People

Assistant Professor Ee Hou YONG

Ph.D. (Physics), Harvard University, 2005-2012.
Thesis: "Problems at the Nexus of Geometry and Soft Matter: Rings, Ribbons and Shells."
Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. L. Mahadevan
M.Sc. (Statistics), Stanford University 2003
B.Sc. (Physics), and B.Sc. (Mathematics), Stanford University, 1999-2003.
Departmental honors (Physics).
Undergraduate thesis: “Relic abundance of the lightest neutralino.”
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Michael Peskin

Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, 2015-present.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2012-2014.
Postdoctoral Advisor: L. Mahadevan

Tanadet PIPATPOLKAI
LKY Postdoctoral Fellow
2023-current

TOO Hon Lin
Postdoctoral Fellow
2025-current

Donn LIEW
Ph.D student
2022-current

Swathi Meenatchi Sivalingam
Project Officer
2025-current

Javad DEYLAMI [2022-2023], "Discovering the permeation through the outer membrane of gram‑negative bacteria using molecular dynamics simulations." Startup in Australia (updated 2025).

Javad DEYLAMI [2017-2022], "Discovering the permeation through the outer membrane of gram‑negative bacteria using molecular dynamics simulations." Startup in Australia (updated 2025).
CHEN Hong [2017-2022], "Investigating the energy cost for controlling complex social networks." Analyst at AMEX, Singapore (updated 2025).
ZENG Qingyun [student of Claus-Dieter Ohl, 2018-2020], "Jetting from cavitation bubbles in viscous and confined liquids." Faculty in China (updated 2025).
Thomas GRAY [Visiting PhD student from Cambridge University, UK, 2018-2019], "Diffusion, sub-diffusion, and escape." Startup in Hong Kong (updated 2025).

Farisan DARY [2020-2024], PhD student at NTU, Singapore (updated 2025).
TEOH Han Kheng [2016-2018], Quantitative Researcher at Kernel Trading Technologies (updated 2025).
EU Shu Tian [2016-2018], Phd student at Wisconsin Madison, USA (updated 2025).
ZENG Meng [2015-2017], PhD student at UCSD, USA (updated 2024).

Isaac Ling Si Yuan, Final Year Project (FYP), 2024-2025, "Collective behavior in Cells"
Swee Kian Heng, Final Year Project (FYP), 2024-2025, "Culturally sensitive AI chatbots"
Kyra CHEONG Kay Yen, Final Year Project (FYP), 2021-2022, "DNA modeling."
CHING Kai Teng, Final Year Project (FYP), 2021-2022, "Predicting soccer match outcome using Machine Learning."
Muhamad Azka Danish Bin Abdul Mutalib, Final Year Project (FYP), 2020-2021, "Epidemic modeling of Covid19."
TAY Li Yu, Final Year Project (FYP), 2017-2018, "Membrane Biogenesis."
TAN Hui Luan, Final Year Project (FYP), 2017-2018, "Collective Motion in Nature."
HENG Wangcong, Final Year Project (FYP), 2016-2017, "RNA Folding."
CHEN Hong, Final Year Project (FYP), 2016-2017, "Physics of Network."

LIM Jia Qing, URECA 2024-2025, "Swarming behaviors in honeybees."
Pratham Ranjan, URECA 2024-2025, "TDA for DNA Shape Analysis."
TAN Rae-Win, URECA 2024-2025, "Collective Motion of Cells."
Derrick RODGERS, URECA 2024-2025, "Topological Data Analysis of G-quadruplex."
Haashim Mohammed Afroz Yamir, URECA 2024-2025, "Applying Machine Learning to Classify Avian Eggs."
Nanayakkara Ambagahaduwage Dona Akesha Dinuli, URECA 2023-2024, "Investigate melting properties of G-quadruplex."
Edwin SEE Chui Yi, URECA 2023-2024, "Machine Learning of G-quadruplex."
ZENG Yuzhi, URECA 2023-2024, "Data analytics of NBA."
Arya Deshmukh, URECA 2023-2024, "Data analytics of Racquet Sports."
WU Weifan, URECA 2023-2024, "Active Matter."
HENG Swee Kian, URECA 2023-2024, "Collective behavior of Bees."
Dustin Erhard Theofilus, URECA 2022-2023, "Active Matter."
Kumarjiguda Dhruv, URECA 2022-2023, "DNA Stretching."
Dustin Erhard Theofilus, URECA 2021-2022, "Modeling collective motion of HeLa cells."
Brian TANG Te Song, URECA 2021-2022, "DNA Stretching."
SHE Yuhui , URECA 2021-2022, "Data Analytics on Music Preference."
ZHANG Nuoya, URECA 2020-2021, "Modeling Ant Foraging Behavior."
Jasraj SINGH, URECA 2020-2021, "Fake News Propagation in Social Networks."
Raphael LOH, URECA 2020-2021, "Using CFD to Understand Urban Pollution."
TEO Yong Sen, URECA 2020-2021, "Ranking of Formula 1 Drivers."
TO Nhat Linh, URECA 2016-2017, "Traffic modeling."

Nanayakkara Ambagahaduwage Dona Akesha Dinuli Dharmatilleke, Odyssey 2024, "Predicting G-quadruplex Melting Temperature with Deep Learning."
Diyanshu Sanjay Wahane, NTU-India Research Connect 2023, "Analysis of G-quadruplex."
Ryu NG Zhi Xiong , Odyssey 2023, "An Analysis of the Allometric Relations of Samanea Saman."
LIM Zi Yao, Odyssey 2022, "Using PyElastica to Explore the Effects of Forces on Cosserat Rods."
ZHANG Nuoya, Odyssey 2020, "Collection motion in Ants."
Ryota MASUKI, Global Research Internship 2019, "Pseudoknots in RNA."
Pulkit ADITYA, NTU-India Research Connect 2017, "Statistical Mechanics of RNA."
Javad DEYLAMI, Summer Research Program 2016, "Developing models for Membrane Biogenesis."