People
Assistant Professor YONG Ee Hou
Education
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. MahadevanM.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
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, 2015-present.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2012-2014.
Postdoctoral Advisor: L. Mahadevan
ORCID: 0000-0002-4583-4071 | Google Scholar | Web of Science: AAF-2074-2019
Current Group Members
Tanadet PIPATPOLKAI
LKY Postdoctoral Fellow
2023-current
Donn LIEW
PhD student
2022-current
Former Group Members
Postdoctoral fellow
Javad DEYLAMI [2022-2023], "Discovering the permeation through the outer membrane of gram‑negative bacteria using molecular dynamics simulations." Startup in Australia
PhD
Javad DEYLAMI [2017-2022], "Discovering the permeation through the outer membrane of gram‑negative bacteria using molecular dynamics simulations." Startup in Australia.
CHEN Hong [2017-2022], "Investigating the energy cost for controlling complex social networks." Analyst at AMEX, Singapore.
ZENG Qingyun [student of Claus-Dieter Ohl, 2018-2020], "Jetting from cavitation bubbles in viscous and confined liquids." Postdoc at NTU, Singapore.
Thomas GRAY [Visiting PhD student from Cambridge University, UK, 2018-2019], "Diffusion, sub-diffusion, and escape." PhD student at Cambridge University, UK.
Research Associate
Farisan DARY [research associate 2020-2024], PhD student at NTU, Singapore.
TEOH Han Kheng [research associate 2016-2018], PhD student at Cornell, USA.
EU Shu Tian [research associate 2016-2018], Phd student at Wisconsin Madison, USA.
ZENG Meng [research associate 2015-2017], PhD student at UCSD, USA.
Undergraduate Mentoring
Final Year Project (FYP)
Isaac Ling Si Yuan, Final Year Project (FYP), 2024-2025, Thesis: "Collective behavior in Cells"
Swee Kian Heng, Final Year Project (FYP), 2024-2025, Thesis: "Culturally sensitive AI chatbots"
Kyra CHEONG Kay Yen, Final Year Project (FYP), 2021-2022, Thesis: "DNA modeling."
CHING Kai Teng, Final Year Project (FYP), 2021-2022, Thesis: "Predicting soccer match outcome using Machine Learning."
Muhamad Azka Danish Bin Abdul Mutalib, Final Year Project (FYP), 2020-2021, Thesis: "Epidemic modeling of Covid19."
TAY Li Yu, Final Year Project (FYP), 2017-2018, Thesis: "Membrane Biogenesis."
TAN Hui Luan, Final Year Project (FYP), 2017-2018, Thesis: "Collective Motion in Nature."
HENG Wangcong, Final Year Project (FYP), 2016-2017, Thesis: "RNA Folding."
CHEN Hong, Final Year Project (FYP), 2016-2017, Thesis: "Physics of Network."
Undergraduate Research Experience on CAmpus (URECA)
ZENG Yuzhi, URECA 2023-2024, Topic: "Data analytics of NBA."
Arya Deshmukh, URECA 2023-2024, Topic: "Data analytics of Racquet Sports."
WU Weifan, URECA 2023-2024, Topic: "Active Matter."
Nanayakkara Ambagahaduwage Dona Akesha Dinuli, URECA 2023-2024, Topic: "Investigate melting properties of G-quadruplex."
Edwin SEE Chui Yi, URECA 2023-2024, Topic: "Machine Learning of G-quadruplex."
HENG Swee Kian, URECA 2023-2024, Topic: "Collective behavior of Bees."
Dustin Erhard Theofilus, URECA 2022-2023, Topic: "Active Matter."
Kumarjiguda Dhruv, URECA 2022-2023, Topic: "DNA Stretching."
Dustin Erhard Theofilus, URECA 2021-2022, Topic: "Modeling collective motion of HeLa cells."
Brian TANG Te Song, URECA 2021-2022, Topic: "DNA Stretching."
SHE Yuhui , URECA 2021-2022, Topic: "Data Analytics on Music Preference."
ZHANG Nuoya, URECA 2020-2021, Topic: "Modeling Ant Foraging Behavior."
Jasraj SINGH, URECA 2020-2021, Topic: "Fake News Propagation in Social Networks."
Raphael LOH, URECA 2020-2021, Topic: "Using CFD to Understand Urban Pollution."
TEO Yong Sen, URECA 2020-2021, Topic: "Ranking of Formula 1 Drivers."
TO Nhat Linh, URECA 2016-2017, Thesis: "Traffic modeling."
Global Research Connect/Odyssey Program
Diyanshu Sanjay Wahane, NTU-India Research Connect 2023, Topic: "Analysis of G-quadruplex."
Ryu NG Zhi Xiong , Odyssey 2023, Topic: "An Analysis of the Allometric Relations of Samanea Saman."
LIM Zi Yao, Odyssey 2022, Topic: "Using PyElastica to Explore the Effects of Forces on Cosserat Rods."
ZHANG Nuoya, Odyssey 2020, Topic: "Collection motion in Ants."
Ryota MASUKI, Global Research Internship 2019, Topic: "Pseudoknots in RNA."
Pulkit ADITYA, NTU-India Research Connect 2017, "Statistical Mechanics of RNA."
Javad DEYLAMI, Summer Research Program 2016, Topic: "Developing models for Membrane Biogenesis."
C.N. Yang program (CY1400)
YEO Think-E, CN Yang (2021), Topic: "Physics of Sports Betting."