Young Researcher Award

"Always try to be original and never stop enjoying your research work."

• Materials analysis and modification using focused ion beams specifically including areas such as ion-solid interactions, ion optics, beam bending, ion beam induced charge microscopy, silicon micromachining and effects of irradiation on porous silicon

• Made several significant contributions to pure and applied physics research, one of which is the study of how high-energy ion beams interact with crystal lattices and defects through the "ion channelling" effect, which has received international recognition
• Has the only research team in Asia to use proton beam writing technology for silicon micromachining and controlled porous silicon formation. He and his team members used this technology to create the world's smallest 3-D structure of Stonehenge on a silicon wafer and microscopic size colour images and pixels in porous silicon
• Has three patents related to focused ion beam irradiation and implantation of polymers and semiconductor materials

• Combines both experimental work with new theory to advance fundamental knowledge
• Collaborates closely with a wide range of international partners
• Excellent teamwork with researchers at the Centre for Ion Beam Applications (CIBA) at NUS

• Published extensively with over 120 papers in internationally refereed journals, inclusive of 50 Conference papers
• Editor for MRS Bulletin (February 2000)
• Co-editor of Materials Analysis using a Nuclear Microprobe (1996)
• Contributed several book chapters and edited journal volumes

• Fellow, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom (2005)
• Fellow, Singapore Institute of Physics (2005)
• Member, Editorial Board of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research journal
• Member, International Committee for the Conference series on Beam Injection Assessment of Defects in Semiconductors
• Invited speaker at many international conferences such as the 16th International Conference on ion Implantation Technology, Marseille, France (2006); and 19th Nuclear Physics Divisional Conference on New Trends in Nuclear Physics Applications and Technology, Pavia, Italy (2005)

• Institute of Physics Singapore World Scientific (Physics Research) Medal and Prize 2005