Imperial College London, PhD Mechanical Engineering 1987 – 1991 University of Birmingham, MSc Mechanical Engineering 1986 – 1987 National Taiwan University, BSc Mechanical Engineering 1981 – 1985
  • Fellow of Academy of Engineering, Singapore, Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology.
  • President’s Chair in Energy, NTU, Professor in the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
  • Head, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell research in Nanyang Technological University.
  • Founding members and a Co-Director of the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N).
  • Senior VP Research and Innovation, China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute in China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, China.
  • Member Advisory Board of Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Think Tank, Governing Board of Centre of Hydrogen Innovation @ NUS.
  • Currently Technology and Technical Advisor to Sydrogen Energy.
  • Director of Singapore A*Star SERC Fuel Cell Program 2006 to 2008, leading a team of more than 100 people from 4 A*Star Institutes working with Rolls Royce Fuel Cell Systems.
  • Co-Director in Singapore-Peking University Research Centre for A Sustainable Low Carbon Future funded by National Research Foundation – 2011 to 2016. Awarded the George-Stephenson Medal from UK IMechE in 2000.
Awards & Achievements:
  • Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from International Association of Hydrogen Energy, USA in 2007,
  • “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” award from Thomson Reuters in 2014,
  • “Star of Innovation Talent” in 2018 from Guangzhou Government.
  • Member editorial board, Fuel Cells, Journal of Power Technologies, Energy Conversion and Management and International Journal of Energy Research.
  • Published more than 331 peer reviewed journal papers with more than 18,000 citation counts and h-index of 69.