prize, Springer, 2017
- SciFinder Future Leaders Program, American Chemical Society (out of >400 applicants), 2017
- Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience, Toshihiko Tokizane Brain Research Promotion Fund (1 of 5 awardees internationally), 2017
- IBRO-APRC Travel and Short Stay Fellowship, IBRO, 2017
- Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australia Department of Education, 2017
- University Fellowship, UCLA, 2016
- Helmsley Fellowship, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2016
Science Communication & Advocacy
- Global Engagement Seed Grant, IBRO
- Creativity in Research Scholars Program, Stanford Design School, 2019
- Visiting Research Fellowship, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Sydney, 2017
- Fellow, ASEAN Science Leadership Program, 2017
- Travel Fellowship for Week of International Scientific Young Talents, Universcience, 2017
Community Service & Leadership
- One Young World Scholarship, Gilead Biosciences, 2019
- Queen’s Young Leader Award, Highly Commended Runner Up, 2017
Selected Journal Publications
- Andy Tay. The benefits of going small: Nanostructure for mammalian cell transfection. ACS Nano (2020).
- Andy Tay & Melosh, N. Transfection with nanostructured electro-injection is minimally perturbative. Advanced Therapeutics (2019).
- Andy Tay, Sohrabi, A., Poole, K., Seidlitis, S. & Di Carlo, D. 3D magnetic hyaluronic acid hydrogels for magneto-mechanical stimulation of primary dorsal root ganglion root neurons. Advanced Materials (2018).
- Andy Tay, Murray, C. & Di Carlo, D. Phenotypic selection of Magnetospirillum magneticum (AMB-1) over-producers using magnetic ratcheting. Advanced Functional Materials (2017).
- Andy Tay & Di Carlo, D. Magnetic nanoparticle-based mechanical stimulation for restoration of mechano-sensitive ion channel equilibrium in neuronal networks. Nano Letters (2017).
- Andy Tay, Kunze, A., Murray, C. & Di Carlo, D. Induction of calcium influx in cortical neural networks by nano-magnetic forces. ACS Nano (2016).
Selected Science Communication Publications
- Andy Tay. How to write a superb literature review. Nature (2020)
- Andy Tay. Illustrations: get your research the attention it deserves. Nature (2020)
- Andy Tay. Four reasons that young researchers should consider entrepreneurship training. Nature Index (2020)
- Andy Tay. When two scientists fall in love. The Scientist (2020)
- Andy Tay. Super-soldier T-cells fight cancer better after a transformational DNA delivery. The Conversation (2019)
- Andy Tay. Magnetic bacteria and their superpower attract researchers. The Conversation (2018).
Curriculum Vitae
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