Fellows of SNAS
Prof Louis Chen Hsiao Yun (2011)
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
“For his fundamental work in developing a method of Poisson approximation”
Prof Chong Chi Tat (2011)
Professor of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
“For his significant contributions to mathematical logic and the general understanding of computability”
Prof Chou Loke Ming (2011)
Professor of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
“For his contribution to reef management and restoration”
Prof Andy Hor Tzi Sum (2011)
Professor of Chemistry, Hong Kong University
Director, Knowledge Exchange Office, Hong Kong University
Vice President and Pro Vice Chancellor, Hong Kong University
“For his contribution to chemistry education, research and management & services in Singapore”
Prof Lui Pao Chuen (2011)
Senior Advisor to Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Advisor to National Research Foundation, National University of Singapore & Nanyang Technological University
“For his contributions to defence science program in Singapore and establishing fundamental research framework in Singapore”
Prof Tan Eng Chye (2011)
Professor of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
Provost and Deputy President (Academic Affairs), National University of Singapore
“For his contribution to representation theory of Lie groups as well as mathematics education.”
Prof Leo Tan Wee Hin (2011)
Professor of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
Director of Special Projects, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
“For his immense contribution to science education and research, environmental protection and nature conservation.”
Prof Andrew Wee Thye Shen (2011)
Professor of Physics, National University of Singapore
“For his contribution to the nanoscience and nanotechnology”
Prof Shen Zuowei (2011)
Professor of Mathematics, National University of Singapore
Dean of Science at the National University of Singapore
“For his pioneering work in multivariate splines, wavelets and frames.”
Prof Bernard Tan (2011)
Professor of Physics, National University of Singapore
Director, Center for Maritime Studies at the National University of Singapore
“For his ardent support of Science and Science Education in Singapore.”
Prof Lim Hock (2014)
Professor of Physics, National University of Singapore
Director (Research governance and enablement), Office of Deputy President (Research and Technology)
"For his contribution to the remote sensing and defense research and his active promotion of Physics Education"
Associate Professor Lim Tit Meng (2014)
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Chief Executive, Science Centre Singapore
"For his outstanding contributions to Science Education and the promotion of science in Singapore."
Prof Ling San (2014)
Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Dean, College of Science at the Nanyang Technological University
"For his outstanding contributions to combinatorial designs, coding theory, cryptography and sequences, and leadership in Science."
Prof Phua Kok Khoo (2014)
Adjunct Professor of Physics at National University of Singapore & Nanyang Technological University
Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Chairman of World Scientific Publishing Company
"For his tireless efforts to strengthen scientific research throughout Asia, leadership in promoting international physics education and scholarly exchanges and enriching the world of research and teaching through the many books, manuscripts and journals published by World Scientific Publishing Co."
Prof Sun Yeneng (2014)
Professor of Mathematics
Raffles Professor of Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore.
"For his path-breaking work in mathematical economics by providing a much needed mathematical foundation for modelling a large market with many agents under individual level uncertainty, and for his discovery of a series of surprising results in probability theory and economics."
Prof Zhu Chengbo (2014)
Professor of Mathematics at the National University of Singapore
Head of the Department of Mathematics at the National University of Singapore
"For his contributions to the representation theory of classical groups, in particular for proving the multiplicity one conjectures for smooth representations and conservation conjecture for local theta correspondence."
Prof Hardy Chan (2014)
Professor of Chemistry, National University of Singapore (retired)
Co-Director of Singapore-MIT Alliance. (retired)
"For his long-standing contributions to promotion of chemistry and professional development of chemists in Singapore and significant contributions in the science of conducting polymers.
Prof Sim Keng Yeow (2014)
Professor of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore (retired)
"For his lifelong contribution to the promotion of chemistry in Singapore, selfless leadership in the Department of Chemistry of the National University of Singapore, and significant contributions in the chemistry of natural products."
Prof Bertil Andersson (2016)
President, Nanyang Technological University.
"For his contribution to the rapid transformation of Nanyang Technological University to become the world top university and help to redefine education and research by championing key thrusts in science and engineering."
Prof Ding Jeak Ling (2016)
Professor, National University of Singapore.
"For her outstanding work in innate Immunity & pathogen surveillance strategies and application of research achievements to biotechnology industry."
Prof Lee Hian Kee (2016)
Professor, National University of Singapore.
"For his pivotal role in the development of environmentally-friendly procedures for environmental analysis, in particular the “liquid-phase microextraction” (LPME), a term that he coined that is now part of the modern analytical chemistry lexicon."
Prof Ooi Beng Chin (2016)
Professor, National University of Singapore.
"For his outstanding and pioneering contributions to distributed data management and to the management of spatio-temporal and multimedia data."
Prof Tan Chorh Chuan (2016)
President, National University of Singapore.
"For his pioneering work and leadership in clinical and biomedical sciences in Singapore, as well as leading NUS to further distinction among world class universities."
Prof Jackie Ying (2016)
Executive Director, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
"For her contribution towards the development of advanced nanostructured materials for catalytic and biomaterial applications and for scientific leadership in A*STAR."
Prof Ariff Bongso (2018)
Professor, National University of Singapore
"For his pioneering work in human embryonic stem cell research in the early years of the field and continued innovation and contribution to stem cell biology and the biomedical applications."
Prof Artur Ekert (2018)
Professor, National University of Singapore
Director, Centre for Quantum Technologies
"For his fundamental works in information processing in quantum-mechanical systems and quantum cryptography."
Prof Gan Wee Teck (2018)
Professor, National University of Singapore
"For his resolution of several outstanding problems in the Langlands program and the theory of theta correspondence, and his formulation of and work on the Gan-Gross-Prasad conjecture for classical groups."
Prof Birgitte Lane (2018)
Professor, National University of Singapore
Emeritus Professor, University of Dundee
"For her contribution to Singapore biomedical research and research in epithelial biology."
Prof Sir David Lane (2018)
Chief Scientist, Biomedical Research Council
"For his profound contribution to Singapore biomedical research and his work on cancer therapeutics"
Prof Loh Teck Peng (2018)
Professor, Nanyang Technological University
"For his contribution in the development of new, environmentally friendly and efficient methods in organic chemistry."
Prof James Tam (2018)
Professor, Nanyang Technological University
"For his scientific scholarship, leadership, and seminal contributions to peptide science and peptide therapeutics."
Prof Wong Tien Yin (2018)
Provost’s Chair Professor, National University of Singapore
Medical Director & Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist, Singapore National Eye Centre
Chairman, Board of Directors, Singapore Eye Research Institute
"For his seminal research on the retinal blood vessels as a unique model to study early cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and the application of that insight to routine clinical practice."
Prof Xu Guo Qin (2018)
Professor, National University of Singapore
"For his mechanistic understanding in molecular binding on semiconductor surfaces, and his leadership in deepening bilateral relationship between China and Singapore through the NUS (Suzhou) Research Institute."
Prof Antonio Castro Neto (2020)
Director of the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, Distinguished Professor, Department of Material Science Engineering Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
“For his contribution in the area of 2D materials and their industrial applications.”
Prof Barry Halliwell (2020)
Chairman, Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, National University of Singapore Senior Advisor, Academic Appointments and Research Excellence, Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost
“For his seminal work on the role of free radicals and antioxidants in biological systems.”
Prof Lim Chwee Teck (2020)
NUSS Chair Professor, National University of Singapore Director, Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore Founding Director, Singapore Health Technologies Consortium.
“For his contributions in the areas of human disease mechanobiology and microfluidic biomedical technologies.”
Prof Liu Bin (2020)
Provost’s Chair, Vice President (Research and Technology), National University of Singapore Head of Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
“For her work in organic functional materials.”
Prof Ng Huck Hui (2020)
Assistant Chief Executive, Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR
“For his contribution in the field of gene regulation and genomics.”
Prof Sow Chorng Haur (2020)
Vice Dean, Outreach and Admissions, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
“For his contribution to research in the field of nanoscience and the development of effective pedagogy in Science.”
Prof Tan Choon Hong (2020)
Chair, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University President, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry.
“For his contribution to the understanding of organic catalysis and promotion of chemistry in Singapore and beyond.”
Prof Yu Hao (2020)
Provost Chair and Head of Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. Temasek Senior Investigator and Board Director, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
“For his contribution to the field of plant molecular genetics and plant biotechnology.“
Prof Bao Weizhu (2022)
Professor in Mathematics, Faculty of Science National University of Singapore Vice Dean, Graduate Studies and Academic Affairs, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore.
“For his significant contributions to scientific computing and numerical analysis with applications in physics and materials science.“
Prof B.V.R. Chowdari (2022)
President Emeritus and Senior Executive Director, Materials Research Society of Singapore
“For his research on functional materials, and dedicated services for the materials research community in Singapore and worldwide.“
Prof Chen Xiaodong (2022)
President’s Chair Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Scientific Director, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
“For his outstanding contribution to advanced materials research for soft bioelectronics capable of digitising biological senses and extending human sensing capabilities.“
Prof David Lou Xiong Wen (2022)
Professor, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
“For his outstanding contributions to the synthesis of nanostructured materials for different energy storage and conversion applications.“
Prof Hong Wanjin (2022)
Executive Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR
“For his seminal research on membrane trafficking and cancer signalling, and leadership in advancing local molecular and cellular biology research.“
Prof John Wang (2022)
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore Principal Scientist II, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR
“For his pioneering work in developing new advanced materials for energy applications.“
Prof Lisa Ng (2022)
Executive Director, Biomedical Research Council (BMRC), A*STAR Executive Director, Infectious Diseases Labs, A*STAR
“For her instrumental role in combatting viral diseases and leadership in pandemic preparedness that has generated impactful health outcomes.“
Prof Liu Xiaogang (2022)
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
“For his outstanding research in developing luminescent nanocrystals for biolabeling and advanced X-ray imaging applications.“
Prof Lu Yixin (2022)
Head, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore Vice-President, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry
“For his contribution to asymmetric catalysis, especially amino acid-based catalysts and related applications in organic synthesis.“
Prof Mohan Kankanhalli (2022)
Provost's Chair Professor of Computer Science and Dean, School of Computing, National University of Singapore
“For his outstanding contributions to multimedia content processing and security, and impactful contributions to computing education and research in Singapore.“
Prof Toh Kim Chuan (2022)
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
“For his fundamental contributions to the theory, practice, and application of convex optimization, especially semidefinite programming and conic programming.“
Prof Venky Venkatesan (2022)
Director, Center for Quantum Research and Technology (Professor of Physics and ECE), University of Oklahoma Scientific Affiliate, NIST Gaithersburg
“For his work on oxide heterostructures and interfaces for quantum functionalities, and leadership in fostering an innovative, open research and technological ecosystem.“
Prof Yeo Kiat Seng (2022)
Professor, Engineering Product Development Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design
“For his pioneering work and leadership in RF/mm-wave integrated circuit design and promotion of STEM education in Singapore.“
Prof Zhou Weibiao (2022)
Head, Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
“For his significant contributions in the science of next-generation functional foods and emerging processing technology, and service rendered in education.“
