Nationality: China
Faculty & Year of Study: Faculty of Engineering, Year 4
Undergraduate: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
"Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought."
Why Did You Choose To Pursue Your PhD At NUS?
NUS is one of the best universities in the world that can provide a lot of opportunities for interdisciplinary study. In NUS, it is easy to collaborate with world-class teams from different research areas. Hence, I choose to pursue my PhD at NUS.
Can you tell us briefly about your research topic?
I am in an interdisciplinary team that seeks to develop bioelectronic tools to address important scientific and biomedical challenges in human health. My current research focuses on advanced technologies for wireless powering, sensing, and communication within living systems. I integrate these technologies in bioelectronic systems and work closely with clinicians and life scientists in order to demonstrate innovative approaches to study, diagnose, and treat disease.
What challenges have you faced during your stint as a PhD student?
The biggest challenge I faced was propose new ideas when I was a freshman in my research area. The solution for this challenge actually is very “simple”, to increase the effective “input”. My supervisor suggested me to read more relevant literature and discuss with researchers with different background, like engineering, physics or medicine. The results show this method works very well.
Any other words of wisdom to share?
Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.