As Vice President (Ecosystem Building), Associate Prof Tee will support the Deputy President (Innovation and Enterprise) in overseeing the growth and development of the NUS Innovation and Enterprise ecosystem.

Prior to his appointment, Benjamin was Associate Vice President of NUS Enterprise, as well as Vice-Dean (Research) at the College of Design and Engineering.

Associate Prof Tee’s research focuses on ground-breaking flexible and stretchable electronic sensors for robotics and healthcare by pushing the boundaries of materials science, mechanics, electronics and AI. His accolades include being named the MIT TR35 Global Innovator in 2015, the Singapore Young Scientist Award in 2016, a 2019 World Economic Forum’s Young Scientist, a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2021) and one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2022, 2023) by Stanford University.

Associate Prof Tee is also a serial and successful entrepreneur who has co-founded three start-ups: Privi Medical, Hannah Life Technologies and Tacniq.AI.