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Project Title & Funding Agency Duration
Intelligence-based Technological Innovations to Enhance Resilience in AquacultureNational Research Foundation 2025 – 2028
Optimising Asian Seabass Research and Production in Singapore through an Integrated ApproachSingapore Food Agency (Aquapolis) 2025 – 2028
Boosting Aquaculture Productivity with Disease-mitigating, Growth-maximizing Fish FeedsSingapore Food Agency 2024 – 2027
Fortifying the Asian Seabass with Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA) through Waste-fed MealwormsMOE AcRF Tier 1 2024 – 2026
Encapsulation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Formulation for Targeted DeliveryKawin Biosciences 2024 – 2025
Unravelling the Role of Native Probiotics Mixture in Conferring Disease Resistance across Fish SpeciesMinistry of Education Tier 2 2024 – 2027
Live it Up! – Bringing Engineering to LifeMinistry of Education 2024 – 2026
Revolutionizing Aquaculture Productivity: Encapsulated Bioactive Feeds for Quality SpawningNTUitive Gap Fund 2024 – 2026
Cost-effective Nutrient Encapsulation through Microfluidics for Customized 3D-Printable Food InkMOE AcRF Tier 1 2023 – 2024
Retractable Guidewire Sensor to Replace X-ray Imaging for Nasogastric-tube IntubationMOE AcRF Tier 1 2022 – 2023
Combinatorial Supplementation of Fish Feeds through Encapsulation for Enhanced Growth RatesSingapore Food Agency 2021 – 2024
Co-Develop a Nasogastric Tube (NGT) Placement Solution with Point of Care TestingIntegrated Health Information Systems - MOH 2021 – 2022
Modulation of Jade Perch Microbiome using Encapsulated, Host-derived Microbial CompositionsNational Research Foundation 2021 – 2022
Microencapsulation of Nutritional Compounds with Okara Food WasteMOE AcRF Tier 1 2020 – 2022
Revolutionizing delivery of oral medicinesStrategic Research Innovation Fund 2020 – 2022
Stabilizing dopamine levels in Parkinson’s disease through an extended-releasing oral formulationNTUitive Gap Fund 2019 – 2020
Mitigating dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease through advanced polypharmacy microcapsules in macaquesBiomedical Research Council 2019 – 2020
Overcoming antibiotic resistance with lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticle (LPN) delivery systemsSCELSE / MOE & NRF 2018 – 2021
Food-derived nutraceutical encapsulation system for food fortificationBill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2018 – 2020
Micronutrients-rich fish feeds to improve feed conversion ratio for enhanced productivityAgri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore 2018 – 2020
Producing, processing and modifying kefiran as an encapsulation material for agro-food applicationsMOE AcRF Tier 1 2018 – 2020
Target-specific gastro-intestinal delivery of nano-nutraceuticals and nano-modulating systemsNTU HealthTech 2017 – 2020
Responsive nasogastric tubes for confident intubationNTUitive Gap Fund 2017 – 2019
Delayed activation of Borax through encapsulationNTUitive (Industrial Project) 2017 – 2017
Microbial-modifying molecules that enhance wastewater remediationMOE AcRF Tier 1 2016 – 2018
Dual-chemotherapeutic drug delivery systems – pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics validationNTUitive (SPARK) 2016 – 2018
Controlled release polypharmacy system for Parkinson’s disease managementNational Healthcare Group 2014 – 2017
Enhancing microbial redox metabolism for reductive transformations using TETMsSCELSE / MOE & NRF 2012 – 2017
Drug-releasing bioactive materials and adipose stem cells for bone tissue engineeringA*STAR 2011 – 2014
Novel nanomaterials for solar conversion of water into fuelsNTU Centre for Artificial Photosynthesis (CAPS) 2011 – 2016
Conceptual design of the gastric bandSPRING Singapore 2011 – 2012
Drug-Eluting Balloons (DEB) - Controlled Delivery through Nanoparticulate CoatingNITHM 2011 – 2012
Bone-targeting nanomedicine for treating osteomyelitisNational Medical Research Council 2009 – 2012
Biodegradable cardiovascular implants: drug-eluting balloonsNational Research Foundation 2008 – 2013

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