Staff Awards
Staff Awards
Welcome to the Staff Awards website, where we recognise and celebrate the achievements of our faculty and staff. If you wish to share any prizes or awards received, new appointments or memberships in prestigious boards or societies, and other notable achievements in the last six months, we would love to hear from you.
Mr Pillay was awarded the highest civilian honour — the Order of Temasek (with Distinction)
Honoured for service to the nation
Mr J Y Pillay, former Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) and Rector of the NUS College of Peter & Alice Tan, topped the National Day Awards this year, receiving the highest honour for civilians — the Order of Temasek (with Distinction). NUS Honorary Doctor of Letters Dr Gerard Ee Hock Kim, Chairman of the Charity Council and Agency for Integrated Care, was honoured with a Distinguished Service Order.
Prof Dario Campana’s immunotherapy research wins Gabbay Award
Professor Dario Campana from the Department of Paediatrics at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine has received the prestigious Gabbay Award for his groundbreaking CAR-T cell immunotherapy research. The international Jacob and Louise Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine recognises scientists in academia, medicine or industry whose work contributes to outstanding scientific content and significant practical consequences in the biomedical sciences.
Assoc Prof Praveen Linga elected UK chemistry fellow
Associate Professor Praveen Linga, Dean’s Chair Associate Professor at the NUS Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, one of the oldest and most reputable professional bodies based in the UK.
Prof Wirtz (centre) with his award
Prof Jochen Wirtz receives most prestigious service honour
Professor Jochen Wirtz from the Department of Marketing at NUS Business School has been named the 2019 winner – the first from an Asian university – of the Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions Award. The highest accolade of the service community, the award is presented annually to an individual whose research, practice, teaching and service have a long-term impact on the service discipline.
Assoc Prof Chng (left) receiving the award
Young investigator award in lipid research
Associate Professor Chng Shu Sin from the Department of Chemistry at NUS Faculty of Science is the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Walter A Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research. This honour is bestowed by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) on one young scientist each year for making outstanding research contributions in the area of lipids.
Associate Professor Chng Shu Sin from the Department of Chemistry at NUS Faculty of Science is the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Walter A Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research. This honour is bestowed by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) on one young scientist each year for making outstanding research contributions in the area of lipids.
Assoc Prof Chng was cited for his contribution to the understanding of bacterial lipid trafficking, and that he “has already cemented himself as a world leader in his field”. He delivered an award lecture at the ASBMB annual meeting in Orlando, US, sharing his group’s research towards understanding outer membrane biogenesis and antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
MBI Director receives cell biology leadership award
Professor Li Rong, Director of the Mechanobiology Institute at NUS, has received the 2019 Sandra K Masur Senior Leadership Award from the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB). This accolade recognises cell biology researchers whose outstanding scientific achievements are coupled with a record of active leadership in mentoring both men and women in scientific careers. It is one of three awards sponsored by the ASCB’s Women in Cell Biology committee.