Principal Investigators
Michael Strano - MIT
Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical EngineeringResearch: Nanotechnology, Sensors & Plant Nanobionics
Chua Nam Hai - Singapore
Deputy Chairman, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
Admin & Management
Dr. Gajendra Pratap Singh
Scientific Director & PI Project: Raman spectroscopy of plants
Dr. Farzad Olfat
Director for Research Facilities (AMR & DiSTAP IRGs in SMART)
Dr. Min Hao Wong
Deputy Scientific Director (DiSTAP)
Dr. Azlinda Bte Anwar
Assistant Director (Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory)Adjunct Assistant Professor (Duke-NUS Medical School
MIT Faculty
Benedetto Marelli
Assistant Professor, MIT Civil and Environmental EngineeringResearch: bio-inspired materials, self-assembly, mechanical and optical properties, 3D printing, and emerging technologies
Rajeev Ram
Professor of Electrical Engineering & EECS Former Program Director,
ARPA-e
George Barbastathis
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Temasek Lab
In-Cheol Jang
Principal Investigator Research: Use DiSTAP sensors to characterize hormonal changes in shade avoidance syndrome and its application for high density urban farming
Bong Soo Park
Research Investigator Research : improved nutrition use efficiency in plant and diagnosis of plant nutrient deficiency by Raman spectroscopy
Rajani Sarojam
Principal InvestigatorResearch: Use DiSTAP Sensors to Monitor Neighboring Plant Hormone Response to Release of Aromatic Plant Volatiles and its application in urban farming for integrated disease management
Daisuke Urano
Principal Investigator Research: Plant diagnosis with DiSTAP phytohormone sensors
Zhongchao Yin
Senior Principal InvestigatorResearch: Use of DiSTAP Sensors to Select for Best Lines of Genetically Engineered Rice with Low Arsenic (As) and Cadmium (Cd) Accumulation in Seeds
Collaborators
Stella Tan Wei Ling
Associate Professor in practice of NUS Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Chen Mengli
Research Fellow Tropical Marine Science Institute, NUS
Dr. Jani Tanzil
Senior Research Fellow Deputy Director of SJINML, NUS
Dr. Loo Poh Leong
Research Fellow SJINML, NUS
Dr. Gonzalo Carrasco
Research FellowResearch Fellow at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU, and Affiliate Research Fellow, Tropical Marine Science Institute, NUS.
Dr. Pradeep Paul Panengad
Research Fellow, Duke-NUS Medical School
Dr. Unnikrishnan Unniyampurath
Research Fellow, Duke-NUS Medical School
Prof. Wang Linfa
Professor, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School
Dr. Wu Lingyan
Research Fellow, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Prof. Pierce Chow
Senior Consultant and Co-Director, Comprehensive Liver Cancer Clinic, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Dr. Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew
IMRE, A*STAR
Staff
Dr. Mervin Ang Chunyi
Research ScientistProject: developing novel alternating π-conjugated- amphiphilic A-B co-polymers adsorbed onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT)
Suh In Loh
Senior Laboratory Technologist Project: Maintaining plant strains, production of SWCNT nanoparticles as sensor precursors
Dr. Khong Duc Thinh
Senior Postdoctoral AssociateProject: developing novel alternating π-conjugated- amphiphilic A-B co-polymers adsorbed onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT)
Dr. Yangyang Han
Postdoctoral Associate
Raju Cheerlavancha
Senior Postdoctoral Associate
Nur Rizahamizah Binte Ahsim
Research Engineer
Dr. Song Wang
Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Shanshan WEI
Postdoctoral Associate
Min Wei Chin
Student Intern (Singapore Polytechnic)