Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Asst Prof Lew Wen Siang 

Assistant Professor 
Division of Physics & Applied Physics 
School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences 
College of Science 



Email: WENSIANG@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)63162963 
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-04 
Education
  • PhD University of Cambridge 2002
  • MPhil University of Cambridge 2002
  • BSc(Hons) University of Malaya 1996
Biography
Dr Lew is a full-time academic staff (Assistant Professor) at the Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University. He joined the University in January 2007 and is now working on building a research group focus on the research of spin injection in hybrid ferromagnetic-III-V-semiconductor devices. He has published 19 refereed journal papers, including two in the journal Physical Review Letters and one in the journal Nature. His research interests are spintronic and semiconductor devices, III-V solar cells, ultrathin epitaxial magnetic structures, and nanostructured magnetism. The applicant has been working on molecular beam epitaxy system for nine years in industrial and institution laboratories. He has vast experience in planning, designing, and setting up large scale research facilities independently. Prior to joining NTU, he worked as Research Associate at the Cavendish Laboratory where he took charge to set up a new microfabrication cleanroom and a multi-chamber six-target magnetic sensor magnetron sputtering deposition system during 2003-2006. Dr Lew is skilful in device fabrication and measurement.
Research Interests
Dr Lew's areas of expertise are spintronic devices, nanoscale magnetism, and bio magnetic sensors.
Research Grant
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council (2008-)
  • ASPIRE League Research Grant (2012-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2008-)
  • College of Science Collaborative Research Award (2011-)
  • MERLION (2010-)
  • MINDEF-NTU Joint Applied R&D Co-operation Programme (JPP) (2010-)
  • NRF Competitive Research Program (2008-) [by National Research Foundation (NRF)]
  • NTU-JSPS Joint Research Project (2011-)
  • Start Up Grant (2007-) [by MOE]
Current Projects
  • Bio Spintronics Devices
  • Development of Quantum Cascade Lasers for Infrared Countermeasure
  • Energy Dissipation-Less Spin-Based Devices
  • Multi-functional Spintronic Materials and Devices
  • Scientist Exchange Programme FY2010
  • Spin Engineering Patterned Magnetic Structures
  • Spintronic Devices for Magnetic Immunoassay Applications
  • Spintronics Based Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Bio-Detection Applications
Selected Publications
  • Palfreyman, J. J., van Belle, F., Lew, W. S., Mitrelias, T., Bland, J. A. C., Lopalco, M., Bradley, M. (2007). Hybridization of electrodeposited magnetic multilayer micropillars. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 43(6), 2439-2441.
  • van Belle, F., Hayward, T. J., Blanda, J. A. C., Lew, W. S. (2007). Coercivity engineering of exchange biased magnetic multilayer samples for digital encoding applications. Journal of Applied Physics, 102.
  • Lew, W. S., Li, S. P., Bland, J. A. C. (2006). Two-jump magnetic switching in ultrathin Co(001) films probed by giant magnetoresistance measurements. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 307(2), 232-236.
  • van Belle, F., Lew, W. S., Vaz, C. A. F., Bland, J. A. C. (2006). Coercivity and switching field - Engineered magnetic multilayers for 3-D patterned media. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 42(10), 2957-2959.
  • Wang, Z. H., Lew, W. S., Bland, J. A. C. (2006). Manipulation of superparamagnetic beads using on-chip current lines placed on a ferrite magnet. Journal of Applied Physics, 99(8).
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