SCIENTIA Achievements

Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2023

Congratulations to SCIENTIA winners at the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2023! This year, the SCIENTIA- FOS projects bagged 1 Gold Award, 2 Bronze Awards, 2 Merit Awards and 1 Special Award (Singapore Association for the Advancement of. Science (SAAS)). We would like to congratulate and thank our mentors:

S/No.

Mentor’s Name (Dept/Institution)

Award

Project Title

Student Name

School

1

A/Prof Carrasco Torrecilla, L Roman
(Biological Sciences)

Gold Award

Ecological footprint of industrial vs smallholder oil palm plantations

Wong Chin Wen, Rachel

NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (NUS HSMS)

2

Asst Prof Chae Eunyoung,

Dr Pratibha Ravindran (Biological Sciences) and

Mr Hu Donghui (senior graduate student)

Bronze Award

Understanding the Genetic Basis of Resistance to Combined Heat and Drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

Mukherjee Maharshi

Sng Josh

Giriraj Gautham

 NUS HSMS

3

Asst Prof Zhu Ye (Chemistry)

Mr On Keng Wee Ivan (graduate student)

Bronze Award

Enantioselective Synthesis of Biaryl Atropisomers using Distal Ionic Interactions

Lim Teck Kong

Tan Shi Wei

NUS HSMS

4

Asst Prof Lim Jun Ying (Biological Sciences)

Merit Award + SAAS special award

Potential Factors influencing Local Butterfly Biodiversity in Park Connectors

Banerjee Abhirup

Lim Le Xuan

Ong Wei Hao

NUS HSMS

5

A/Prof Tan Zhi Kuang (Chemistry)

Merit Award

Performance Evaluation of Recycled Acyl-Modified Chitosan Filtration Membranes on Polluted Water Using Spectroscopic Techniques

Lee I-Shiang

Chan Chee Yong Leemen

Teoh Yu Xin

NUS HSMS

NUS High School Research Congress 2023

Thank you to all SCIENTIA 2023 mentors!
We would like to convey our heartfelt appreciation to our SCIENTIA mentors for investing their valuable time and energy into nurturing the SCIENTIA participants!

S/No.

Mentor’s Name (Dept/Institution)

Mentor’s Department

Project Title

NUS HIGH project code

1

A/Prof Carrasco Torrecilla, L Roman 

Biological Sciences

Ecological footprint of industrial vs smallholder oil palm plantations

22.144.NUSB.RE

2

A/Prof Huang Danwei

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum

Reliability of coral species identification for traceability in the aquarium trade

22.084.NUSB.BI

3

Asst Prof Chae Eunyoung
(NUS High School Inspiring Mentor Award),

Dr Pratibha Ravindran (Biological Sciences) and

Mr Hu Donghui (senior graduate student)

Biological Sciences

Understanding the Genetic Basis of Resistance to Combined Heat and Drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions response to heat and drought stress

22.039.NUSB.BI

4

Asst Prof Lim Jun Ying
(NUS High School Inspiring Mentor Award)

Biological Sciences

Potential Factors influencing Local Butterfly Biodiversity in Park Connectors

22.103.NUSB.BI

5

Dr Choong Mei Fun, Amy

Biological Sciences

Using FTIR to investigate plastic degradation by white rot fungi

22.099.NUSC.CM

6

Ms Debby Ng

Biological Sciences

Analysing Environmental Influences on the Plant Diversity of a Naturalised Plot

22.091.NUSB.BI

7

A/Prof Chin Wee Shong

Chemistry

The Effect of Different Storage Conditions on Fruit Peels for the Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles

22.140.NUSC.CM

8

A/Prof Tan Zhi Kuang

Chemistry

Performance Evaluation of Recycled Acyl-Modified Chitosan Filtration Membranes on Polluted Water Using Spectroscopic Techniques

21.122.NUSC.CM

9

A/Prof Valiyaveettil, Suresh

Chemistry

Purifying Nanoplastic-Contaminated Water with Functionalised Cellulose Extracted from Lychee Peels

22.109.NUSC.CM

10

Asst Prof Liviu Ungur
(NUS High School Inspiring Mentor Award)

Chemistry

First principles investigation of electronic structure, ligand field and magnetism of Re(III) compounds

22.051.NUSC.CM

11

Asst Prof Zhu Ye

Chemistry

Enantioselective synthesis of biaryl atropisomers from Suzuki-Miyaura reaction using ionic interactions

22.147.NUSC.CM

12

Dr Fung Fun Man
(NUS High School Inspiring Mentor Award)

Chemistry

Changing Attitudes and Interest Levels Towards Organic Chemistry in High School Learners via a Digital Multiplayer Board Game

22.075.NUSC.CM

13

Dr Max Tham

Chemistry

Characterisation and correlations of free fatty acid compositions of cooking oils with Heme-mediated lipid peroxidation reactions

22.122.NUSC.CM

14

Asst Prof Chen Wenqian

Pharmacy

The effect of fluidizers on the structure and dynamics of live cell membranes studied by single molecule fluorescence microscopy

22.149.NUSC.CM

15

Asst Prof Chen Wenqian

Pharmacy

Synthesis of Peptide Nanomaterials via Controlled Self-Assembly

22.129.NUSA.CM

16

Adjunct A/Prof Nikolai Yakovlev

Physics

Light scattering of micro objects

22.138.NUSP.PH

17

Adjunct A/Prof Nikolai Yakovlev

Physics

Fundamentals of Precision Ellipsometry

22.139.NUSP.PH

18

A/Prof Eda, Goki

Dr Joy Loh Leyi
(NUS High School Inspiring Mentor Award)

Physics

Growth and Crystallographic Characterisation of Beryllium Nitride Crystals as a Novel Semiconductor Material

22.047.NUSC.CM