Assoc. Prof. Tan Swee Tiam received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. From 2007 to 2010, he was with the Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR, Singapore, where he spearheaded the ZnO thin film research by world-first commercial MOCVD system. In 2010, he has been instrumental in founding the LUMINOUS! Centre of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and to oversee the research activities. He is a recipient of 2020 Returning Expert Programme by TalentCorp Malaysia and returned to his home country joining Xiamen University Malaysia as Associate Professor (tenured) and Assistant Dean (Research and Industrial Collaboration) at School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia. He also serves as the Founding Director of Kelip-kelip! Center of Excellence for Light Enabling Technologies, Xiamen University Malaysia. He is also a recipient of 2022 National Outstanding Researcher Award. Dr. Tan has more than 20 years of research experience on optoelectronic epitaxial materials, devices, and physics and has successfully executed several large-scale research projects (>10 projects, ~US$ 40 million). He published over 111 journal publications with h-index of 46. His scientific research work has generated a strong IP portfolio (> 30 international patents) and a spin-off company.
