Assistant Professor B Eng (NTU), Ph.D (University of Cambridge)
Rm 228, Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building	Tel: +852 3943 4341	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Research Interests: Thermoelectric materials; renewable energy and energy harvesting; electronic materials; thermal management; cooling and heat dissipation; renewable energy; waste upcycling; water-energy nexus.

Resume of Career

Ady Suwardi is an incoming Vice-chancellor Assistant Professor at the Electronic Engineering department in The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He received his PhD in Materials Science from University of Cambridge, U.K. in 2018, and B.Eng from NTU, Singapore in 2012. His research cuts across fundamental materials, electronic, and thermal properties of sustainable energy materials, with specific focus on thermoelectric materials and devices. He has published ~110 papers, with >40 corresponding/first authored papers in top journals such as Nature Electronics, Advanced Materials, ACS Energy Letters, Materials Horizons, and Nano Energy. To date he has h-index of 32, secured >S$ 1.4 million fundings via 5 grants, and has given >10 invited talks. For his research works, he was awarded Nanoscale Emerging Investigator 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator 2022, and winner of EU-ASEAN Youth Sustainable Project Competition 2022.

In terms of academic services, he currently serves as early career editorial board in Materials Today Energy and Youth editorial board in Soft Science and The Innovation Materials. He has refereed for >200 articles in >50 peer-reviewed journals including Science, Nature Energy, and Nature Communications. He is also the recipient of outstanding reviewer award from Journal of Materials Chemistry A in 2020. Beyond academics, he is also a recipient of 2 Singapore National Awards from the Prime Minister Office and Government Gazette for his technical contributions during the COVID-19.

Current Research Interests

Thermoelectric materials; renewable energy and energy harvesting; electronic materials; thermal management; cooling and heat dissipation; renewable energy; waste upcycling; water-energy nexus.

Highlights of Recent Achievements

• Ady’s team developed a strategy to effectively upcycle waste silicon from used solar panels into thermoelectrics.
• The team also achieved record-breaking mobility in 2D MoS2 by elucidating and leveraging on the role of rippled substrates on charge mobility.
• The team has also worked extensively on 3D-printed thermoelectrics, with specific focus on engineering high performance in 3D-printed porous thermoelectrics.

Honors and Awards

• Featured in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C 10th Anniversary Community Spotlight: Outstanding Reviewers, 2023.
• SNIC (Singapore National Institute of Chemistry) - Prof Lee Soo Ying Early Career Research Award (Silver) 2023.
• COVID-19 Resilience Medal, Singapore 2023.
• Nanoscale Emerging Investigator Award 2022.
• Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator Award 2022.
• EU-ASEAN Youth Sustainable Project Competition Award 2022.
• The Commendation Medal (COVID 19) from Prime Minister Office (PMO), Singapore, 2022
• Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) Borderless Silver Award, 2021

External Service in Recent 3 Years

• Grant reviewer for EURIZON Fellowship Programme.
• Special issue on “Thermoelectrics and Energy Harvesting Materials” in ChemNanoMat 2023.
• Youth Editorial Board of The Innovation Materials 2023 - present.
• Early Career Researcher (ECR) Editorial Board of Materials Today Energy 2021- present.
• Youth Editorial Board of Soft Science 2021 - present.
• Materials Today Energy top reviewer 2022.
• Editor in Chief of World Scientific Annual Review of Functional Materials 2022-present.
• Outstanding Reviewer Award from Journal of Materials Chemistry A
• Active peer reviewer (> 190 articles in >40 journals) including Science, Nature Energy, Nature Communication, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and so on.

Representative Publication for the Past 3 Years

^# : First (co-first) author ; ✉: corresponding author. More information in Google Scholar.

1. K. Ng^#, D. Xiang^#, A. Suwardi^#, G. Hu, K. Yang, Y. Zhao, T. Liu, Z. Cao, H. Liu, S. Li, J. Cao. Nature Electronics. 2022 Jun 9:1-8.
   * Highlighted by Tech Xplore, EurekAlert, Phys Org.
2. Cao, Y. Sim, X.Y.Tan, J. Zheng, S.W. Chien, N. Jia, K. Chen, Y.B. Tay, J.F. Dong, L. Yang, A. Suwardi^✉. Advanced Materials. 2022 May;34(19):2110518.
   * Highlighted by Nature, PV Magazine, Interesting Engineering, Nanowerk, Eurekalert, Straits Times, and Lianhe Zaobao, RIE Magazine by Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) p25-27.
3. Suwardi, F. Wang, K. Xue, M. Y. Han, P. Teo, P. Wang, S. Wang, Y. Liu, E. Ye and Z. Li, Advanced Materials, 2021, 2102703.
4. Zhang, X.J.G. Lim, X. Li, K. Saglik, S.F.D. Solco, X.Y. Tan, Y. Leow, W. Zhai, C.K.I. Tan, J. Xu, A. Suwardi^✉. ACS Energy Letters 8 (2022): 332-338.
5. Zhang, W. Y. S. Lim, S. S. F. Duran, X. J. Loh and A. Suwardi^✉, ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 720-735.
6. Cao, J. Dong, K. Saglik,..,J. Xu, J. Wu, F. Wei, Q. Yan, A. Suwardi^✉. Nano Energy 2022: 108118.
7. Cao, X.Y. Tan, N. Jia, J. Zheng, S.W. Chien, H.K. Ng, C.K.I. Tan, H. Liu, Q. Zhu, S. Wang, G. Zhang, A. Suwardi^✉. Nano Energy. 2022 Jun 1;96:107147.
8. Zhang, D., Ramiah, J., Cagirici, M., Saglik, K., Solco, S. F. D., Cao, J., ... & Suwardi^✉. Materials Horizons, 2024.
9. Zheng, S.F.D. Solco, C.J.E. Wong, S.A. Sia, X.Y. Tan, J. Cao, .. A. Suwardi^✉. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022, 10, 19787-19796.
   * selected for the prestigious 2022 Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator issue.
   ^# selected for 2023 Journal of Materials Chemistry A Lunar New Year collection.
10. Jia, J. Cao, X. Y. Tan, J. Zheng, S. W. Chien, L. Yang, K. Chen, H. K. Ng, S. S. F. Duran and A.Suwardi^✉, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 23335-23344.
    * selected for back cover of the issue.
    ^# 2021 JMCA most popular articles (50 out of ~2500)