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Curriculum Vitae
Full Name: David Tai Wei LEONG (Dr)
Nationality: Singapore
Affiliation: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS
Designation: Asst Professor
Office address: 4 Engineering Drive 4, Blk E5 #02-09 Singapore 117576
Contact email: [email protected]
Contact number: 65167262
Education and Training
2006
Ph.D. Biology
1999
Postgrad Diploma in Education (Merit)
1998
B. Chem. Eng. (Honours)
Employment:
1999-2002
2007-2008
2008-2010
2010-present
National University of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
Lecturer and Tutor, Raffles Junior College
Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, U Penn
Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Science Institute
Asst Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS
Research Interests/expertise
 Biomaterials
 Nanoparticle biophysics
 Nanoparticle chemistry
 Biological effects and mechanisms of nanoparticles interaction
 Nanosafety issues
 DNA nanostructures and their applications
 Cancer biology and cancer nanomedicine
 Theranostics
Publications (*corresponding author) (total citations > 1400; H-index = 23)
64. Tay CY, Menon N, Leong DT, Tan LP*. Molecular Architecture Governs Cytotoxicity and
Gene Transfection Efficacy of Polyethylenimine Based Nanoplexes in Mammalian Cell Lines.
Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials 2014. DOI:
10.1007/s10904-014-0135-8 (in press).
63. Zhang XD^, Luo Z^, Chen J, Wang H, Song S, Shen X, Long W, Sun YM, Fan S, Zheng
K, Leong DT*, Xie, J.* Storage of gold nanoclusters in muscle leads to their biphasic in vivo
clearance. SMALL 2014 (DOI: 10.1002/smll.201402233).
62. Chia SL, Tay CY, Setyawati MI, Leong DT*. Biomimicry 3D Gastrointestinal Spheroid
Platform for the Assessment of Toxicity and Inflammatory Effects of Zinc Oxide
Nanoparticles. SMALL 2014. (Early view) DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401915.
61. Tay CY*, Setyawati MI, Xie J, Parak WJ, Leong DT*. Back to basics: Exploiting the innate
physico-chemical characteristics of nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Advanced
Functional Materials (2014) 24(38), 5936–5955, doi: 10.1002/adfm.201401664. Invited
Feature Article. Featured in MaterialsView.com.
60. Luo Z, Nachammai V, Zhang B, Yan N, Leong DT, Jiang D, Xie JP*. Toward
Understanding the Growth Mechanism: Tracing All Stable Intermediate Species from
Reduction of Au(I)–Thiolate Complexes to Evolution of Au25 Nanoclusters. J Am Chem Soc.
2014. 136(30), 10577-10580. doi: 10.1021/ja505429f.
59. Leong DT*, Ng KW*. Probing the Relevance of 3D Cancer Models in Nanomedicine
Research. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 2014. 79-80, 95-106. doi:
10.1016/j.addr.2014.06.007. Invited review.
58. Feng G, Tay CY, Chui XQ, Tomczak N, Liu R, Liu J, Zhao Z, Tang BZ, Leong DT*, Liu B*.
Ultrabright organic dots with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for cell tracking.
2014. Biomaterials. 35(30), 8669-8677. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.06.023.
57. Setyawati MI^, Kutty RV^, Tay CY, Yuan X, Xie J*, Leong DT*. Novel theranostic DNA
nano-scaffolds for the simultaneous detection and killing of Escherichia coli and
Staphylococcus aureus. 2014. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. DOI:
10.1021/am502591c. Invited article for Special Issue on "Theranostics". Highlighted in ACS
PressPacs 9th July 2014. Featured in Sciencedaily, Phys.org and Nanowerk and Nanowerk
Spotlight.
56. Giovanni M, Tay CY, Setyawati MI, Xie J, Ong CN, Fan R, Yue J, Zhang L, Leong DT*.
Toxicity Profiling of Water Contextual Zinc Oxide, Silver and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles
in Human Oral and Gastrointestinal Cell Systems. 2014. Environmental Toxicology. DOI:
10.1002/tox.22015.
55. Tay CY*, Leong DT*. Inorganic nanoparticles as tubulin binding agents for cancer
therapy. Nanomedicine 2014, 9(14), 2075-2077 DOI: 10.2217/NNM.14.105.
54. Setyawati MI, Tay CY, Leong DT*. The gap between endothelial cells: key to the quick
escape of nanomaterials? Nanomedicine 2014, 9, 1591-1594. DOI: 10.2217/NNM.14.104.
53. Kodali A, Lim TC, Leong DT, Tong YW*. Cell-Microsphere Constructs Formed with
Human Adipose Derived Stem Cells and Gelatin Microspheres Promotes Stemness,
Differentiation and Controlled Pro-Angiogenic potential. 2014. Macromolecular Bioscience.
doi: 10.1002/mabi.201400094. (in press)
52. Yuan L, Giovanni M, Xie J, Fan CH, Leong DT*. Ultrasensitive IgG quantification using
DNA nano-pyramids. Nature Publishing Group Asia Materials. 2014, 6, e112.
doi:10.1038/AM.2014.46 (open access)
51. Setyawati MI, Yuan X, Xie J*, Leong DT*. The influence of lysosomal stability of silver
nanomaterials on their toxicity to human cells. Biomaterials 2014, 35(25): 6707-6715. doi:
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.05.007
50. Tay CY, Fang W, Setyawati MI, Chia SL, Tan KS, Hong CHL*, Leong DT*. NanoHydroxyapatite and nano-Titanium dioxide exhibit different sub- cellular distribution and
apoptotic profile in human oral epithelium. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2014; 6 (9),
pp 6248–6256. DOI:10.1021/am501266a.
49. Zhang X-D, Luo, Z, Chen J, Shen X, Song S, Sun Y, Fan S, Fan F, Leong DT, Xie J*.
Ultrasmall Au10-12(SG)10-12 Nanomolecules for High Tumor Specificity and Cancer
Radiotherapy. Advanced Materials 2014. 26: 4565–4568. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201400866.
48. Muthu MS, Leong DT, Mei L, Feng S-S*. Nanotheranostics ˗ Application and Further
Development of Nanomedicine Strategies for Advanced Theranostics. Theranostics 2014.
4(6): 660-677. doi:10.7150/thno.8698.
47. Kutty RV, Leong DT, Feng SS*. Nanomedicine for Treatment of Triple Negative Breast
Cancer. Nanomedicine. 2014. 9(5): 561-564. doi: 10.2217/nnm.14.19.
46. Tay CY, Yu Y, Setyawati MI, Xie J, Leong DT*. Presentation matters: Identity of gold
nanoclusters capping agent governs intracellular uptake and cell metabolism. Nano
Research 2014. 7(6), 805-815. doi: 10.1007/s12274-014-0441-z
45. Setyawati MI, Tay CY, Leong DT*. Exploiting cancer’s anti-oxidative weakness through
p53 with nanotoxicology. Nanomedicine. 2014, 9(4):369-371, doi: 10.2217/NNM.14.6.
(invited editorial article)
44. Yuan X, Zhang B, Luo Z, Yao Q, Leong DT, Yan N*, J Xie*. Balancing the Rate of Cluster
Growth and Etching for Gram-Scale Synthesis of Mono-, Bi- and Multi-Thiolate-Protected
Au25 Nanoclusters with Atomic Precision. Angewandte Chemie 2014. Apr 25;53(18):4623-7.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201311177.
43. Yu Y, Luo Z, Chevrier DM, Leong DT, Zhang P, Jiang DE, Xie J*. Identification of a Highly
Luminescent Au22(SG)18 Nanocluster. J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jan;136(4):1246-1249. doi:
10.1021/ja411643u (Highly cited paper and also HOT Paper 2014 Nov – ISI Citations)
42. Setyawati MI, Xie J, Leong DT*. Phage based green chemistry for gold ions reduction and
gold retrieval. ACS Applied Mat Interfaces 2014, 6 (2), pp 910–917. DOI:
10.1021/am404193j.
41. Tan GR, Feng SS, Leong DT*.The reduction of anti-cancer drug antagonism by the
spatial protection of drugs with PLA-TPGS nano particles. Biomaterials. 2014, 35(9): 30443051.DOI:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.12.033. (Highly cited paper 2014 Nov)
40. Tay CY, Cai PQ, Setyawati MI, Fang W, Tan LP, Hong CHL, Chen X*, Leong DT*.
Nanoparticles strengthen intracellular tension and retard cellular migration. Nano Letters.
2014, 14(1): 83-88. doi: 10.1021/nl4032549. (Highly cited paper 2014 Aug, Nov – ISI
Citations)
39. ^Yuan X, ^Setyawati MI, Leong DT*, Xie J*. Ultrasmall Ag+-rich nanoclusters as highly
efficient nanoreservoirs for bacterial killing. Nano Research 2014. 7(3), 301-307. doi:
10.1007/s12274-013-0395-6.
38. Dou X, Yuan X, Yu, Y, Luo Z, Yao Q, Leong DT, Xie J*. Lighting Up Thiolated Au@Ag
Nanoclusters via Aggregation-Induced Emission, Nanoscale 2014, 6: 157-161. doi:
10.1039/C3NR04490D.
37. Setyawati MI, Tay CY, Leong DT*. Effect of zinc oxide nanomaterials-induced oxidative
stress on the p53 pathway. Biomaterials 2013. 34(38):10133-10142. doi:
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.09.024.
36. van der Deen M, Taipaleenmaki H, Zhang Y, Teplyuk NM, Gupta A, Cinghu S, Shogren
K, Maran A, Yaszemski MJ, Ling L, Cool SM, Leong DT, Dierkes C, Zustin J, Salto-Tellez M,
Ito Y, Bae SC, Zielenska M, Squire JA, Lian JB, Stein JL, Zambetti GP, Jones SN, Galindo M,
Hesse E, Stein GS, van Wijnen AJ. MicroRNA-34c inversely couples the biological functions
of the runt-related transcription factor RUNX2 and the tumor suppressor p53 in
osteosarcoma. J Biol Chem. 2013. doi:10.1074/jbc.M112.445890.
35. Tay CY, Fang W, Setyawati MI, Sum CP, Chen X, Hong CHL, Leong DT*. Reciprocal
response of human oral epithelial cells to internalized silica nanoparticles. Particle & Particle
Systems Characterization. 2013, 30, 784-793. DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201300111.
34. Setyawati MI, Tay CY, Chia SL, Goh SL, Fang W, Neo MJ, Chong HC, Tan SM, Loo SC,
Ng KW, Xie JP, Ong CN, Tan NS, Leong DT*. TiO2 nanomaterials cause endothelial cell
leakiness by disrupting the homophilic interaction of VE-cadherin. NATURE
Communications. 2013, 4, 1673, doi: 10.1038/ncomms2655.
33. Yu T, Chua CK, Tay CY, Wen F, Yu H, Chan JKY, Chong MSK, Leong DT, Tan LP. A
generic micropatterning platform to direct human mesenchymal stem cells from different
origins towards myogenic differentiation Macromolecular Bioscience (2013), 13 (6), 799807.
32. Tay CY, Koh CG, Tan NS, Leong DT, Tan LP. Mechano-regulation of stem cell fate via
micro-nanoscale manipulation for regenerative medicine. Nanomedicine. 2013, 8, 623-638.
doi: 10.2217/nnm.13.31
31. Yuan X, Tay Y, Dou X, Luo Z, Leong DT, Xie J. Glutathione-Protected Silver Nanoclusters
as Cysteine-Selective Fluorometric and Colorimetric Probe. Analytical Chemistry. 2013 Feb
5;85(3):1913-9. doi: 10.1021/ac3033678.
30. Yuan X, Setyawati MI, Tan AS, Ong CN, Leong DT*, Xie J. Highly Luminescent Silver
Nanoclusters with Tunable Emissions: Cyclic Reduction-Decomposition Synthesis and
Antimicrobial Property. Nature Publishing Group Asia Materials. (2013) 5, e39;
doi:10.1038/am.2013.3. (Highly cited paper 2013)
29. Setyawati MI, Khoo, PKS, Eng BH, Xiong SJ, Zhao XX, Das G, Tan T, Loo J, Leong DT,
Ng KW. Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Characterization of Titanium Dioxide, Gadolinium Oxide and
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles in Human Fibroblasts. Journal of Biomedical
Materials Research, Part A. 2013, 101(3), 633-640. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34363.
28. Wu YL, Putcha N, Ng KW, Leong DT, Lim CT, Loo SC, Chen X. Biophysical Responses
upon the Interaction of Nanomaterials with Cellular Interfaces. Accounts of Chemical
Research. 2013, 46(3), 782-91. doi: 10.1021/ar300046u.
27. Zhao Y, Howe JL, Yu Z, Leong DT, Chu JJ, Loo JS, Ng KW. Exposure to Titanium
Dioxide Nanoparticles Induces Autophagy in Primary Human Keratinocytes. Small. 2012 Oct
23. doi: 10.1002/smll.201201363.
26. Luo Z, Yuan X, Yu Y, Zhang Q, Leong DT, Lee JY, Xie J. From aggregation-induced
emission of Au(I)-thiolate complexes to ultrabright Au(0)@Au(I)-thiolate core-shell
nanoclusters. J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Oct 10;134(40):16662-70.
25. Setyawati MI, Fang WR, Chia SL, Leong DT*. Nanotoxicology of common metal oxide
based nanomaterials: their ROS-y and non-ROS-y consequences. Asia Pacific Journal of
Chemical Engineering 2012. DOI: 10.1002/apj.1680.
24. Yu HY, Tay CY, Pal M, Leong WS, Li HS, Li H, Wen F, Leong DT, Tan LP. A Novel Bioinspired Platform to Modulate hMSCs Myogenic Differentiation Regulation. Advanced
Healthcare Materials. 2012. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201200142.
23. Chin CF, Tian Q, Fang WR, Setyawati MIS, Tan E, Leong DT, Ang WH. Tuning the
activity of platinum(IV) anticancer complexes through asymmetric acylation. Journal of
Medicinal Chemistry 2012 Sep 13;55(17):7571-82.
22. Yu H, Lui YS, Xiong SJ, Leong WS, Wen F, Nurkahfianto H, Rana S, Leong DT, Ng KW,
Tan LP. Insights into the role of focal adhesion modulation in myogenic differentiation of
human
mesenchymal
stem
cells.
Stem
Cells
and
Development
2012
doi:10.1089/scd.2012.0160.
21. Tripathi A, Fang WR, Leong DT*, Tan LT. Biochemical Studies on the Lagunamides,
Potent Cytotoxic Cyclic Depsipeptides from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula.
Marine Drugs 2012 May;10(5):1126-37.
20. Leong DT*, Abraham MC, Gupta A, Lim TC, Chew FT, Hutmacher DW. ATF5, a possible
regulator of osteogenic differentiation in human adipose-derived stem cells. Journal of
Cellular Biochemistry. 2012 Aug;113(8):2744-53.
19. Pereira BP, Tan BL, Han HC, Zou Y, Khin ZA, Leong DT*. Intramuscular Nerve Damage
in Lacerated Skeletal Muscles may direct the Inflammatory Cytokine Response During
Recovery. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 2012 Jul;113(7):2330-45.
18. Koo XX, Fang WR, Salto-Tellez M, Leong DT*. Coexpressing shRNA with fluorescence
tags for quantification of cell migration studies. Molecular Biology Reports 2012
Jul;39(7):7695-703.
17. Li HQ, Wen F, Wong YS, Boey F, Subbu VS; Leong DT, Ng KW, Ng LK, Tan LP. Direct
laser machining induced topographic pattern promotes human mesenchymal stem cell
differentiation towards myogenic lineage. Acta Biomaterialia 2012 Feb;8(2):531-9.
16. Ng KW, Khoo PKS, Heng BC, Setyawati MI, Tan EC, Zhao XX, Xiong SJ, Fang WR,
Leong DT*, Loo JSC. Cellular DNA Damage Response to Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Hinges
on the Tumor Suppressor p53 Pathway. Biomaterials 2011 Nov;32(32):8218-25.
15. Huang RL, Teo ZQ, Chong HC, Zhu PC, Tan MJ, Tan CK, Lam CR, Sng MK, Leong DT,
Tan SM, Kersten S, Ding JL, Li HY, Tan NS. ANGPTL4 modulates vascular junction integrity
by integrin a5b1-Rac/PAK signaling and the disruption of intercellular VE-cadherin and
claudin-5 clusters. BLOOD 2011 Oct 6;118(14):3990-4002.
14. Tay CY, Pal M, Yu H, Leong WS, Tan NS, Ng KW, Venkatraman S, Boey F, Leong DT*,
Tan LP. Bio-inspired Micropatterned Platform to Steer Stem Cell Differentiation. SMALL 2011
May 23;7(10):1416-21.
13. Leong DT*, Lim J, Goh X, Pratap J, Pereira BP, Kwok HS, Nathan SS, Dobson JR, Lian
JB, Ito Y, Voorhoeve PM, Stein GS, Salto-Tellez M, Cool SM, *van Wijnen AJ. Cancer-related
ectopic expression of the bone-related transcription factor RUNX2 in non-osseous metastatic
tumor cells is linked to cell proliferation and motility. Breast Cancer Res. 2010 Oct
28;12(5):R89. (Highly accessed rating)
12. Tay CY, Yu H, Pal M, Leong WS, Tan NS, Ng KW, Leong DT, Tan LP. Micropatterned
matrix directs differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells towards myocardial lineage.
Exp Cell Res. 2010 Apr 15;316(7):1159-68.
11. Pereira BP, Zhou Y, Gupta A, Leong DT, Aung KZ, Ling L, Pho RW, Galindo M, SaltoTellez M, Stein GS, Cool SM, van Wijnen AJ, Nathan SS. Runx2, p53, and pRB status as
diagnostic parameters for deregulation of osteoblast growth and differentiation in a new prechemotherapeutic osteosarcoma cell line (OS1). J Cell Physiol. 2009 Dec;221(3):778-88.
10. Das K, Leong DT, Gupta A, Shen L, Putti T, Stein GS, van Wijnen AJ, Salto-Tellez M.
Positive association between nuclear Runx2 and oestrogen-progesterone receptor gene
expression characterises a biological subtype of breast cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2009
Sep;45(13):2239-48.
9. Rider DA, Dombrowski C, Sawyer AA, Ng GH, Leong D, Hutmacher DW, Nurcombe V,
Cool SM. Autocrine fibroblast growth factor 2 increases the multipotentiality of human
adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cells. 2008 Jun;26(6):1598-608.
8. Leong DT, Nah WK, Gupta A, Hutmacher DW, Woodruff MA. The osteogenic differentiation
of adipose tissue-derived precursor cells in a 3D scaffold/matrix environment. Curr Drug
Discov Technol. 2008 Dec;5(4):319-27
7. Gupta A, Leong DT, Bai HF, Singh SB, Lim TC, Hutmacher DW. Osteo-maturation of
adipose-derived stem cells required the combined action of vitamin D3, betaglycerophosphate, and ascorbic acid. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Oct
12;362(1):17-24.
6. Leong DT, Gupta A, Bai HF, Wan G, Yoong LF, Too HP, Chew FT, Hutmacher DW.
Absolute quantification of gene expression in biomaterials research using real-time PCR.
Biomaterials. 2007 Jan;28(2):203-10.
5. Leong DT, Abraham MC, Rath SN, Lim TC, Chew FT, Hutmacher DW. Investigating the
effects of preinduction on human adipose-derived precursor cells in an athymic rat model.
Differentiation. 2006 Dec;74(9-10):519-29.
4. Leong DT, Khor WM, Chew FT, Lim TC, Hutmacher DW. Characterization of
osteogenically induced adipose tissue-derived precursor cells in 2-dimensional and 3dimensional environments. Cells Tissues Organs. 2006;182(1):1-11.
3. Leong DT, Hutmacher DW, Chew FT, Lim TC. Viability and adipogenic potential of human
adipose tissue processed cell population obtained from pump-assisted and syringe-assisted
liposuction. J Dermatol Sci. 2005 Mar;37(3):169-76.
2. #Ng KW, #Leong DT, Hutmacher DW. The challenge to measure cell proliferation in two
and three dimensions. Tissue Eng. 2005 Jan-Feb;11(1-2):182-91.#equal first authorship.
1. Leong TW, Chew FT, Hutmacher DW. Isolating bone marrow stem cells using sieve
technology. Stem Cells. 2004;22(6):1123-5
Grant Funding (as PI = $2.3 million)
Current grants
1. Unifying nanoparticle parameters in determining intercellular leakiness (MOE Tier 2)
S$ 1,067,613, 08-2014 to 07-2017 (PI)
2. Detecting pneumococcal antigens in exhaled breath with novel DNA nanostructurebased sensors (Engineering-Med Seed 2013) $50,000, 03-2014 to 02-2016 (PI)
3. A New Nanocomposite Device of High Performance Magnetic Nanoparticles and
Novel Biodegradable Polymeric Films for Combined Local Nanothermotherapy and
Chemotherapy (A*STAR SERC 7th Singapore­China Collaborative Project)
$253,080, 08-2011 to 08-2014 (PI)
4. Investigating the cellular effects due to low doses of silver, titanium dioxide and zinc
oxide nanomaterials in water (PUB) $163,000, 10-2012 to 10-2014 (PI)
5. TiO2 Nanomaterials Cause Endothelial Cell Leakiness (MOE Tier 1) $173,495, 032012 to 02-2015 (PI)
6. Enhancing performance of biologics cell lines with oncogenes and tumor suppressors
(MOE Tier 1-start-up) $179,999, 11-2010 to 10-2013 (PI)
7. Engineering Nano Therapeutic Delivery Systems for Cancer Treatments (Faculty
strategic fund) $300,000, 03-2012 to 03-2014 (Co-PI)
8. Antibiotic-Nanoparticle Combinations to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
(Faculty strategic fund) $271,200, 03-2012 to 03-2014 (Co-PI)
9. Silver Nanoclusters as Novel Antimicrobial Agents against Extreme Drug Resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Singhealth Foundation Grant Award) $150,000, 04-2013
to 03-2015 (Co-PI)
Completed grants (total $379,999)
1. The regulation and downstream effects of RUNX2 expression in breast cancer
(MOE AcRF Tier 1 (LKY fellowship) $179,999 (PI)
2. The role of Ras and RUNX2 in cancer metastasis. (NMRC-NIG), $200,000 (PI)
My postgraduate students supervisory experience
1. Tay Chor Yong – co-supervisor (2009-2012) (graduated PhD, Material Science and
Engineering, NTU); Currently Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS.
2. Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati – main supervisor (2011-present) (PhD candidate, ChBE,
NUS)
3. Chia Sing Ling - main supervisor (2012-present) (PhD student, ChBE, NUS)
4. Rajaletchumy Veloo Kutty – main supervisor (2013-present) (PhD student, ChBE,
NUS)
5. Fang Wanru (Dentistry-2012), Tan Guang Rong (ChBE-2014), Lim Chen Siew
(ChBE-2014) – main supervisor (Graduated Masters students)
Awards and Scientific Service
1. University of Pennsylvania HHMI Fellowship (2007 – 2008)
2. Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship. (2008 to 2010)
3. Editorial Board – GENE (2011 to present)
4. Reviewer – Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Angewandte Chemie,
Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials, NPG Asia Materials, ACS Nano,
Particle and Fibre Toxicology, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Theranostics,
PLOS One, Scientific Reports, Nanotoxicology, Biomacromolecules,
Nanoscale, Journal of Biological Chemistry, SMALL, Biomaterials, Nano
Research, Molecular Biology Reports, Gene, ACS Applied Materials and
Interfaces, Acta Biomaterialia, International Journal of Environmental
Research and Public Health, Chemical Research in Toxicology, Particle and
Particle Systems Characterization, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Research, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, International Journal of
Pharmaceuticals, Gene Therapy, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Analytical
Chemistry Research, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology
5. Grant reviewer – Medical Research Council (UK), Public Health UK, Breast
Cancer Campaign (UK), Research Foundation – Flanders (Belgium); NUS
Cross-Faculty grants (Singapore), NUS FoE AcRF (Singapore), MOE Tier 2
(Singapore). SMF Horizons Award.
6. National Institute of Health Travel Award 2014
Seminars and Conferences
Fully Sponsored invitation
Name of Conference
Toxicology and Epidemiology of Anthropogenic
10 Compounds Symposium
Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology
9 Symposium
4th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Nanomedicine (Travel Award from US National
8 Institute of Health)
7 4th Molecular Materials Meeting 2014
Workshop on Multiphase Systems and Particle
6 Processing
Nanomaterials for Singapore: Concerns and
5 Solutions
Symposium on "Nanotechnology in Food - Past,
4 Present and Future
7th International Conference on Materials for
3 Advanced Technologies
6th International Conference on Materials for
2 Advanced Technologies
14th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical
1 Engineering Congress
Partial sponsored invitation
Name of Conference
7th Nanotoxicology International Society
1 Conference (All expense paid except plane ticket)
Invited talks
Name of Conference or Organization
National Center for Nanosciences & Technology,
11 Chinese Academy of Sciences
10 Beijing Union Medical College
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese
9 Academy of Sciences
Peking University Department of Biomedical
8 Engineering
Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese
7 Academy of Sciences
Shanghai Jiaotong University Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Seminar
6 series
Center for Translational Biomedical Imaging and
5 Targeted Therapeutics and Nanotechnology@
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