PROF. WANG HONG

Independent Non-Executive Director (Singaporean)

Prof. Wang Hong was appointed to the Board on 29 May 2023 as the Independent Non-Executive Director at the age of 57 years old.

Prof. Wang Hong holds a doctorate PHD in Design and Fabrication of InP-based Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs) for MMIC Applications, Master in Engineering (by Research) – Design and Fabrication of GaAS-Based HBTs from Nanyang Technology University (NTU) Singapore and Bachelor of Engineering in Semiconductor Physics and Devices from Zhejiang University P.R China.

Prof. Wang Hong pioneer work on the word first InP metamorphic Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs) He led his NTU’s research team on the demonstration of the first Mid-IP Si-photonic platform and led his research team on the major technical breakthrough on III-V/Si hybrid tuneable lasers operating Mid-IR wavelength range (~ 2 um). He also led Nanyang Nanofabrication Centre (N2FC) – an advanced cleanroom facility in NTU providing university-wide support for micro- and nano-fabrication.

He is a Principal Investigator (PI)/Co-PI with more than S$20 million accumulated research funding from research funding agencies and industry and a leading researcher and educator in NTU with more than 30 years’ experience in electronics and photonics, he has trained many postgraduate(> 10 PhD) and undergraduate students.

He also involved with research collaboration with local and international companies for successful translation of technologies to commercialization.