Born in Jakarta, I completed my engineering degree in Singapore and began my career in engineering industry, successfully deploying turnkey manufacturing projects in Singapore and internationally. In 2012, I moved to Montréal, Canada, to pursue a Ph.D. degree in neuroscience.
Currently, I am with the Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS) at Nanyang Technological University, where since 2024 I have taken on Assistant Director responsibilities for research leadership (including grant writing, project management, and partnership engagement, and undergraduate student mentoring), as well as operations management (including workplace safety, agreements, and publicity). Outside work, I enjoy quiet time with my wife and puppy, often over coffee or tea, jazz, and reading.
technical skills
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Software expertise: R, MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW
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Neuroimaging and EEG (FSL, AFNI)
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Design of behavioral experiments, patient-related trials
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General hardware design: analog/mixed-signal, PIC microcontroller, Protel, ExpressPCB.
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Experience in operations management
research interests
Movement is a fundamental human expression and an indicator of functional outcomes, regardless of age. Whether one does reaching, grasping, skill learning, or ambulation, the central nervous system relies on coordinated control as well as executive functions. My work bridges sensorimotor neuroscience, engineering, and clinical rehabilitation using kinematics, neural recordings, wearable sensors, robotics, and machine learning methods to characterize voluntary movement, assess and predict functional recovery, and identify biomarkers of therapy response. For more information about the research activities, please refer to this page.
academic services
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Student mentor for the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Mech. Engineering, NTU (2020 - now)
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Ad-hoc reviewer (PLoS ONE, Brain Sciences, npj Science of Learning, JNER, etc.) since 2020
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Scientific organizer iCREATE 2023 (Bangkok, Thailand), ICNR 2026 (Seoul, South Korea)
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Event helper, NTU–TTSH 5th Joint Workshop on Rehabilitation & Assistive Technologies (2011)
work experiences
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Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS) [Dec 2018 – now]
Job nature: academic research, clinical, leadership.
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McGill University, Dept of Psychology [2012 – 2018]
Job nature: teaching assistantship, academic.
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Life Technologies (now Thermo Fisher Scientific) [2011 – 2012]
Job nature: project management, manufacturing, functional test, UI design.
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SiSTECH Pte Ltd [in 2010]
Job nature: startup tech, system integration, technical consultant.
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BioRobotics Research Group, NTU [2008 – 2010]
Job nature: academic research, mechatronics, hospital trial.
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iNETest Resources Pte Ltd [2004 – 2008]
Job nature: system integration, project management, leadership, UI design.
collaborators
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Overseas: Dr. Patrick Kwong W. H. (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Dr Jack Zhang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Dr. David J Ostry (McGill University), Dr. Zhang Longbin (Hunan University, China)
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Local: TTSH, NUH, AWWA, AMK THK Hospital