Assistant Professor Chew Sing Yian

Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 637459

Tel: (65) 6316 8812
Fax: (65) 6791 1761
Email: sychew@ntu.edu.sg

Education:

B.Eng., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

• Biofunctional micro-/ nano-structured scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

• Electrospinning

• Cellular responses to micro- /nano-structured scaffolds

• Neural tissue engineering

• H Q Cao, K McHugh, S Y Chew and J M Anderson, 'The Topographical Effect of Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds on the In Vivo and In Vitro Foreign Body Reaction', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 2009, (Accepted).
• H Q Cao, L Ting and S Y Chew, 'The Application of Nanofibrous Scaffolds in Neural Tissue Engineering', Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2009.
• S Y Chew , R Mi, A Hoke and K W Leong, ‘The Effect of the Alignment of Electrospun Fibrous Scaffolds on Schwann Cell Maturation’, Biomaterials, 29 (6), pp. 653-661, 2008.
• S Y Chew, R Mi, A Hoke and K W Leong, ‘Aligned protein-polymer composite fibers enhance nerve regeneration: a potential tissue-engineering platform’, Advanced Functional Materials, 17: 1288-1296, 2007.
• I C Liao, S Y Chew, K W Leong, ‘Aligned core-shell nanofibers delivering bioactive proteins’, Nanomedicine, 1(2): 465-471, 2006.
• S Y Chew, T C Hufnagel, C T Lim and K W Leong, ‘Mechanical properties of single electrospun drug-encapsulated nanofibers’, Nanotechnology, 17: 3880-3891, 2006.
• S Y Chew, Y Wen, Y Dzenis and K W Leong, ‘The role of electrospinning in the emerging field of nanomedicine’, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 12: 4751-4770, 2006.
• S Y Chew, J Wen, E K F Yim and K W Leong, ‘Sustained release of proteins from electrospun biodegradable fibers’, Biomacromolecules, 6(4): 2017-2024, 2005.

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