| ORCID |  			0000-0001-5015-6087 |  		
 		 			| Google Scholar |  			Google Scholar |  		
 		 			| Nationality: |  			Singapore |  		
 		 			| Positions: |  			 |  		
 		 			| Since 2014 |  			Argovia Professor for Nanobiology (Associate Prof.) at the Biozentrum and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel |  		
 		 			| 2009 – 2013 |  			Argovia Professor for Nanobiology (Tenure Track Asst. Prof.) at the Biozentrum and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel |  		
 		 			| 2004 – 2008 |  			Postdoctoral Scientist of the Biozentrum and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel. |  		
 		 			| 2003 – 2003 |  			Research Associate, Micro and Nano Systems Cluster, IMRE, Singapore |  		
 		 			| Education: |  			 |  		
 		 			| 2004 – 2008 |  			Postdoctoral Fellow of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute and the Biozentrum at the University of Basel |  		
 		 			| 1999 – 2003 |  			Ph.D. from The National University of Singapore (NUS)/Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) |  		
 		 			| 1993 – 1996 |  			B.Sc. in Applied Science (Physics) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |  		
 		 			| Selected Awards & Honors: |  		
 		 			| 2008 |  			Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize: “From Solid State to Biophysics” |  		
 		 			| 2004 |  			International Fellowship awarded by the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR, Singapore) |  		
 		 			| Selected Memberships: |  		
 		 			| Since 2009 |  			Biophysical Society |  		
 		 			| Since 2007 |  			American Society for Cell Biology |