Research interests & partnerships with stakeholders of the urban farming value chain
NUS has a varied range of research interests in urban farming, as well as several collaborations with local and international agribusinesses. Through SUrF, we are keen to enhance these collaborations with industry partners across the value chain and are open to discussions with interested parties.
| Department | Principal Investigator | Relevant Research Interest | Industrial Collaborator (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Sciences | Chae Eunyoung | Optimizing crop yield and stress resistance; Genomics; Wearable sensors | Greenology |
| Chew Fook Tim | Genomic selection application and breeding of crops | Kalera AS and &ever GmbH, Sime Darby, Genting Plantation, Olam International, Singapore Crawfish Pte Ltd, Apollo Aquaculture Group, Syngenta, Turtle Tree Labs, Sophie's BioNutrients, Float Foods, Cellivate, Tong Lam Industries, Insectta | |
| Lau On Sun | Control of stomatal number for carbon, water-use and shelf-life optimization in plants; Light-regulated plant responses | Greenology | |
| Long Yu Chen | Non-invasive quantification tools for plant metabolites; Control of growth by water | ||
| Nalini Puniamoorthy | Food waste processing by Black Soldier Fly larvae | Wilmar International, Ento Industries (Tiong Lam Supplied Pte. Ltd.), Otolith Enrichment | |
| Pan Shen Quan | Plant microbe interactions | ||
| Prakash Kumar | Plant growth and stress biology; Wearable sensors | Greenology | |
| Sanjay Swarup | Plant microbiomes, metabolites and bacterial diseases, integrated sustainable farming technologies | Vertiveggies, Sustenir, Greenology, Kok Fah Technology Farms, UpGrown Farming Co, Opulent, Insect Feed Technologies, Metagenombio, NUSoil Pte Ltd, ExxonMobil, Sime Darby Tech Centre (Malaysia), Asia Paper & Pulp (Indonesia), APRIL (Indonesia), ScienceWerke (Indonesia), BIOCRATES (Germany) | |
| Wong Sek Man | Plant virology | ||
| Yu Hao | Genome editing for crop improvement; Plant growth and development; lighting recipes for crops | Singrow Pte Ltd, New Agri Seed Pte Ltd, Technospex Pte Ltd. | |
| Food Science & Technology | Leong Lai Peng | Factors that reduce cupping and crinkling of leafy vegetables grown indoors and factors that may increase their overall growth rate | Dr. Wilson Wong, Deputy Director (Operations), Jurong Lake Gardens, National Parks Board |
| Li Dan | Microbial safety study of leafy greens produced in indoor farms | ||
| Zhou Weibiao | LED wavelengths for indoor vegetables and quality, nutritional and microbial safety properties of vegetable juices | Koh Fah Technology Farm; Sky Urban Solutions Holding Pte Ltd | |
| Biomedical Engineering | Tay Kah Ping, Andy | Biodegradable nano-needles for plant engineering | |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | Lee, Chengkuo, Vincent | Fabrication of wearable sensors for plants | |
| Computer Science | Low Kian Hsiang | Analysis of data from wearable sensors for plants |