Prof Ang graduated from Imperial College, UK in 1995 with BSc (Hons) First Class under the Singapore Armed Forces Merit Scholarship to serve in the Navy as a Naval Combat Officer. He retired from service in 2003 and chose to return to academia to pursue his PhD studies at EPFL, Switzerland till 2007 and then his postdoctoral research at MIT. He joined NUS in 2009 to embark on his independent academic career and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2015. Prof Ang’s current research lies at the intersection of inorganic chemistry and biology, and he is actively investigating new metal-containing compounds for use in cancer therapy and as targeted antibiotics. He is also passionate about the study of trace metals and their roles in flavour science, having co-founded a start-up company developing alternative protein products with meat-like flavours. Prof Ang is currently holding concurrent management appointments as an Associate Provost and a Vice Dean at the National University of Singapore. He also is the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances and Toxic Waste under NEA and represents Asia on the Executive Committee of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.  

Dr. Sasani Jayawardhana holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Colombo and a PhD from Swinburne University of Technology. Over the years her research work has spanned areas such as fiber-optic sensors, spectroscopic techniques, nanostructured surfaces and superhydrophobicity. Recognizing the growing importance of AI globally, she played a pivotal role in founding the ALOeKA research facility at the University of Colombo, which integrates machine learning with spectroscopic techniques for materials science applications. She is currently affiliated with the National University of Singapore as a lecturer, developing and delivering curricula that combine Artificial Intelligence with materials science and engineering, shaping the next generation of innovators in this dynamic field. 

As a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering, Dr Kuang emphasised creating a student-centered collaborative learning environment in his class.  He values team-based, systems thinking, and experiential learning through role-playing and aims to introduce these pedagogies in my courses.  For his disciplinary research, he is passionate about developing and applying sensor technologies for damage detection and health monitoring in civil structures.  Dr Kuang has also commercialised an optical fibre sensor educational kit which is presently used in several schools in Singapore and holds a patent on an extrinsic plastic optical fibre sensor and filed another patent under PTC for damage or deformation detection based on chemiluminescence.

Sow Chorng Haur received a B.Sc. Degree (1st Class) in Physics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1991.  After spending two more years at NUS for research, he received a M.Sc. degree in Physics.  He then went on to The University of Chicago and completed his Ph.D. degree in 1998 under a scholarship from NUS.  During the period 1999-2000, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Bell Laboratory, Lucent Technologies.  He returned and joined the Department of Physics, NUS in 2001. He is now a Professor in the Department of Physics.  He has authored and co-authored many papers in the field of nanoscience and nanomaterials.  Besides research, he has a strong interest in the development of effective teaching pedagogy.  He is the founding director of the FoS Science Demo Lab developing the concept of Minds-on Approach to Science Demonstration and Science Communication.  He has also contributed actively to the training of young scientists in mentoring young students in research projects.  Over the years, there have been about 105 research teams of high school, JC, and secondary school students who have completed their research projects in Prof Sow's lab.