Dr Andy Tay Kah Ping
IAS Open Programme
National University of Singapore
Andy Tay graduated in 2014 from NUS with a First-Class Honors in Biomedical Engineering. He later headed to the University of California, Los Angeles for his PhD studies and graduated in 2017 as the recipient of the Harry M Showman Commencement Award. Andy next received his postdoctoral training at Stanford University before heading to Imperial College London as an 1851 Royal Commission Brunel Research Fellow
He is currently a Presidential Young Professor in NUS, focusing on engineering immunity with biomaterials to diagnose and treat cancer and skin disorders.
Andy is a recipient of international awards including the Terasaki Young Innovator Award and Micro and Nano Engineering Young Investigator Award. He is listed as a Forbes 30 Under 30 (US/Canada, Science), and World Economic Forum Young Scientist. He recently was awarded the President’s Science and Technology Award Young Scientist Award, the highest national accolade for researchers under 40 in Singapore.
During their IAS Fellowship, Dr Tay Kah Ping will be collaborating with Dr Elisa Mele from the Department of Materials.