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Researchers from SUTD and FRG Join the Prestigious Global Young Scientists Summit 2025

Dr. Syed Ali Abbas Abedi, a Research Fellow, and PhD student Lovelesh had the honor of attending the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2025 at the National University of Singapore. This prestigious summit brought together an impressive array of young … Continue reading

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Tianruo Wins RSC Excellent Student Award

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FRG PhD Student, Shen Tianruo, obtained the Merit Award in the “Visual Science” Cover Contest organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

Shen Tianruo received the award certificate from Prof. Gill Reid (President of RSC) during the RSC President’s Reception on June 16, 2024, in Guangzhou, China. The relevant artwork corresponds to a research article titled “Photoinduced electron transfer endows fluorogenicity in … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Dr. Abedi on his graduation defense!

🎓 Abedi, originally from Pakistan, has completed an exceptional journey in the world of scientific research. Under the guidance of Prof. Liu Xiaogang, Abedi delved deep into the realm of molecular luminescence during his PhD. His research focused on cutting-edge … Continue reading

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Tianruo recevied the “CAS Registry® Innovator” certificate from Chemical Abstract Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

The accolade was bestowed upon Tianruo on March 26, 2024, in recognition of his contributions to the realm of chemical molecules.  Nine compounds generated from his research article titled “Methine-Quinoidal Fragment Induces Significant Bathochromic Shifts in Organic Dyes” have been … Continue reading

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Tianruo won the “Best Oral Presentation” award at the 7th Young Scholar Symposium on Fluorescent Probes and Imaging.

  This conference is organized by Chinese Chemical Letters in collaboration with Hainan Medical University, which was held in Haikou from 4th to 7th April 2024. This event offers an invaluable platform for emerging scholars. It facilitates rich academic discussions … Continue reading

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SUTD co-hosted Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad 2019

SUTD hosted >400 students from secondary schools in Singapore, during the Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad on 18 May 2019. It is for the first time that Chemistry Olympiad came to SUTD. During this event,  members of the Fluorescence Research Group played … Continue reading

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Twisted Intramolecular Charge Shuttle (TICS) in the News

Our work on Twisted Intramolecular Charge Shuttle (TICS) has been featured in SUTD Research News and reported in various media, such as: Eurekalert Science Daily Phys.org 中国科学报/科学网 Figure 1. (a) Schematic illustration of the twisted intramolecular charge shuttle (TICS) mechanisms; “D” … Continue reading

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Congratulations for the acceptance of Weijie’s paper by Angew. Chemie.

Families of the Fluorescence Research Group gathered at Chinatown for a sumptuous dinner in Mar 2019, to celebrate the acceptance of Weijie’s paper “Photoexcitation Induced Twisted Intramolecular Charge Shuttle (TICS)” by Angew. Chemie. Congratulations, Weijie! And thank you, our collaborators … Continue reading

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Dr. Liu was elected as the Council Member of Singapore National Institute of Chemistry

Members of the Fluorescence Research Group attended the 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Golden Jubilee Celebration Dinner of the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) on 29 Mar 2019.  “SNIC was established in March 1970 as a national body for the chemical profession … Continue reading

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