Prof Ze Xiang Shen, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. He is the Program Chair of the Interdisciplinary Graduate School. He concurrently holds the position of Co-Director, Centre for Disruptive Photonics Technologies. He was awarded the NTU Nanyang Award for Research and Innovation 2009 as well as the Gold Medal for Research Excellence by Institute of Physics Singapore in 2011. Shen authored over 500 peer reviewed journal papers. He has a citation of >16,000 and H-index of 66. His main research areas include carbon related materials, especially graphene. His work involves spectroscopic and theoretical study of few-lay graphene and folded graphene, graphene intercalation study, graphene based composites for energy harvesting (Li Ion batteries and supercapacitors) and nano electronics. His team developed graphene-based protective coating at nanometer level for Li-ion batteries electrode by micro-gravure coating, mass production of graphene by supercritical carbon dioxide system assisted by co-intercalation, graphene based electrodes for water treatment by electrolysis.
