Young Researcher Award

“Diamond has always interested mankind because of its
brilliance and hardness. My research in the last 10 years
have revealed remarkable properties in this material
which could impact areas from medicine, electronics
to nanoscience, providing ample opportunities for
learning new chemistry and physics."


Assoc Prof LOH Kian Ping

Ph D (University of Oxford); B Sc (NUS)
Department of Chemistry

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Physics and chemistry of diamond and related materials, eg graphene
  • Developing hybrid interface for solar cells
  • Developing nano bio-interface for medicine

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Internationally recognised and highly cited surface science expert on diamond and related materials
  • Developed new methods to bio-functionalise diamond thin films for their applications in biosensing
  • Discovered many interesting, hitherto unknown properties in Molybdenum Sulfide (MoS2), an important catalyst for removing sulfur from gasoline products
  • His seminal paper on magnetic MoS2 thin films was published in NanoLetters, with excellent comments by reviewers
  • Published a series of highly cited work on the synthesis and assembly of Nanometal sulfides and oxides

RESEARCH STRENGTHS
  • Highly versatile with expertise ranging from computational chemistry, surface chemistry, nanomaterials, electrochemistry to functional organic thin films

PUBLICATION CREDITS
  • His work on the surface chemistry of diamond has received more than 600 citations
  • Author/co-author of two book chapters and more than 120 journals and conference papers

INTERNATIONAL STANDING
  • Ranked among the top 50 in the world in diamond research
  • Member of international advisory panel and conference programme committee of key diamond international meetings such as European International Diamond Conference series, New Diamond and Nanocarbon Conference series in Asia, MRS Symposium P Fall Meeting in USA, Engineering International Conference series, Hasselt Diamond workshop, Belgium
  • Established key partnerships in diamond research with top groups in the world including Technion, Israel; AIST, Japan; CEA, France; Academia Sinica, Taiwan; University of Bristol, UK

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
  • Faculty Young Scientist Award (2007)
  • Principal Investigator of winning project, National Research Foundation Competitive Research Funding (2007)

RESEARCH ASPIRATION
To put Singapore at the forefront of diamond and graphene research internationally.

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