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PI: Dr. Bin CAO (曹彬), FRSC [B.Eng., BUAA; Ph.D., NUS]
Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTU
Affiliated PI, Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, NTU

Sep 2017-present, Associate Professor, NTU
Dec 2011-Aug 2017, Assistant Professor, NTU
Dec 2015-Feb 2016, Tan Chin Tuan Fellow, SEAS, Harvard University, USA 
Apr-Oct 2011, Postdoc, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA
Jan 2010-Mar 2011, Visiting Postdoc, PNNL, USA
Jun 2009-Mar 2011, Postdoc, Washington State University, USA

Editorship
  • Associate Editor, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2021 -
  • Associate Editor, Environmental Research, 2019 -
  • Associate Editor, Water Research, 2017 - 
  • Editorial Board Member, Environment International, 2018 - 
  • Editorial Board Member, BMC Biotechnology, 2020 -

Research Staff
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Dr. Sakcham Bairoliya (Postdoc, Aug 2021- )
PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
BTech, VIT University, India
Dr. Liu Yinan (Postdoc, Oct 2021- )
PhD, University of Science and Technology of China
​BSc, Nankai University, China

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Dr. Azean Zaiden (Postdoc, May 2021- )
PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
BSc, Curtin University, Australia
Dr. Aloysius Teng (Postdoc, 2024- )
PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
BEng, National University of Singapore

Ph.D. Students
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Liu Zhourui, Jan 2022 - 
MEng, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
​BSc, Hunan Agricultural University, China

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Saesha Verma, Jan 2023 - 
MEng, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India
BEng, Jaypee University of Technology, India
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Liang Jinxuan, Jan 2024 - 
MSc, National University of Singapore
BEng, Dalian University of Technology, China
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Lim Hao Wei, Jan 2024 - 
BEng, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore

EMBB Alumni (Updated in Mar 2024)

Ph.D. students (name, duration of study in EMBB, immediate position upon gradation)
  • Jonas Koh, 08/2020-01/2025, Scientist, NParks, Singapore
  • Aloysius Teng, 01/2019-01/2024, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NTU, Singapore
  • Apoorva Goel, 01/2019-01/2023, Postdoc, University of Minnesota, USA
  • Sakcham Bairoliya, 08/2016-01/2021, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NTU, Singapore
  • Poorna Vidanage, 07/2017-05/2021 (*Transferred to EMBB in 2017), Lecturer, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  • Azean Zaiden, 01/2017-04/2021, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NTU, Singapore
  • Hu Yidan, 08/2015-08/2019, Associate Professor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
  • Ng Chun Kiat, 01/2013-01/2017, Postdoc (Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow), University of Oxford, UK
  • Wu Yichao, 08/2013-08/2017, Associate Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
  • Anee Mohanty, 08/2012-08/2016, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India
  • Ding Yuanzhao, 08/2012-08/2016, University of Oxford, UK
  • Krishnakumar Sivakumar, 01/2012-03/2016, Research Scientist, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • Zhang Yingdan (co-supervised with Prof. Yehuda Cohen), 08/2012-08/2016, Research Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Research staff and visiting students (name, position in EMBB, current position)
  • Sudha Shukal (Research assistant), Researcher at A*STAR, Singapore
  • Yang Yun (Visiting Ph.D. student), Associate Professor, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
  • Liu Xin (Visiting Ph.D. student), Research Associate Professor, Southern University of Science & Technology, China
  • Amit Kumar (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), CEO and Co-Founder, BioSpin Pte. Ltd., Singapore
  • Daphne Ng (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), Science Communication Lead, Corporate Communications Office, NTU
  • Shi Ming Tan (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), Application Specialist (Bioinformatics), Illumina, Singapore
  • Liu Xiaobo (Visiting Ph.D. student from HKU), Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
  • ​​Manisha Mukherjee (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), Associate Global Scientific Advisor, Novo Nordisk India
  • Zin Thida Cho (Project Officer) ​



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