People

Research Group Alumni

Postdocs & Research Staff

• Marco T. Seidel, Lee Luan Yew Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2012 (Current Position: Director, Han's Laser Corp., Taoyuan, Taiwan)

• Kym L. Wells, 2010-2013

• Miriam Grace M. Enriquez, 2013-2015

• Avishek Ghosh, 2013-2015 (Current Position: Senior Technologist, Applied Materials)

• Zhang Zhengyang, 2015-2018 (Current Position: Lecturer at NTU-SPMS)

• Pawel Nowakowski 2016-2019

• Adriana Huerta Viga, 2017-2018 (Current Position: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)

• Leng Xuan 2018-2020 (Current Position: Lecturer at Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China)

• Le Duc Viet 2018-2021 (Currently a  PhD student in  EPFL, Switzerland)

• Do Thanh Nhut 2020-2022 (Currently a Postdoc Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

• Zhang Jianjun  2022-2023 (Associate Professor at China University of Geosciences, Wuhuan, China)

PhD & MSc Students

• Yan Suxia (PhD 2012), Associate Professor at Jiangsu University, China

• Zhang Zhengyang (Nanyang Postgraduate Scholarship, PhD 2013), Current Position: Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University

• Jérémy Rouxel (UTT-NTU Joint PhD Program, PhD 2015), Current Position: Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

• Liu Zhengtang (PhD 2016), Current Position: Associate Professor, Liaocheng University, China

• Zhang Cheng (PhD 2018), Current Position: Optical Engineer, Hesai Photonics Technologies, Shanghai

• M. Faisal Khyasudeen (PhD 2019), Current Position: Senior Lecturer, University of Malaya, Malaysia

• Do Thanh Nhut (Nanyang Postgraduate Scholarship, PhD 2020), Current Position: Postdoc Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Jamie Sim Hung Ni (MSc 2020), Current Position: Consultant, Ernst & Young

• Nguyen Hoang Long (PhD 2024). Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University.

• Kai Zhong (RUG-NTU Joint PhD 2025). Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School.

Undergraduates

• Wu Xing (URECA 06/07)

• Christline Ng Wei Ying (Summer Research 2007)

• Hong Huiting (Summer Research 2007)

• Zhang Zhengyang (Major FYP 08/09) 

• Murat Shagirov (Major FYP 08/09; Project Officer 2010/11)

• Jolene Lee Cui Ting (Summer Research 2008, Minor FYP 08/09)

• Lim Huey Wen (Summer Research 2008)

• Er Yaqin (Minor FYP 08/09)

• Jin Mengyi (URECA 08/09 & Major FYP 09/10)

• Liu Qianyin (Summer Research 2009)

• Shang Junhan (Summer Research 2009)

• Tan Tze Hwee (Summer Research 2009)

• Ferry Kuniawan (Minor FYP 09/10)

• See Hui Hui (Summer Research 2010)

• Tan Qiuting (Major FYP 10/11)

• Lee Zhiying (Summer Research 2011)

• Liew Yee Bey (Summer Research 2011)

• Karilynn Wee Kai Yun (Summer Research 2011)

• Muhammad Al-Atiqi (Summer Research 2011)

• Max Liu Xiu Yu (Minor FYP 11/12)

• Joan Kang Hwee San (Major FYP 11/12)

• Baeg Myeong Jun (Major FYP 11/12, Project Officer 12/13)

• Chia Yuguang (Summer Research 2012, Major FYP 13/14)

• Linda Ng Li Ru (Summer Research 2012)

• Goh Si Wei (Major FYP 12/13)

• Muhammad Zafir bin Mohamad (Major FYP 12/13)

• Choy Zheng Xuan (Major FYP 12/13)

• Ng Mun Ling (Major FYP 12/13)

• Aaron Wai Su Sian (Major FYP 12/13)

• Zou Jingxi (Major FYP 13/14)

• Do Thanh Nhut (Major FYP 14/15)

• Kon Wen Yu (CN Yang Scholar Programme 15/16)

• Bani Hakim Mohamed bin Bani Farook Mohd (Major FYP 16/17)

• Lionel Chang Yong Chiang (Summer Research 2017, FYP 17/18)

• Nguyen Linh Lan (CN Yang Scholars Programme Research Attachment 17/18)

• Jamie Sim Hung Ni (Major FYP 17/18)

• Nguyen Hoang Long (Major FYP 18/19)

• Ng Pei Rou (Major FYP 18/19)

• Vicente III Tiu Tangcueco (Major FYP 18/19)

• Ang Wei Lin (Major FYP 19/20)

• Choy Boy (CN Yang SP 18/19, URECA 19/20 Minor FYP 20/21)

• Soh Jiahao (CN Yang SP 19/20, URECA 20/21) 

• Wee Ze Yu (Summer Research 19/20, URECA 20/21)

• Elina Chan Li Xin (Summer Research  20/21)

• Marcus Jerome Devakishen (Summer Research 20/21)

• Irwin Chew He Sheng (Summer Research 20/21)

• Abishai Jacob Mathai (URECA 21/22-22/23)

• Ian Lim Jing Yan (CN Yang Scholar Programme 22/23)

• Sachin Prasad (URECA 21/22-22/23, Major FYP 22/23)

Exchange/Visiting Students

• Nancy Crowley (Exchange Student, U. of Edinburgh 07/08)

• Devin Peter Dunseith (Exchange Student, U. of Edinburgh 09/10)

• Edward William James Hyland (Exchange Student U. of Southampton 11/12)

• Daniel Cole (Exchange Student, U. of Warwick 12/13)

• Samuel Erickson (Exchange Student, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 15/16) 

• Preethi Susan Mathew (NTU India Connect Program, I.I.S.E.R. Thiruvanathapuram.,2017)

• Parveen Akhtar (Visiting Student, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary. 2015, 2016, 2017-2018)

• Monica Bernard Tan (Visiting Student, University of Malaya. 2022)

• Feng Shuyue (Visiting Student, University of Science and Technology China, 2022)

• Li Jiayu (PhD Exchange Student, Shantou University, China, 2023-24)

Visiting Professors and Scientists

• Petar Lambrev, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary. (2013, Oct 2014 - May 2015, 2016, Nov 2017- Mar 2018, Jan-Apr 2019, Feb-Apr 2023, Dec 2024-Feb 2025)

• Maxim Gelin, Technische Universitat Munchen (Jan 2016, Dec 2016)

• Parveen Akhtar, ELI-ALPS, Szeged, Hungary (Jan-Apr 2019, Feb-Apr 2023, Dec 2024-Feb 2025)