Invited Speaker – Professor, Ang Yee Sin

Institution:

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

Current Positions:

Professor

Biographical details

Dr. Ang Yee Sin is an Assistant Professor at the Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) Cluster. He obtained a Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics (2010) and a Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics (2014) from the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the Alumni of 69^th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Germany 2019). His research focuses on the physics and design of nanoscale devices for future energy-efficient computer and renewable energy technology. His research interests include the computational modelling of 2D materials and heterostructures, metal contacts to 2D semiconductor, beyond CMOS electronics, charge injection and transport physics in nanomaterials and light-matter interactions. He has published over 60 research articles, including Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials, InfoMat, Physical Review Applied, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, and MRS Bulletin. His research works have received multiple awards including Faculty Best Thesis Prize (Australia 2015), IPS Meeting Outstanding Poster Award (Singapore 2016), SUTD FIRST Industry Workshop: First Prize Winner (Singapore 2017), SUTD Research Fest: Runner-Up Prize (Singapore 2019).

Yee Sin enjoys long walks and is an avid collector of classical music recordings.