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Assoc Prof LIU Bin
PhD (NUS); MSc, BSc (Nanjing University)
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
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- Design and synthesise organic molecules and organic-inorganic hybrid materials with applications in chemical and bio-sensors and optoelectronic devices
- Created a novel polymer amplified bead array technology for DNA and protein detection that outperforms commercial microarray techniques, with US and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patents filed and its licence granted to a UK company
- Opened up new possibilities in instrument-free, fluorescence-based detection and analysis by pioneering the use of conjugated polymers to detect and quantify biomolecules in solution
- Demonstrated the capability of conjugated polymers as signal amplifiers in the solid state that are applicable across a wide range of analyses, a technology that has a PCT patent filed and its licence granted to a US company
- Devised a new principle for designing fluorescent probes for real-time detection of protein markers in solution and in living cells, a breakthrough that brings wide-ranging impact to the monitoring of biological processes and was granted a US patent
- 12 out of 21 patents filed have been licensed to companies across the US, UK and Asia
- Strong ability to identify research directions with both high scientific impact and commercial value
- Relentless in realising promising ideas
- Focuses on research originality and fundamental understanding
- Keen to explore by crossing boundaries between different research areas through collaboration
- Over 150 papers published in top international journals with over 4,500 citations received
- Invited by reputable international journals and scientific publishing houses to contribute research articles and reviews as well as edit books
- Associate Editor, Journal of Molecular and Engineering Materials (since 2012)
- Member, Editorial Board of
- Polymer Bulletin (since 2011)
- Particles (since 2012)
- American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (since 2011)
- Serves as reviewer of 15 top international journals and external reviewer for Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Ministry of Education and National Research Foundation
- Member, Organising Committee of
- 14th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChe 2012) and Section Chair of the Energy track
- 15th Asian Chemical Congress 2013
- A regular speaker at established international conferences
- Young Faculty Research Award, NUS Faculty of Engineering (2012)
- L'Oréal Singapore for Women in Science National Fellowship (2011)
- Young Scientist Award, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (2008)
- NUS Young Investigator Award (2006)
"To develop innovative functional materials for applications in biotechnology and organic electronics."