2008 - Present

Assistant Dean (Graduate Studies), Faculty of Engineering,National University of Singapore

2006 - Present

Associate Professor,Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore

2006 - Present

Faculty Member, NUS Graduate School for Integrative Science and Engineering

2005 - Present

Fellow, Singapore-MIT Alliance, Advanced Materials for Micro & Nano Systems Programme (AMM&NS)

Selected Awards

1996 Trinity College, University of Cambridge research fellowship award.

2000 Named one of the world’s 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Magazine of Innovation.

2004 Young Researcher Award by NUS

2005 JSPS fellowship to NISM, Japan

2006 First poster prize award at the second MRS-S Conference on Advance Materials in Singapore.

Previous Employments

2000 - 2005 Assistant Professor,Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National     University of Singapore

2003 - 2005 Laboratory Supervisor, Information Storage Materials Laboratory, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, NUS

1996 - 2000 Research Fellowship, Trinity College, University of Cambridge

1997 Senior Research Engineer, Data Storage Institute (DSI), Singapore

Education

1993 - 1996 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK. Dissertation: Magnetic Mesostructures

1992 - 1993 Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Microelectronics Engineering and Semiconductor Physics, University of Cambridge, UK

1986 - 1990 Bachelor of Science in Physics (First Class Honors), University of IIorin, Nigeria

Membership

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Fellow, Institute of Nanotechnology (FIoN)

Member, Institute of Physics