Dr. Derrick FamAsst. Prof. Derrick Fam obtained his Bachelor of Engineering and Doctorate from the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), NTU, in 2006 and 2012, respectively. In 2013, he was awarded the A*STAR International Fellowship (A*IF) and did his postdoctoral research in Imperial College London in 2014, working on structural supercapacitors. In 2016, he returned to Singapore and joined the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR. In 2021, he joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University as an adjunct faculty. He lectures on high throughput methods for materials discovery, basic electrochemistry, and energy storage. He is currently serving as the Programme Director for the Structural Power for portable and electrified transportation (AME programme) that is focused on developing structural solid-state batteries for various applications. He is also serving as the Deputy Director for the Singapore Battery Consortium looking into catalysing private-public partnerships through innovative research collaborative efforts in the battery field.
