Ady Suwardi

Vice-Chancellor Assistant Professor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Hong Kong SAR

Ady Suwardi is a Vice-chancellor Assistant Professor at the Electronic Engineering department in The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He received his PhD in Materials Science from University of Cambridge, U.K. in 2018, and B.Eng from NTU, Singapore in 2012. He is also an adjunct assistant professor at NUS MSE, Singapore. His research cuts across fundamental materials, electronic, and thermal properties of sustainable energy materials, with specific focus on thermoelectric materials and devices. He has published a number of papers as corresponding/first authored papers in top journals such as Nature Electronics, Advanced Materials, ACS Energy Letters, Materials Horizons, and Nano Energy with h-index of 39. So far, he has also secured >5 competitive grants, and has given >10 invited talks. For his research works, he was awarded Nanoscale Emerging Investigator 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator 2022, and winner of EU-ASEAN Youth Sustainable Project Competition 2022.

In terms of academic services, he currently serves as editorial board in Materials Today Energy and Youth editorial board in Soft Science and The Innovation Materials. He has refereed for >200 articles in >50 peer-reviewed journals including Science, Nature Energy, Joule, and Nature Communications. He is also the recipient of outstanding reviewer award from Journal of Materials Chemistry A in 2020. Beyond academics, he is also a recipient of 2 Singapore National Awards from the Prime Minister Office and Government Gazette for his technical contributions during the COVID-19.

Samuel Lim Wei Yang

Specialist (Research Officer)