1) Postdoctoral Fellow for Conductive Polymers (OLED)
2) Postdoctoral Fellow for Organic Chemist
3) Ph.D scholarship Available for Carbon Nanotube based Composites
4) Ph.D scholarship available for Conductive Polymers
Teaching	Research	Research Group	Publications	Links	Others

Chan Bee Eng Mary (alias Mary B. Chan-Park)

Associate Professor 

Associate Chair (Research and Post Graduate Studies)

Contact Details
Tel: (65) 6790 6064
Fax: (65) 6794 7553
Email: mbechan@ntu.edu.sg
Nanyang Technological University
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
62 Nanyang Drive (NTU Block N1.2)
Singapore 637459
Singapore

Academic Background

B.Eng (Chem), First Class Honors - National University of Singapore (1986)

Ph.D (Polymers), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1993) 

Professional Experience

July 2004 to now	Associate Professor, School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, NTU
June 2001 to 2004	Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Production Engineering, NTU
1999   - 2001	Senior Technical Manager, SiPix Imaging (Milpitas, CA, USA)
1998-1999	Manager (Adhesives and Composites) Triton Systems (Chelmsford, MA, USA)
1994-1997	Deputy Director, Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (SISIR),  Materials Application Center
1993	Post-doc, MIT and Dow Corning
1986 – 1988	Engineer, Polymer Technology Center, SISIR, Singapore

Research focus:

• Carbon nanotubes – Dispersion and Separation
• Printed electronics – surface patterning and modification
• Conductive Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes Hybrid
• Tissue Engineering
• Biomaterials
• OLED

Selected publications (partial list):

1. Liang Yu Yan, Xiao Feng Fan, Wei Li, Yuan Chen, Jer-Lai Kuo, Lain-Jong Li, Yuguang Mu, M. B. Chan-Park*, Enrichment of (8, 4) single-walled carbon nanotubes through co-extraction with Heparin, Small, 2009

2. Xiaoyong Pan, Qin Jia Cai, Chang Ming Li, Qing Zhang, Mary B. Chan-Park*, Electronic property- and diameter-sensitive separation of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Pyrene derivatives, Nanotechnology, 20:30, 305601, 2009

3. Che J and Mary B Chan-Park, Spun cyanate ester fibers reinforced with aligned functionalized single wall carbon nanotubes, Adv Funct Mat , 18, 6, 888-897, 2008

4. Liangyu Yan, Yin Fun Poon, M. B. Chan-Park, Yuan Chen and Qing Zhang Individually dispersing single-walled carbon nanotubes with water-soluble chitosan derivatives, J Phys. Chem: Part C, 112(20):7579 (2008)

5. Sai Li, Yehai Yan, M. B. Chan-Park*, Qing Zhang, Efficient Large-Area Transfer of Aligned Carbon Nanotube Sub-micron Patterns onto Patterned Gold Electrodes, Small 3(4), 2007, 616-621

6. Y. H. Yan, M. B. Chan-Park*, Q. Zhou, C. M. Li, and C. Y. Yue, Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes by Argon Plasma-Assisted Ultraviolet Grafting, Applied Physics Letters, 87 (21): 213101 2005

7. Chuncai Zhou, Xiaobao Peng Li, Wei Ning Chen, Qi, Mouad Lamrani, Matthew W. Chang, Susanna Leong, Mary B. Chan-Park*, High potency and broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptides synthesized via ring-opening polymerization of alpha-aminoacid-N-carboxyanhydrides, Biomacromolecules, 2009

8. Yunxiao Liu, Mary B. Chan-Park*, A biomimetic hydrogel based on methacrylated dextran-graft-lysine and gelatin for 3D smooth muscle cell culture, Biomaterials, 2009

9. Yin-Fun Poon, Ya Bin Zhu, Jin Ye Shen, Siu Choon Ng, Mary B. Chan-Park*, Cytocompatible Hydrogels based on Photocrosslinkable Methacrylated O-Carboxymethylchitosan with Tunable Charge: Synthesis and Characterization, Advanced Functional Materials 17 (13): 2139-2150 2007

10. Jie Feng, Mary B. Chan-Park*, Jinye Shen, Vincent Chan, Control of Orientation of Multi-Layers of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Three-dimensional Microchannels by Layer-by-Layer Process, Tissue Engineering 13, 1003, 2007

Awards/Honors

1. Editorial Board, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A (2007 - now)

2. Symposium Chair, AsiaNano2008 (Nov 2008)

3. Co-Chair, International Conference of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (Dec 2007)

4. Committee Member of International Affiliates, Biomedical Engineering Society (USA)

5. 3^rd poster prize, IEEE Singapore-UK Bioelectronics Workshop (2006)

6. MIT Research Assistant scholarship (1989-1993)

7. MIT Fellow of the Program in Polymer Science and Technology (1988-1993)

8. SISIR Post-graduate scholarship (1988-1993)

9. Pesi B Davar Memorial Scholarship (1982)

10. NUS Scholarship (1984)

11. The Norman Newsome Scholarship of the Singapore Section of the Society of the Petroleum Engineers (1985)

12. Mobil Gold Medal (1985)

13. Tate and Lyle Sugar Refineries Book Prize (1984)

14. NUS Faculty of Engineering Annual Book Prize by Fraser & Neave (1983)

15. Esso Book Prize (1982)

16. Singapore Youth Science Fortnight - Third Prize in Chemistry Section (1981)

17. National Junior College - Extra Curricular Activities Prize (1982)

18. Raffles Girls’ Secondary School - Extra Curricular Merit Award (1979)