Awards:
[1] Teaching Commendation Award (AY15/16; AY16/17)
[2] Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship (Lee Kuan Yew Endowment Fund, 2014) (declined)
Qualification
Ph.D (Physics) National University of Singapore
Modules Taught
[1] PC1433 – Mechanics and Waves
[2] PC2130B – Applied Quantum Mechanics
[3] ESP2109 – Mechanical Properties of Materials and Structural Dynamics
[4] ESP3902 – Major Design Project
[3] ESP2106 – Principles of Continua
Research Interests
[1] Multiscale modeling and simulation – density functional theory (DFT), molecular dynamics (MD), and finite element method (FEM) – for understanding fundamental SCIENCE principles and solving multiphysical ENGINEERING problems.
[2] Materials Informatics – Machine-learning-aided and data-driven computational discovery & design for advanced materials.
Selected Publications
Recent publications (2018)
[1] “Efficient Charge-Spin Conversion and Magnetization Switching though Rashba Effect at Topological Insulator/Ag Interface” Physical Review B (Rapid Comm.), 97, 041115(R) (2018)
[2] “Large valley splitting in monolayer WS2 by proximity coupling to an insulating antiferromagnetic substrate” Physical Review B (Rapid Comm.), 97, 041405(R) (2018)
[3] “Ferromagnetism and matrix-dependent charge transfer in strained LaMnO3–LaCoO3 superlattices” Material Research Letters, 6, 501-507 (2018)
[4] “Ti1-xSnxO2 Nanofilms: Layer-by-layer Deposition with extended Sn solubility and Characterization” Applied Science Surface, 428, 710 (2018)
[5] “Robust two-dimensional bipolar magnetic semiconductors by defect engineering” J. Maters. Chem. C, 6, 8435 (2018)
[6] “One-dimensional Thermoelectrics Induced by Rashba Spin-orbit Coupling in Two-dimensional BiSb Monolayer” Nano Energy, 52, 163-170 (2018)
[7] “Identification of Experimentally Synthesizable Layered Electrides by High-Throughput Screening” Chemistry of Materials, (2018)
[8] “High-throughput Computational Screening of Vertical 2D van der Waals Heterostructures for High-efficiency Excitonic Solar Cells” ACS materials & Inteface 10, 32142-32150 (2018)
[9] “Identification of facet-governing-descriptor in haematite for oxygen evolution” Advanced Materials, 1804341 (2018)
[10] “Ordered-disordered homojunction with full solar spectrum harvesting for topotactic photonic-phononic enabled catalysis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2018)
[11] “Unravelling uniaxial strain effects on electronic correlations, hybridization and bonding in transition metal oxides” Acta Materia, 164, 618 (2018)
[12] “Stimulated Activity of In-Plane MOF-derived MoS2 Basal Domains via Charge Injection for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution” submitted (2018)
[13] “Bottom-up Design of 2D Intrinsic Ferromagnets with Self-assembled MnSr9 Magnetic Superatom” submitted (2018)
[14] “Electrically Controlled Spin-switch and Evolution of Hanle Spin Precession in Graphene” submitted (2018)
[15] “Two-dimensional Dirac Semimetal as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts in Boron Honeycomb Layer” submitted (2018)