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Dr. SUBRAMANIAN Tamil Selvan (Adjunct @ NUS, Bioengineering)

Name:	Dr. SUBRAMANIAN Tamil Selvan (Adjunct @ NUS, Bioengineering)
Designation:	Scientist III
Capability Group / Department:	Synthesis & Integration
Address:	3, Research Link, Singapore 117602
Tel: (65)	68745249
Email:	subramaniantimre.a-star.edu.sg

Adjunct Appointments

Organisation	National University of Singapore
Department	Division of Bioengineering
Appointment in Organisation	Assoc Prof

RESEARCH

Research Interests/Areas

Nanotechnology: Metal-polymer and quantum dot-silica nanocomposites for photonics applications
Nanobiotechnology: Quantum dots and magnetic nanoparticles for bioimaging applications
Energy: Solar cells and batteries

Specialised Expertise

Synthesis of metal (e.g. Au, Ag), II-VI quantum dots (e.g. CdSe, CdTe), IV-VI quantum dots (e.g. PbS, PbSe) and magnetic (e.g. iron oxide) nanoparticles
Solution phase synthesis of bifunctional magnetic-quantum dot nanocomposites
Sol-gel synthesis of quantum dot-silica nanocomposites
Solution phase synthesis of metal-conducting polymer nanocomposites
Electrochemical characterization of battery electrode materials

Projects

Synthesis and integration of near infrared emitting quantum dots into solar cells
Multi-functional nanoparticles for imaging applications

Working Experience

Apr 2007-Aug 2008	Principal Research Scientist (RSE 3), IBN, Singapore
Aug 2003-Mar 2007	Senior Research Scientist (RSE 3), IBN, Singapore
Jan 2003-July 2003	Research Fellow, IME, Singapore
Nov 2002-Jan 2003	Visiting Scientist, AIST, Osaka, Japan
Apr 2000-July 2002	Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia
Apr 1999-Mar 2000	Visiting Scientist, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Oct 1997-Mar 1999	JSPS Fellow, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Nov 1995-Apr 1997	Humboldt Fellow, University of Ulm, Germany
Apr 1993- Oct 1995	Research Associate, CECRI, Karaikudi, India

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D., Central Electrochemical Research Institute (Awarded by Madurai Kamaraj University), India, 1992
M.Sc., Alagappa University, India, 1987
B.Sc., A.N.J.A. College (Madurai Kamaraj University), India, 1985

Honours and Awards

2011-2012	Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
2012	SPIE BIOS: Invited Speaker, Colloidal Nanocrystals for Biomedical Applications VII, San Francisco
2011	SPIE BIOS: Chair and Invited Speaker, Colloidal Quantum Dots/Nanocrystals for Biomedical Applications, San Francisco
2009	Organizer, Symposium B “Nanomaterials for Bioimaging and Biosensing”, ICMAT, Singapore
2007-	External Reviewer, Ph.D Thesis Evaluation
2006	Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering
2005	Outstanding Mentor Award, Youth Research Program, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore
2005	NSERC Canada - Strategic Grant Proposal Evaluation, International Reviewer
1997	Award of JSPS fellowship, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
1995	Award of Humboldt Fellowship, University of Ulm, Germany
1992	Award of CSIR Research Associateship, Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), India

Other Professional Appointments / Membership

2011-	Adjunct Associate Professor, Bioengineering, NUS
2011	SPIE BIOS Advisory Board, San Francisco
2007- 2008	American Chemical Society, Member
2007- 2008	Royal Society of Chemistry, Member
2007- 2009	Materials Research Society (MRS-USA), Member
2003- Current	Materials Research Society Singapore (MRS-S), Member
2008- Current	The Open Materials Science Journal, Editorial Advisory Board
2000- Current	American Chemical Society, Elsevier and Wiley Journals, Reviewer

Selected Publications

S.T. Selvan*, T.T.Y.Tan, D.K. Yi and N.R. Jana, Functional and Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Biosensing. Langmuir (2010) 26:11631-11641. Invited Feature Article.
G.K. Das, B.C. Heng , S.-C. Ng, T. White, J.S.C. Loo, L. D’Silva , P. Padmanabhan, K.K. Bhakoo, S.T. Selvan*, T.T.Y. Tan *. Gadolinium oxide ultranarrow nanorods as multimodal contrast agents for optical and magnetic resonance imaging. Langmuir (2010) 26:8959-8965
C. Y. Ang, L. Giam, Z. M. Chan, A. W. H. Lin, H. Gu, E. Devlin, G. C. Papaefthymiou, S. T. Selvan*, and J. Y. Ying*, "Facile Synthesis of Fe2O3 Nanocrystals without Fe(CO)5 Precursor and One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Fe2O3-CdSe Nanocomposites", Advanced Materials 21 (2009), pp. 869-873.
S. T. Selvan, P. K. Patra, C. Y. Ang and J. Y. Ying*, "Synthesis and Live-Cell Imaging with Semiconductor and Magnetic Quantum Dots," Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 46 (2007), pp. 2448-2452 [Designated as a Very Important Paper by the Journal]. Times Cited: 110.
T. T. Tan, S. T. Selvan*, Z. Lan, S. Gao and J. Y. Ying*, "Size Control, Shape Evolution and Silica coating of Near-Infrared-Emitting PbSe Quantum Dots," Chemistry of Materials 19, (2007), pp 3112-3117.Times Cited: 26.
S. T. Selvan, T. T. Tan and J. Y. Ying*, "Robust, Non-Cytotoxic, silica-Coated CdSe Quantum Dots with Efficient Photoluminescence," Advanced Materials, 17 (2005) pp. 1620-1625. [Highlighted in Small, 1 (2005) 682]. Times Cited: 116.
D. K. Yi, S. T. Selvan, S. S. Lee, G. C. Papaefthymiou, D. Kundaliya and J. Y. Ying*, "Silica-Coated Nanocomposites of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127 (2005), pp. 4990-4991. [Highlighted in Nanotoday, May 2005, 13. One of the 20 Most Accessed Articles from Jan-June 2005]. Times Cited: 217.
S. T. Selvan, C. Bullen, M. Ashokkumar and P. Mulvaney*, "Synthesis of Tunable, Highly Luminescent QD- Glasses through Sol-Gel Processing," Advanced Materials, 13 (2001), pp. 985-988. Times Cited: 50.
S. T. Selvan, *, T. Hayakawa and M. Nogami, "Remarkable Influence of Silver Islands on the Enhancement of Fluorescence from Eu3+ Ion-Doped Silica Gels," J. Physical Chemistry B, 103 (1999), pp. 7064-7067. Times Cited: 71.
S. T. Selvan*, T. Hayakawa, M. Nogami and M. Moeller, "Block Copolymer Mediated Synthesis of Gold Quantum Dots and Novel Gold- Polypyrrole Nanocomposites," J. Physical Chemistry B, 103(1999), pp. 7441-7448. Times Cited: 76.
S. T. Selvan*, M. Nogami, A. Nakamura and Y. Hamanaka, "A Facile Sol-Gel Method for the Encapsulation of Gold Nanoclusters in Silica Gels and Their Optical Properties," J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 255 (1999), pp. 254-258. Times Cited: 22.
T. Hayakawa*, S. T. Selvan and M. Nogami, "Field Enhancement Effect of Small Ag particles on the Fluorescence from Eu3+- Doped SiO2 glass," Applied Physics Letters, 74 (1999), pp. 1513-1515. Times Cited: 113.
T. Hayakawa*, S. T. Selvan and M. Nogami, "Enhanced Fluorescence from Eu3+ owing to Surface Plasma Oscillation of Silver Particles in Glass," J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 259 (1999), pp. 16-22. Times Cited: 42.
S. T. Selvan, J.P. Spatz, H.A. Klok and M. Möller*, "Gold-Polypyrrole Core- Shell Particles in Block Copolymer Micelles," Advanced Materials, 10 (1998), pp. 132-134. Times Cited: 136.
S. T. Selvan*, "Novel Nanostructures of Gold-Polypyrrole Composites," J. Chemical Society Chemical Communications, (1998), pp. 351-352. Times Cited: 66.

Patents Filed

“Cell-Targeting Nanoparticles And Uses Thereof” (IMRE), Authors: S. T. Selvan, P. Padmanabhan, D. Janczewski and K. Bhakoo, US Patent Application No. 13/236,567 (Sep 19, 2011).
Coated robust water soluble naoparticles (IBN), Authors: J. Y. Ying, S. T. Selvan and T. Tan, US patent No. 7,405,002 B2, European Patent Office 2007 (EP1787112), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 2006 (WO2006060041), Taiwan Application 2006 (94123662)
"Coated composites of magnetic material and quantum dots" (IBN), Authors: J. Y. Ying, S. T. Selvan, D.K. Yi and S.S. Lee, U.S. Patent No. 7,534, 489
"Live-Cell Imaging with Semiconductor and Magnetic Quantum Dots" (IBN), Authors: J. Y. Ying, S. T. Selvan and P. K. Patra, U.S. Patent Application No. 60/809,710
"One-pot synthesis of magnetic nanocrystals and magnetic quantum dots" (IBN), Authors: J. Y. Ying, and S. T. Selvan, Int. Appl. No. PCT/SG 2008/000229.

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