Han Lab @ NTU
Experimental Soft Matter and Biophysics
Current members
Principal Investigator
Endao Han
Employment
2023 – present Assistant Professor
Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2018 – 2023 Associate Research Scholar / CPBF Fellow
Center for the Physics of Biological Function and Department of Physics, Princeton University, USA
Education
2012 – 2018 Ph.D. in Physics, University of Chicago, USA
2010 – 2012 MPhys (Hons), University of Manchester, UK
2007 – 2011 B.S. in Physics, Shandong University, China
Postdoc
Dr. Haolin Li
Co-supervised by Prof. K. Jimmy Hsia (MAE).
Mechanics of bacteria.
Postdoc
Dr. Qi Chen
Mechanics of bacteria.
SINGA PhD student, SPMS
Francesco Borando
Bacterial colonies as nematic and polar active matter.
Undergraduate, SPMS
Ryu Ng Zhi Xiong
URECA 2023-2025
FYP 2025-2026
Co-supervised by Prof. Dinish U.S.
Undergraduate, SPMS
Solomon Ting Peng Nian
URECA 2025-2026
Traction force microscopy
Postdoc
Dr. Haolan Xu
Diffusion and bacterial haviors in complex fluids.
Postdoc
Dr. Xiuqing Duan
Co-supervised by Prof. Cyrus Mostajeran (SPMS)
Bacteria on curved surfaces.
PhD student, SPMS
Jianyue Deng
Mechanics of bacteria.
Undergraduate, SBS
Joyce Koong Pui En
URECA 2024-2025
Bacterial behaviors.
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Postdoc
Dr. Arpan Sinha
Co-supervised by Prof. Massimo Pica Ciamarra (SPMS).
How bacteria move in computers.
PhD student, SPMS
Farisan Dary
Bacterial behaviors.
IGP PhD student
Yuchen Liu
Co-supervised by Prof. K. Jimmy Hsia (MAE).
Bacterial behaviors.
Undergraduate, SPMS
Nitya Thutupalli
URECA 2025-2026
Sensing of bacteria
SPMS - School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
MAE - School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
SBS - School of Biological Sciences
SINGA - Singapore International Graduate Award
IGP - Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme
Alumni
Postdoctoral fellow
Hongmei Xu (2025, co-supervised by Prof. K. Jimmy Hsia)
Undergraduate students
Lim Zi Way (URECA 2023-2024)
Lim Zhen Ann Ryan (URECA 2023-2024)
Ahmad Ibrahim Bin Marzuki (URECA 2023-2025)
Lavinia Somanesan (Final Year Project 2024-2025)