Curriculum Vitae of Professor Andrew Wee

(updated June 2017; See homepage: http://www.physics.nus.edu.sg/~phyweets/)

BA Hons (Physics), MA, University of Cambridge, UK (1984, 1988)

DPhil, University of Oxford, UK (1990)

Post-graduate certificate in education (PGCE), University of London Institute of Education, UK (1985)

Professor, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Vice President, University and Global Relations (Apr 2014 -)

Dean, Faculty of Science (Apr 2007 – Mar 2014)

Head, Department of Physics (2006-7)

Vice Dean, Faculty of Science (2003-6); Assistant/Sub-Dean, Faculty of Science (2000-3/1994-5)

Director, Surface Science Laboratory (http://www.physics.nus.edu.sg/~surface/)

Past & Founding Co-Director (2002-10), NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative

Adjunct Scientist, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE)

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Shenzhen University (2016–18)

Functionalised Nano-Material Science Award,, International Conference on Novel Nanomaterial (ICON2), Beijing, China, 8-14 July 2016

Outstanding Scientist Award 2015, Faculty of Science NUS

Provost Chair Professor, NUS (1 July 2013 – 30 June 2016)

Institute of Physics Singapore (IPS) President’s Medal 2008

FSNAS, (Fellow, Singapore National Academy of Science)

FInstP (Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK)

FIPS (Fellow, Institute of Physics Singapore)

Academician, Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM) (2013)

UK-Singapore Partners in Science Collaboration Award (2006), Imperial College, UK

Visiting Scientist (2000), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, US

Commonwealth Fellowship (1997), University of Oxford, UK

Rhodes Scholarship (1987), University of Oxford, UK

Singapore Government Scholarship (1984), University of London, UK

Overseas Merit Scholarship (1981), University of Cambridge, UK
Professional bodies:

Fellow, Institute of Physics Singapore (IPS)

Past President, Institute of Physics Singapore (IPS), 2003-08

Fellow, Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS)

President, Singapore National Academy of Sciences (SNAS), 2013-; Vice President 2008-13

Past Vice President, Materials Research Society Singapore (MRSS), 2010-2013

Fellow, Institute of Physics (IoP), UK

Academician, Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM) (2013)

Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), USA

Senate Member, International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS), 2011-

Published >550 papers in internationally refereed journals (>13,000 citations, h-index = 58, ISI Web of Science, Jun 2017) in the field of surface and interface science. Research interests include scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and synchrotron radiation studies of the molecule-substrate interface, organic-organic heterojunctions, graphene and related nanomaterials.

Associate Editor, ACS Nano (from Jul 2011, Editorial Board from Jan 2011)

Editorial Board, Surface & Interface Analysis (from 2011; Regional Editor Jan 2005-Jun 2011)

Editorial Board, Surface Review and Letters (since 2002)

Editorial Board, Applied Physics Letters – Journal of Applied Physics (2009-2011)

Managing Editor, International Journal of Nanoscience (2002-2010)

Editorial Board, Current Nanoscience (2006-2011)

Editorial Board, COSMOS (2005-2007, Editor-in-Chief 2007-Jun 2011)

Editorial Board, Physics Research International (2007-2010)

Editorial Board, Innovation Magazine (2002-2007)

Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Nanoscience Journal (until 2015)

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  International Advisory Board, Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability, University of Cambridge (2011-).
  
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  Review Committee, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, July 20 to 22, 2015.
  
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  Strategic Research Advisory Board (SRAB), Austrian Institute of Technology, 2017 to 2020.
  

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  Committee member, Inaugural ACS Nano Lectureship Awards (2011, 2016)
  
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  Chair, Selection Committee, Inaugural International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS) and the Materials Research Society of Singapore (MRS-S) Young Researcher Award (2012, 2014, 2016)
  
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  International referee, 2014 Outstanding Research Award (ORA), Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  
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  International reviewer, Academy of Finland, Academy Professorship 2017.
  

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  National Science Foundation (NSF, USA) merit review FY2007.
  
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  Swiss National Science Foundation, 2009, 2015.
  
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  Panel member, EPSRC Basic Technology Programme Review, Manchester, UK, 18-20 May 2010.
  
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  Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF) R&D Excellence awards KSEF-09-RDE-013, May 2010.
  
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  NWO-nano programme-of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Netherlands, 2010.
  
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  Austrian Science Fund (FWF), May 2011.
  
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  Research Grant Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) / RGC Joint Research Scheme (JRS) 2012/13, Jun 2012.
  
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  EPSRC Peer Review College, UK.
  
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  Member, Selection Advisory Committee, Australian Research Council ARC Centres of Excellence scheme, 2014
  
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  Science Vanguard Research Program (SVRP), Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2014.
  
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  Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) beamtime proposal, 2014.
  
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  MOE Singapore, 6th Translational R&D and Innovation Fund Grant Call MOE2014-TIF-1, 2014.
  
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  United States Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, 2016.
  
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  Project reviewer, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nov 2016.
  

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  Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Tech Advisor for Education, Apr 2016-Mar 2018
  
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  University of Malaya, Bachelor of Science (Materials Science), 2013/14 – 2017/18
  
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  Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Physics Department, 2010/11-2013/14
  
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  University of Malaya, External assessor in the field of surface and interface science (Oct 2014-Oct 2017)
  

Imperial College (2010, 2013), Johns Hopkins University (2013), La Trobe University (2013), Monash University (2014), University of Malaya (2014, 2016), Khalifa University (2014), American University of Cairo (2017).

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  Invited talk, 64th Annual AVS International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS 64), Scanning Probe Microscopy session on Probing Chemical Reactions at the Nanoscale, October 29-November 3, 2017 in Tampa, Florida.
  
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  Keynote talk, third edition of ICON2, Synchrotron Soleil, Paris, France, October 18-20, 2017.
  
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  Keynote talk, Frontiers in Theoretical and Applied Physics (UAE2017), American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 22-25 February, 2017.
  
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  Invited talk, Symposium on “Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Supramolecular and Macromolecular Systems on Surfaces”, HKUST, Hong Kong, Dec. 12-16, 2016.
  
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  Invited lecture, Zing conference on Organic Semiconductors, Hotel Croatia Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 22nd – 25th September 2016.
  
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  Plenary talk, Zeiss Symposium on Semiconductor Technology Imaging & Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities, ARTC, Singapore, 22 July 2016. |
  
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  Invited talks, The International Workshop on Nanomaterials and Nanodevices (IWNN), Beijing & Changchun, 8-14 July 2016.
  
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  Invited talk, Emerging Technologies 2016 conference, Montreal, Canada from May 25-27, 2016.
  
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  Invited talk, MRS 2016 Spring Meeting Symposium GGG, “Emerging Non-Graphene 2D Materials”, Phoenix, Arizona, March 28-April 1, 2016.
  
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  Invited talk, The Institute of Physics Singapore (IPS) meeting 2016, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 7-8 March 2016.
  
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  Plenary talk, International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology 2016 (ICONST-2016), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, February 29 to March 2, 2016.
  
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  Invited talk, 3rd Muju International Winter School Series, Muju resort, Korea, Jan 17-21, 2016.
  
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  Invited talk, Symposium on Graphene, PacifiChem 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2015.
  
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  Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on Solid State Science and Technology, 2015 Conference (ICSSST 2015), Langkawi, Malaysia 13 - 15 Dec 2015.
  
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  Plenary lecture, 2nd International Conference on the Science and Engineering of Materials (ICoSEM2015), Centre of Advanced Materials, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 16-18 November 2015.
  
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  Invited talk, Workshop on Electronic Structure and Processes at Molecular-Based Interfaces (ESPMI-VIII), Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, USA, October 14-16 2015.
  
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  Invited talk, SNIC Golden Jubilee Chemistry Conference, Singapore, 6-8 Aug 2015.
  
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  Panel Moderator, ICMAT Meet-the-Editors Forum, Singapore, 1 July 2015.
  
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  Invited talk, Workshop on “Graphene and Other 2D Materials and Devices for Wireless Applications” at the IEEE International Wireless Symposium, Shenzhen, China, 30 Mar – 1 Apr 2015 (Dr Ang Kah Wee to replace).
  
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  Invited talk, KAUST Research Conference: Functional Nanomaterials: Design, Synthesis, and Applications, KAUST Saudi Arabia, 15-17 March 2015.
  
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  Invited talk, Workshop on "Towards reality in nanoscale materials", Finnish Lapland, February 9-11, 2015.
  
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  Plenary talk, 2015 IMCE International Symposium jointly with the 4th International Symposium of Nano-Macro Materials, Devices, and System Research Alliance Project, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Chikushi campus, Jan 28, 2015.
  
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  Invited talk, 17th International Symposium on the Physics of Semiconductor and Applications (ISPSA-2014), Jeju island, Korea, December 7-11, 2014 (represented by Dr Zhang Wenjing).
  
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  Invited talk, Commonwealth Science Conference (CSC) under the auspices of the Royal Society, Bangalore, 25-28 November 2014.
  
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  Invited talk, 7th Vacuum and Surface Sciences Conference of Asia and Australia (VASSCAA-7), National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 5-9, 2014.
  
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  Invited talk, 6th International Conference on “Recent Progress in Graphene Research” (RPGR2014), Taipei, Taiwan, September 21-25, 2014.
  
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  Plenary talk, GRAPCHINA2014, International Graphene Innovation Conference, Ningbo city, China, September 1-3, 2014.
  
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  Keynote talk, 8th OCPA Conference, Singapore, 23-27 June 2014.
  
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  Invited talk, 247th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (COLL) Symposium on Supramolecular Self-assembly at Surfaces, Dallas, Texas, March 16-20, 2014.
  
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  Plenary lecture, 4^th International Meeting on Frontiers of Physics (IMFP2013), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27 – 30 Aug 2013.
  
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  Invited lecture at 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC), Commemorative Session on “Pioneers from Asia”, 20-23 Aug 2013, Singapore.
  
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  Invited talk at ICMAT2013 Symposium M Nanodevices and Nanofabrication, Singapore, 30 June – 5 July, 2013 (represented by Dr Wei Dacheng).
  
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  Plenary talk, 9th Singapore-China Joint Symposium on Research Frontiers in Physics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 28-29 June 2013.
  
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  Invited talk at the Collaborative Conference on Materials Research (CCMR) 2013, Jeju island, South Korea, 24-28 June 2013 (represented by Dr Wei Dacheng).
  
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  Invited talk at New Diamond and Nanocarbon (NDNC2013) conference, Singapore, 19-23 May 2013.
  
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  Invited talk at international workshop on "Electronic Structure and Processes at Molecular-Based Interfaces" (ESPMI VII), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, Israel, April 28-May 2 2013.
  
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  Keynote talk, SingSPM 2013, IMRE, Singapore 6 Mar 2013.
  
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  Invited talk, IPS meeting 2013, IAS, NTU, Singapore 4-6 Mar 2013.
  
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  Plenary talk at Sixth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN6), Auckland, 11-15 Feb 2013.
  
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  Invited talk, “Symposium on Advanced Materials for Applications in Energy, Health, Electronics and Photonics”, INRS, Montreal, Canada, 30 Nov 2012.
  
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  Invited talk at the "Carbon Nanomaterials" symposium, 2012 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 26-30 2012.
  
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  Invited talk at IUMRS-ICEM 2012, Symposium B10 “Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Fullerenes”, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, 24-28 September 2012.
  
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  Invited talk at NanoKorea 2012, NanoBioMedical Technology Symposium, Seoul, August 16–18, 2012 (recommended Dr Chan Yin Thai).
  
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  Invited talk at the symposium on 'Nanoscale Scanning Probe Studies of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines' at the 7th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-7), Jeju International Convention Center on Jeju Island, South Korea, July 1-7, 2012.
  
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  Invited talk at “Discussion in Mariefred, Sweden” on the topic of the existing knowledge of copper corrosion, 25 May 2012 (recommended A/P Tok E.S.)
  
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  Keynote lecture at 5th MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, NTU, Singapore, 20-22 Mar 2012.
  
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  Plenary talk at the Third International Symposium on Plasma Nanoscience (iPlasmaNano-III), The Pulai Desaru Beach Resort, Johor, Malaysia, 27 February-1 March 2012.
  
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  Invited talk at the "Diamond Electronics and Biotechnology: Fundamentals to Applications V Symposium", 2011 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, U.S.A, November 28-December 2, 2011.
  
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  Invited talk at Engineering Conferences International Carbon-Based Nano-Materials and Devices Suzhou, China, Oct. 17-22, 2011 (represented by Dr Chen Wei).
  
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  Invited lecturer at KOSMOS Summer University KSU 2011 on "Frontiers of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Electronics and Optoelectronics", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 17-25 September 2011.
  
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  Invited talk at the OCPA7 (7th biennial world conference of Overseas Chinese Physics Associations) Conference on Frontiers of Physics, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 1-5, 2011.
  
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  Keynote talk at the Fundamental Science Congress 2011 (FSC 2011), KL, Malaysia, 5-6 July 2011.
  
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  Invited panelist at ICMAT2011 Education Forum: “Teaching the Nano Scale - A Global Revolution in Science Education”, Singapore, June 26-July 1 2011.
  
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  Invited talk at 4th IEEE International NanoElectronics Conference (INEC), Chang Gung University, Tao- Yuan, Taiwan, June 21st -24th, 2011 (represented by Dr Qi Dongchen).
  
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  Invited talk at 8th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials and Devices '11 (ALC '11), Olympic Parktel, Seoul, Republic of Korea, May 22-27, 2011, in conjunction with IUMAS-V (5th Meeting of the International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies).
  
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  Invited talk at 2011 Villa Conference on Graphene (VCG 2011), Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa, Las Vegas, Nevada, US, 21-25 April 2011 (represented by Dr Huang Han).
  
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  Keynote talk at GRAPHENE 2011, Bilbao Exhibition Centre, Spain, 11-14 April 2011.
  
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  Invited talk at the 2011 Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces, Ventura, California, Feb 6-11 2011.
  
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  Keynote talk at Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) conference “Big Ideas in Molecular Materials”, Biopolis, Singapore, 10-11 Jan 2011.
  
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  Invited talk at AsiaNANO2010, Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation), Tokyo, Japan, November 1- 3, 2010.
  
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  Invited talk at 11th IUMRS International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2010), Symposium Q Magnetic Materials at Nano-scale, Qingdao International Convention Center, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, September 25-28, 2010 (represented by Dr Chen Wei).
  
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  Invited talk at the IUMRS-ICEM 2010 (International Union of Materials Research Societies - International Conference on Electronic Materials 2010), KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition Center), Seoul, Korea, August 22-27, 2010.
  
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  Invited participant at NSF Workshop on Long Term Impact and Opportunities for Nanoscale Science & Engineering, NTU, 29-30 July 2010.
  
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  Invited talk at the Nobel Symposium on Graphene, symposia series sponsored by the Nobel Foundation (http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/symposia/), Högberga Gård, Sweden, May 27 to May 31, 2010.
  
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  Keynote talk at the 4th MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, Singapore, 17 – 19 March 2010.
  
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  Plenary talk at the 25th Regional Conference on Solid State Science and Technology 2009 (RCSSST2009), Bayview Resort and Spa, Batu Fringghi, Penang, 21-23 Dec 2009.
  
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  Invited talk at the 2009 MRS Fall Meeting, Symposium J "Diamond Electronics and Bioelectronics: Fundamentals to Applications III", November 30-December 4 2009, Boston, USA.
  
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  Plenary talk at the 10th Frontier Science Symposium, Jhongli, Taiwan, 17-21 Nov 2009.
  
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  Invited lecture at Global-COE workshop on organic electronics: “Electronic states, charge transport and devices”, Chiba University, Japan, Nov. 6-7, 2009.
  
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  Keynote talk at 5th IUPAC International Symposium on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (Section D: Innovative Nanomaterials), Fudan University, Shanghai, 18-22 October 2009 (represented by Dr Chen Wei).
  
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  Invited talk at the Seventeenth International Symposium on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMSXVII), Toronto, Canada, September 13-18 2009.
  
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  Invited talk at SPMS Official Opening, NTU, 20-22 July 2009.
  
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  Invited talk at ``Mathematical Theory and Numerical Methods for Computational Material Simulation and Design’’ Workshop, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, NUS, July 20-24 2009.
  
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  Invited talk at the International Workshop on "Nanotechnology and Advanced Functional Materials", National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India, July 9-11 2009 (represented by Dr Gao Xingyu).
  
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  Plenary lecture at the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2009 (ICMAT2009), Singapore, 28 Jun-3 Jul 2009.
  
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  Keynote talk at Symposium V: “Materials Education: New Tools and Resources”, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2009 (ICMAT2009), Singapore, 28 Jun-3 Jul 2007.
  
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  Invited talk at 11th International Symposium on SIMS and Related Techniques Based on Ion-Solid Interactions (SISS-11), Seikei University, Tokyo, 11-12 June, 2009.
  
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  Plenary talk at the International Conference on Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (ICNAM 2009), Kingdom of Bahrain, 4-7 May 2009 (represented by Dr Chen Wei).
  
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  Invited talk at the NSF supported workshop “Partnership for NanoEducation”, Los Angeles (USC), 26-28 April 2009.
  
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  Invited Talk at the First International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM – 2009): April 6, 7 and 8, 2009, Kottayam, Kerala, India (declined)
  
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  Keynote Speaker at International Conference For Nanotechnology Industries, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 5-7, 2009.
  
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  Invited talk at Workshop on Surface and Interface Analysis, IMRE, 27 Mar 2009.
  
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  Plenary lecture at the Institute of Physics Singapore March Meeting 2009 (IPSMM 2009), NTU, 6-7 Mar 2009.
  
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  Invited talk at the 2nd International Conference on Physics at Surface and Interfaces (PSI2009), Puri, India, Feb 23 - 27, 2009 (represented by Dr Chen Wei).
  
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  Invited talk at the UK Surface Analysis Forum (UKSAF) Winter Meeting, Imperial College London, UK, 7 January 2009
  
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  Invited talk at the 2nd SSLS Synchrotron Radiation Workshop and Users’ Meeting 2008, Biopolis Singapore, 21 Nov 2008.
  
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  Invited Talk at 4th Vacuum and Surface Sciences Conference of Asia and Australia (VASSCAA-4), Kunibiki Messe, Matsue, Japan, 28-31October, 2008.
  
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  Invited talk at 2008 International Symposium on SIMS (IMSIMS 08)/ the 4th Chinese SIMS conference (SIMS China IV), Beijing, 26-29 October 2008.
  
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  Invited address, Singapore Nanomedicine Workshop 2008, Biopolis, 22-24 Octobert 2008.
  
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  Plenary talk, 9^th Frontier Science Symposium (FSS-9), Faculty of Science, NUS, 15-17 October 2008.
  
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  Invited talk at the Sino-Singapore Symposium on Advanced Materials–2008 (S3AM2008), Nanjing, China, Sep 25-26, 2008.
  
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  Invited talks at the Materials Education Symposium at the IUMRS-ICEM conference, hosted by the Materials Research Society of Australia, Sydney, July 28 - August 1, 2008.
  
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  Invited talk at the 6th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science (SRMS-6), 20-23 July 2008, Brazilian Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil.
  
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  Invited talk at Special Symposium on Emerging Science and Technology, Hanyang University, South Korea, 30 June 2008.
  
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  Invited talk at IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conference (NEC 2008), 24th – 27th March 2008, Shanghai, China.
  
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  Invited talk at India-Singapore Joint Symposium on “Current Trends in Physics”, IIT Madras, Chennai, 28 Feb-1 Mar 2008.
  

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  Invited talk at 3rd MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, IMRE Singapore, 25-27 Feb 2008.
  

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  Invited talk at International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM-2008), School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Feb 18-21, 2008, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
  
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  Invited talk at Okayama University, Japan; Meeting on Physics and Surface Science with synchrotron radiation, 21 - 22 December, 2007 (represented by Dr Chen Wei).
  
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  Invited talk at 16th International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS-XVI), Kanazawa, Japan 29 Oct-2 Nov 2007.
  
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  Invited talk at The Fifteenth International Conference on Composite/Nano Engineering (ICCE - 15), Haikou, Hainan Island, China, 15-21 July 2007.
  
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  Keynote address at Symposium Q: Advanced Structural and Functional Materials for Protection, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2007 (ICMAT2007), Singapore, 1-6 Jul 2007.
  
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  Invited talk at Symposium N: Synchrotron Radiation for Making and Measuring Materials, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2007 (ICMAT2007), Singapore, 1-6 Jul 2007.
  
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  Invited presentation at The 1st SSLS Synchrotron Radiation Workshop and Users’ Meeting 2007, 13 Jun 2007, NUS, Singapore.
  

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  Invited presentation at Scanning Probe Microscopy 2007 Symposium (SingSPM 2007), 23 May 2007, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore.
  
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  Invited talk at 2007 TMS Annual Meeting, Symposium on “Towards Functional Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications”, Feb 25-Mar 1 2007, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  
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  Invited talk at IUVSTA ECM-100 (International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications: Executive Council Meeting), Seoul, Korea, September 18-22, 2006.
  
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  Plenary lecture at 7th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, National University of Singapore, 17-21 July 2006.
  
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  Keynote lecture at 4th ISE Spring Meeting 2006, National University of Singapore, 17-20 April 2006.
  
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  Invited talk at 2nd MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, IMRE Singapore, 18-20 January 2006.
  
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  Invited talk at International Conference on Electronic and Photonic Materials, Devices and Systems – 2006 (EPMDS – 2006) Conference, Kolkata (Calcutta), India, 4-6 January 2006.
  
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  PACIFICHEM2005, Symposium No. 143 on “Supramolecular Materials, Thin Films and Devices” under the “Area 8 - Materials Chemistry and Nanotechnology”, Hawaii, 15-20 December 2005.
  
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  Invited talk at Singapore International Chemical Conference 4 (SICC-4), Singapore, 8-10 December 2005.
  
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  Invited talk at Symposium on "Converging Sciences: Nanodevices and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology", Mahidol University (Thailand, 5-6 Sep 2005)" "Cluster and Molecular Self-Assembly on Surface Nanotemplates"
  
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  International Conference on Advanced Materials (AMDP 2005), School of Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand 11-13 July 2005
  
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  International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2005), Symposium G: "Nanodevices and Nanofabrication", 3-8 July 2005, Singapore
  
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  International Conference on Advances in Network Sciences (ICANS 2005), 29 June - 1 July 2005, Singapore.
  
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  2005 Worldwide Chinese Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry & Related Topics Symposium, Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 15-19 January 2005
  
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  Nanoscale Material Interfaces: experiments, theory and simulation, Institute of Mathematical Sciences (NUS), 24 Nov 2004 to 23 Jan 2005.
  
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  3^rd International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP3), Nanostructures and Nanomaterials section, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 24-26 November 2004.
  
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  MRS-S National Conference on Advanced Materials, 6 August 2004, Singapore
  
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  1st Nano-Engineering and Nano-Science Congress, 7-9 Jul 2004, Singapore
  
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  Symposium on Application of Nanotechnology for Life Science, 19-20 Feb 2004, Pohang, Korea
  
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  International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2003), Symposium N3, 7-12 Dec 2003, Singapore
  
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  Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN-1) Conference, 9-14 Feb 2003, Wellington, New Zealand
  
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  Singapore Surface Analysis Interest Group (SSAIG), 25 Apr 2002, 28 Jan 2003, IME, Singapore
  
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  NSTB-NRC Nanotechnology Expert Workshop, 8-9 Nov 2001, Ottawa, Canada
  
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  15^th International Vacuum Congress (IVC-15/AVS-48), 29 Oct-2 Nov 2001, San Francisco, USA
  
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  6^th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology (ICSICT2001), 22-25 Oct 2001, Shanghai, PRC (represented by R Liu)
  
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  International Symposium on the Science of Surfaces and Nanostructures (ISSSN), 22-24 Nov 2000, NUS, Singapore
  
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  Workshop on the Surface Analysis of New Materials, October 30 - November 5 2000, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Taejon, Rep. of Korea
  
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  Asia-Pacific Surface and Interface Analysis Conference (APSIAC2000), 23-26 Oct 2000, Beijing, PRC.
  
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  8^th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference (APPC2000), 7-10 Aug 2000, Taipei