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Bin Cao, Ph.D., FRSC
Associate Professor
Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Wegner Hall, Room 309
Email: [email protected] 

Research Staff
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Dr. Sakcham Bairoliya (Postdoc, Jan 2026- )
PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
BTech, VIT University, India
Research interest: Environmental microbiology and biotechnology

Ph.D. Students
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Odelia Yap, Jan 2026 - 
BEng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
​Research interest: Microbial biofilms for sustainability
Hobbies: Dancing, travelling
Chuhan Gao, Jan 2026 - 
MSc, National University of Singapore
BSc, Shenzhen University, China
Research interest: Microbial bioengineering 
Hobbies: Playing piano, badminton, travelling, hiking
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​Liu Zhourui, Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 [NTU, Singapore]
MEng, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
​BSc, Hunan Agricultural University, China
Research interest: Electrochemically active biofilms

Undergraduate Students
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Leahnila A Korpal (Spring 2026)

EMBB Alumni (Updated in Aug 2025)

Ph.D. students (name, duration of study in EMBB, immediate position upon gradation)
  • Lim Hao Wei, Jan 2024-Aug 2025 (*Transferred to Dr. Yin Xiaole at NTU)
  • Liang Jinxuan, Jan 2024-Aug 2025 (*Transferred to Dr. Anni Zhang at NTU)
  • Saesha Verma, Jan 2023-Aug 2025 (*Transferred to Dr. Yin Xiaole at NTU)
  • 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), Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore​
  • Azean Zaiden (Postdoctoral Research Fellow),  Illinois Advanced Research Center at Singapore, CREATE, Singapore. ​
  • Liu Yi-Nan (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), Investigator (Professor), Nankai University, China
  • Aloysius Teng (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), NTU. 
  • Sakcham Bairoliya (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), Washington State University, Pullman, WA. 
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