Seng Ghee Tan

Seng Ghee Tan received his PhD (2006) and M.Eng (2001) from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and his B.Eng (1996) from the University of Malaya. He was a senior research fellow under the A-STAR of Singapore from 2006-2009. He later held the position of Assistant Professor with the NUS from 2009-2015 before leaving the NUS in 2015 to continue his career with A-STAR as a theoretical physicist until 2017. He was at the same time an editorial board member for the Scientific Reports (NPG). He is presently (2007 onwards) a Visiting Prof at the National Taiwan University (NTU).

In 2007, he predicted a physical effect known as the spin-orbit spin torque, and derived a modified-LLG equation [S.G. Tan et. al. arXiv: 0705.3502 (2007)] to support his prediction. The effect was confirmed by experiment in 2010, and is now used in the study of magnetic memory. In 2015, he predicted theoretically a conductivity correction to the 2D-spin Hall systems. In 2012, he wrote a book: “Introduction to the Physics of Nanoelectronics” (Woodheads Publishing, Elsevier). He has published over 160 journal papers in the emerging fields of spintronics, graphene, Dirac-Weyl, topological physics in materials and electronics. During his professorship with the NUS, he had supervised about 10 PhD students. He had taught many courses in quantum electronics (emerging), quantum transport in nanoscale devices (new materials), quantum spintronics, at both NUS (Singapore) and NTU (Taiwan).

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD National University of Singapore (2002 — 2006)
• Master of Engineering - MEng National University of Singapore (1997 — 2001)
• Bachelor of Engineering - BE University of Malaya (1992 — 1996)