NUS Department of Chemistry

27/08/2026

Come Home to Science – Homecoming 2026 🧪🎓

It’s time to come home to Science! 💙

Join us on 19 September 2026 at Kent Ridge Campus for a day of reconnecting, reminiscing and discovering what’s new at the NUS Faculty of Science.

🌱 Highlight: Feeding the Future: Food Security for a Sustainable World
Hear from:
🔹 Assoc Prof Liu Mei Hui, Bezos Centre for Sustainable Proteins at NUS
🔹 Prof Prakash Kumar, Sustainable Urban Farming Research Centre (SUrF)
🔹 Prof Veera Sekaran, Institute for AgriFoods Innovation and Ventures (IAFIV)

Enjoy campus activities, hands-on workshops and a networking lunch with fellow alumni and former professors.

✨ Celebrating a milestone year? Gather your classmates and come home together! Let us know at [email protected] and we’ll help invite your former professors to join you.

📅 19 September 2026 | 9.30am–3.30pm
📍 Kent Ridge Campus
👉 Register: http://tinyurl.com/foshc26

We look forward to welcoming you Home to Science! 💙

18/08/2026

Congratulations to Prof Koh Ming Joo from NUS Department of Chemistry, who has been selected as one of 10 finalists in the Physical Sciences category of the 2026 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year! National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science

Prof Koh’s research aims to make the synthesis of sugars and related molecules simpler and more sustainable. His team developed a light-driven method that works directly with sugars, reducing the multiple chemical steps traditionally needed to prepare them.

These molecules are important in chemistry, biology and medicine, and more efficient ways of making them could support areas such as drug discovery.

Read Prof Koh’s Falling Walls interview: https://falling-walls.com/breakthroughs/finalists-interviews/ming-joo-koh

04/08/2026

27/07/2026

🎓Congratulations, Chemistry Class of 2026! 🧪

Last Saturday, we marked a special milestone at our Homecoming Lunch Gathering, welcoming the Class of 2026 to their very first event as NUS Chemistry alumni, alongside fellow alumni from the Class of 2025. 💙

It was a wonderful opportunity to reconnect, exchange memories, and celebrate the achievements and experiences that shaped your journey to graduation. Your hard work, resilience, and passion have brought you to this proud moment, and we couldn't be more excited to celebrate it with you. 🎓✨

✨ May your future be filled with exciting opportunities, new discoveries, and continued success.

Once again, Congratulations, to Class of 2026! 🎉🥂

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21/07/2026

17/07/2026

30/06/2026

What does baking a cake have to do with building the chips that power AI?

For alumnus Dr Doreen Yong, a chemist at Applied Materials Southeast Asia, semiconductor manufacturing is a lot like baking. It requires the right ingredients, precise measurements and careful timing. The difference? Instead of a cake, she's creating the microscopic materials that allow computer chips to work better.

But her work isn't only about faster, more powerful technologies. At the earliest stages of semiconductor research, she helps develop materials that improve both chip performance and manufacturing sustainability.

“This work appears invisible but it shapes what technologies are possible and will ultimately influence how people experience technology in their daily lives,” she says.

Find out more at https://aplussingapore.com/article/applied-materials-dr-doreen-yong

📸 Credits: a+ Singapore, Mun Kong

10/06/2026

🔬 SICC-13 is coming!

Register before the deadline! Join us at www.sicc13.com
Discover 40+ keynote lectures, 650+ presentations & posters, editor forums, Rising Star Awards, workshops, industry showcases and exclusive networking events. A global meeting point for chemistry, collaboration & discovery, where ideas become breakthroughs. ⏰ Early Bird registration for SICC-13 is ending soon! Secure your place now and join leading scientists, researchers and innovators from around the world for an exciting scientific programme, networking opportunities and ground breaking discussions.