Current Work

Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (2021 – present)

Principal Investigator
Group Manager, Plasma Physics & Energy
Technical Lead, A*STAR Fusion Taskforce

Our group covers topics from developing fusion energy to simulating urban environments. I am also orchestrating A*STAR’s entry into fusion energy research. Current personal research efforts are primarily in radiofrequency and microwaves for burning plasmas, which spans diagnostics to heating and current drive.

Education

University of Oxford (2016 – 2021)

DPhil in Theoretical Physics

• Thesis title: Beam model of Doppler backscattering: theory and experiment. link
• Supervisors: Felix Parra (Oxford) and Jon Hillesheim (UKAEA/CCFE).
• Courses attended: Kinetic Theory, Advanced Fluid Dynamics, Collisional Plasma Physics, Collisionless Plasma Physics.

University of Cambridge (2012 – 2015)

B.A. (Hons) in Natural Sciences, Double First Class Honours

• Part IA: Physics, Materials Science, Computer Science, Mathematics.
• Part IB: Physics A, Physics B, Mathematics.
• Part II: Experimental and Theoretical Physics.

National Junior College (2008 – 2009)

Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level

• H2: Physics (A), Chemistry (A), Mathematics (A), Knowledge & Inquiry (A)
• H3: Essentials of Modern Physics (Dist), Science Research (Dist)

Previous Work Experience

Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (2016 – 2016)

Specialist I (with Joel Yang)

I worked on novel structures for 2D and 3D colour printing near and at the diffraction limit.

Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (2015 – 2016)

Research Engineer (with Jason Png)

I worked in the plasmonics and photonics group, understanding and designing metasurfaces and nonlinear photonic waveguides. I also co-supervised three high school student interns.

Republic of Singapore Air Force (2010-2012)

Corporal

I was drafted into the military for two years. For the most part, I served in ground logistics at the Peace Prairie Detachment in Texas, a joint chinook detachment run by the Republic of Singapore Air Force and the Texas Army National Guard.