Principal Investigator
Sing Yian CHEW, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering
Fellow of TERM
Associate Editor, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
B. Eng: Nanyang Technological University
Ph. D.: Johns Hopkins University
Email: sychew_at_ntu.edu.sg
Graduate Students
Chi-Han CHENG (Zona CHENG)
1st year Ph.D. candidate
B.S.: Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Masters: Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Research Interests:
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery
Email: CCHENG022_at_e.ntu.edu.sg
Chongquan HUANG
4th year Ph.D. candidate
B.Eng.: Beihang University, SBME, China
M.Med.: Beihang University, SBME, China
Research Interests:
Biomaterials & tissue engineering methods for neural regeneration; neuroprotective/neuroregenerative effects of glial cells
Email: G210004_at_e.ntu.edu.sg
Isabelle LEE Xin Yu
1st year Ph.D. candidate
B.Sc.: Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
Research Interests:
Tissue engineering, Cornea, Nerve regeneration, Drug Delivery
Email: ILEE015_at_e.ntu.edu.sg
Wei JU
4th year Ph.D. candidate
Masters: Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, China
Research Interests:
Neural tissue engineering; Spinal cord injury treatment
Email: WEI012_at_e.ntu.edu.sg
Research Fellows
Christy KWOKDINATA, Ph.D.
B.Eng.: Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
Ph.D.: Nanyang Technological University
Research Interests:
Biomaterials, Neural tissue engineering
Email: CHRISTYK001_at_e.ntu.edu.sg
Ruby SINGH, Ph.D.
Ph. D.: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
Research Interests:
Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, Nanofabrication, Biomaterials
Email: Ruby.singh_at_ntu.edu.sg
Jianhui WU, Ph.D.
B.Eng.: Yanshan University
M.Eng.: Hunan University
Ph.D.: Zhejiang University
Research Interests:
Electrical single cell analysis, Magnetic resonance relaxometry
Email: jianhui.wu_at_ntu.edu.sg
ZHOU Mi, M.D., Ph.D.
M.B..: Chongqing Medical University
M.S.: Tianjin Medical University
Ph.D.: Tianjin Medical University
Research Interests:
Spinal cord injury, Peripheral nerve injury, Neural regeneration,
Stem cell transplantation, Biomaterial scaffolds
Email: mi.zhou_at_ntu.edu.sg
Research Associate / Project Officer / Research Assistant
CHAI Li Xuan (Kyra)
Masters: The Australian National University, Canberra Australia
Research Interests:
Bioengineering, Neuroplasticity, stem cell culture
Email: Kyra.chai_at_ntu.edu.sg
Interns
XIE Yuhan
Duke Kunshan University, Jiangsu, China
Research Interests:
Bioengineering, neural tissue engineering, behavioural sciences
Email: N2500774G_at_e.ntu.edu.sg
ALUMNI
Graduate Students
Jerome TAN, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab 2026
Vincent LIN, Masters student, Chew Lab 2023
CHIN Jiah Shin, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab 2022
ZHANG Na, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab 2021
LIN Junquan, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab 2020
William ONG, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab 2020
Lan Huong NGUYEN, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab 2018
Xu JIANG, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab 2015
Wei Ching LOW, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab 2015, Currently: MacoPharma (Singapore)
Handarmin, Masters student, Chew Lab 2012
Ting LIU, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab, 2012
Haoqing CAO, Ph.D. student, Chew Lab, 2011, Currently: P&G (Singapore)
Research Fellows
Vaibavi RAMANUJAM, Currently postdoc, MSE, NTU
Daniel ROXBY, Currently postdoc, SMART CAMP
LIU Shiying, Currently postdoc, Duke-NUS
Mu-Huan LEE
Kieran LAU, Currently: Postdoc, University of Sydney
NGYUEN Tan Dai, Currently postdoc, A*Star BTI
Ulla MILBRETA
Cheryl LEE, Currently: Postdoc, A*Star IMCB
Nicolas Marinval, Currently: Postdoc, A*Star, IMB
Wai Hon CHOOI, Currently: Asst. Professor, Duke-NUS
Kunyu ZHANG, Currently: Professor, South China University of Technology
Vanja CNOPS
Coline PINESE, Currently: Faulté Des Sciences Pharmaceutiques Et Biologiques, Montpellier, France
Huajia DIAO
Winifred YAU
Pim-On RUJITANAROJ
Liya SHI
Bibekananda SUNDARAY
Research Associates / Project Officers
Nareekarn Chueakula (Kate)
Jiahui CHEN
Philip NGO
Yanfen PENG
Hitomi SHIRAHAMA
Udayappan Udhaya KUMARI
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