Academic Honors and Awards(Selected)

• Fellow, SPIE, USA (2020-Present).
• Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK (2014-Present)
• SPIE Community Champion - For contributions made in 2019, SPIE, USA (2020)
• Senior Member, The Optical Soceity (OSA), USA (2019-Present)
• Rolls Royce Innovator Award, UK (2018).
• Nominated for prestigious OSA award (USA)
• Visiting Scientist, The Institute of Physics and Applied Physics (IPAP) International Collaboration Program, Yonsei University, Seoul, KOREA (2016)
• Visiting Scientist, Bio Nano Electronics Research Center (BNERC), Toyo Uni., Tokyo JAPAN (2014-2018)
• Member, Award Committee, Gabor Award, SPIE, USA (2013-Present)
• Erudite Professorship (2011)
• Tan Chin Tuan (TCT) Exchange Fellowship Award, TCT Foundation, Singapore (2006)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, USA (2006)
• TEC Challenge Award, Prime Minister Office (PMO), Singapore (2005)
• DAAD Fellowship, Germany (1993)

Research Awards / Recognition(Selected)

• Journal cover page article, Translational Vision Science & Technology (2020).
• Editors Pick, Optics Letters (2019).
• Editors pick, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B (2019).
• Journal cover page & Featured article, Carbon ( 2019).
• Best poster award, Photonics@SG (2019).
• Best paper Award, IcOPEN, Bali, Indonesia (2019)
• Best paper, TANN 2019, Ottawa, Canada ( 2019).
• Best Paper Award, International OSA Network of Students conference (2019).
• Journal cover page with Featured article, Nanoscale (2018).
• Journal cover page article, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2011)
• Silver Award, International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering (ICBPE), Singapore (2006)