Leslie Loo

SIT Appointments

• Director of Programmes, Food, Chemical and Biotechnology 2021 – Present
• Associate Professor 2016 – Present
• Cluster Director, Chemical Engineering and Food Technology 2019 – 2020
• Programme Director - SIT MEngTech in Chemical Engineering 2017 – 2020
• Deputy Cluster Director, Chemical Engineering and Food Technology Cluster 2017 – 2019

Education

• PhD (Chemical Engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology , United States
• BSc (Chemical Engineering Rice University , United States

Achievements

• Teaching Excellence Award 2017
• Nanyang Award – Excellence in Teaching 2007

Professional Certification

• Professional Engineer Professional Engineers Board (Singapore)

Professional Memberships

• Phi Lambda Upsilon - Member
• Tau Beta Pi - Member
• Phi Beta Kappa - Member

Research Interests

• Polymer and polymer nanocomposites
• Mechanical properties, molecular structure and dynamics