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)