Professional Experience
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2022 – Present Professor,
Dept. of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA -
2016 – 2022 Associate Professor,
Dept. of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA -
2010 – 2016 Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA -
2008 – 2009 Postdoctoral Associate,
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA -
2006 – 2007 Visiting Researcher,
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Education
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2005 – 2008 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering with Diploma
Center for Process Systems Engineering,
Imperial College, London, UK -
2003 – 2005 M. Eng, Chemical Engineering
National University of Singapore, Singapore -
1999 – 2003 B. Eng, Chemical Engineering (Honors) with minor in Law
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Teaching Experience
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Process Simulation and Control (Senior Undergraduate Course)
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Design & Economics I (Senior Undergraduate Course)
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Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Graduate Course)
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Advanced Engineering Pharmaceutical Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Transport Processes (Graduate Course)
Honors & Awards
- 2018 Recipient of AIChE PD2M Drug Product QbD award.
- 2017 Recipient of Rutgers Board of Trustees award for research excellence.
- 2017 Recipient of Chancellor’s Scholar award for outstanding scholarship.
- 2015 Recipient of Outstanding CBE Faculty Award
- 2015 Recipient of CBE Best Teacher/Mentor/Advisor award
- 2014 Recipient of NIPTE Young Investigator award
- 2013 Recipient of NSF CAREER award
- 2013 Recipient of PSE Model-based Innovation Prize
- 2013 Editorial Board of American Journal of Modern Chemical Engineering
- 2013 Recipient of best reviewer award for Computers & Chemical Engineering Journal
- 2012 Recipient of NIPTE Young Investigator award
- 2009 Recipient of International Fine Particle Research Institute (IFPRI)
- 2005 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) honorary membership
- 2005 Recipient of the best tutor award for Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- 2004 Recipient of the NUS research scholarship award for academic excellence
- 2003 Recipient of the NUS research fee allowance award for academic excellence
- 2003 Recipient of the NUS graduate student tutorship award for academic excellence