SMART CAMP has launched and is actively building our research team!
Team
CAMP Leadership
CAMP Principal Investigators
CAMP Principal Investigators
SMART CAMP is led by Prof. Krystyn J. Van Vliet (MIT) and Prof. Hanry Yu (NUS), supported by a CAMP Council of CAMP PIs and Staff.
CAMP Principal Investigators
CAMP Principal Investigators
CAMP Principal Investigators
CAMP includes 15 MIT faculty PIs and 25 Singapore-based PIs who lead the research and mentor postdoc and student researchers.
CAMP Staff
CAMP Principal Investigators
CAMP Students
CAMP is comprised primarily of talented postdoctoral researchers & research scientists in Singapore, with a complement of CAMP postdocs and PhD students based at MIT.
CAMP Students
Open Positions
CAMP Students
CAMP PhD students are from various Singapore universities and are co-supervised by CAMP PIs.
Cell Therapy Manufacturing Ecosystem Partners
Open Positions
Open Positions
CAMP actively partners with other Singapore-based research teams and councils focused on cell therapy manufacturing, as well as companies worldwide across the cell manufacturing workstream.
Open Positions
Open Positions
Open Positions
CAMP is currently seeking highly motivated postdocs and research staff for our world-class team laboratory Singapore, and seeking Ph.D. students at MIT.
For CAMP employee positions, see IRG-CAMP postings at SMART Human Resources.
CAMP Sponsors, Supporters & Partners
CAMP Sponsor
CAMP Supporters & Partners
CAMP Leadership
Krystyn J. VAN VLIET
Krystyn J. VAN VLIET
Krystyn J. VAN VLIET
VAN VLIET is CAMP's Founding Co-Lead PI. At MIT, she is also the Associate Provost, Director of Manufacturing Innovation, and Koerner Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Biological Engineering. For more information, see her group site.
Hanry YU
Krystyn J. VAN VLIET
Krystyn J. VAN VLIET
YU is CAMP's Founding Co-Lead PI. At National University of Singapore & A*STAR, he is Professor of Physiology in the YLL School of Medicine, founding PI of the Mechanobiology Institute, and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. For more information, see https://mbi.nus.edu.sg/yu-hanry/
Bala NARAYANAN
Krystyn J. VAN VLIET
Bala NARAYANAN
Bala NARAYANAN, Ph.D. is CAMP's Senior Program Manager. He brings years of experience in R&D program management and process engineering in industry and academic research settings.
Yie Hou LEE
Jongyoon HAN
Bala NARAYANAN
LEE is CAMP's Scientific Director. Dr. Lee brings experience from working with the various stakeholders in biomedical research and technology and translation to positive
outcomes for patients.
Jongyoon HAN
Jongyoon HAN
Jongyoon HAN
HAN is co-captain of Flagship 1 in CAMP. At MIT, he is also Professor of Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
Zhiyong POON
Jongyoon HAN
Jongyoon HAN
POON is co-captain of Flagship 1 in CAMP. He is also Research Scientist at Singapore General Hospital (SGH).
Stacy SPRINGS
Stacy SPRINGS
Stacy SPRINGS
SPRINGS is co-captain of Flagship 2 in CAMP. She is also the Senior Director of Programs at the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation and Director of the center’s Biomanufacturing Research Program (BioMAN).
Scott RICE
Stacy SPRINGS
Stacy SPRINGS
RICE is co-captain of Flagship 2 in CAMP. He is also the Deputy Research Director for the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Science Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanyang Technological University.
Rajeev RAM
Stacy SPRINGS
Lisa TUCKER-KELLOGG
RAM is co-captain of Flagship 3 in CAMP. He is also Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT.
Lisa TUCKER-KELLOGG
George BARBASTATHIS
Lisa TUCKER-KELLOGG
TUCKER-KELLOGG is co-captain of Flagship 3 in CAMP. She is also Associate Professor at Duke-NUS.
Michael BIRNBAUM
George BARBASTATHIS
George BARBASTATHIS
BIRNBAUM is part of the CAMP Council. At MIT, he is also Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering.
George BARBASTATHIS
George BARBASTATHIS
George BARBASTATHIS
BARBASTATHIS is part of the CAMP Council. He is also Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
Mickey KOH
Mickey KOH
Mickey KOH
KOH is part of the CAMP Council. He is also Director for Stem Cell Transplantation, Consultant Haematologist, Senior Lecturer, and Clinical Lead for Bone Marrow Failures and Rare Haematological Diseases at St George's hospital and Medical School, London, UK.
CAMP Principal Investigators
George BARBASTATHIS
George BARBASTATHIS
George BARBASTATHIS
Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Michael BIRNBAUM
George BARBASTATHIS
George BARBASTATHIS
Assistant Professor
Biological Engineering and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT
Laurie A. BOYER
George BARBASTATHIS
Patrick S. DOYLE
Associate Professor
Biology & Biological Engineering and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT
Patrick S. DOYLE
Patrick S. DOYLE
Patrick S. DOYLE
Professor
Chemical Engineering, MIT
Nicholas FANG
Patrick S. DOYLE
Nicholas FANG
Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Jongyoon HAN
Patrick S. DOYLE
Nicholas FANG
Professor
MIT EECS and Biological Engineering; MIT Lead PI of NIIMBL engagement, MIT
A. John HART
Timothy K. LU
Timothy K. LU
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Timothy K. LU
Timothy K. LU
Timothy K. LU
Associate Professor and MD/PhD
MIT Biological Engineering, Center for Synthetic Biology, and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Rajeev RAM
Timothy K. LU
Stacy L. SPRINGS
Professor and RLE Assoc Dir; MIT EECS
Stacy L. SPRINGS
Stacy L. SPRINGS
Stacy L. SPRINGS
Senior Director
MIT Biomanufacturing Program (BioMAN) and Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI)
Peter SO
Stacy L. SPRINGS
Michael STRANO
Professor
MIT Mechanical and Biological Engineering and Lead PI of NIH P41, Laser Imaging Core
Michael STRANO
Stacy L. SPRINGS
Michael STRANO
Professor
Chemical Engineering , MIT
Bruce TIDOR
Krystyn J VAN VLIET
Krystyn J VAN VLIET
Professor
MIT Biological Engineering and EECS; Computer Science and AI Laboratory (CSAIL)
Krystyn J VAN VLIET
Krystyn J VAN VLIET
Krystyn J VAN VLIET
Associate Provost, Director of Manufacturing Innovation, and Koerner Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Biological Engineering
Xuanhe ZHAO
Krystyn J VAN VLIET
Xuanhe ZHAO
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Ye AI
Antonio BERTOLETTI
Xuanhe ZHAO
Assistant Professor
SUTD
Antonio BERTOLETTI
Antonio BERTOLETTI
Antonio BERTOLETTI
Clinician-Scientist; MD/PhD
Duke-NUS
Jerry CHAN
Antonio BERTOLETTI
Antonio BERTOLETTI
Clinician-Scientist; MD/PhD
Duke-NUS and KKH
Nanguang CHEN
Lih Feng CHEOW
Lih Feng CHEOW
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering, NUS
Lih Feng CHEOW
Lih Feng CHEOW
Lih Feng CHEOW
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering, BIGHEART, NUS
Sing Yian CHEW
Lih Feng CHEOW
Sing Yian CHEW
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, NTU
Slaven GARAJ
William HWANG
Sing Yian CHEW
Assistant Professor
Physics & Biomedical Engineering, NUS
William HWANG
William HWANG
William HWANG
Clinician, SGH
Medical Director, NCCS
Head, Duke-NUS Blood Cancer Centre
Hanwei HOU
William HWANG
William HWANG
Assistant Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Eng Hin LEE
Chwee Teck LIM
Chwee Teck LIM
Clinician-Scientist; MD/PhD
YLL School of Medicine, NUS
Chwee Teck LIM
Chwee Teck LIM
Chwee Teck LIM
Professor
Biomedical Engineering, BIGHEART and MBI, NUS
Paul MATSUDAIRA
Chwee Teck LIM
Paul MATSUDAIRA
Professor; NUS Biological Science and Founding Director, NUS Centre for BioImaging Sciences; MBI
May Win NAING
May Win NAING
Paul MATSUDAIRA
Program Manager
Bio-Manufacturing Program , A*STAR SIMTech
Andrea PAVESI
May Win NAING
Andrea PAVESI
Young Investigator
A*STAR IMCB
Zhiyong POON
May Win NAING
Andrea PAVESI
Research Scientist
Singapore General Hospital (SGH)
Scott RICE
YONG Zhi Yong Derrick
Lisa TUCKER-KELLOGG
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences, NTU
Lisa TUCKER-KELLOGG
YONG Zhi Yong Derrick
Lisa TUCKER-KELLOGG
Associate Professor
Duke-NUS
YONG Zhi Yong Derrick
YONG Zhi Yong Derrick
YONG Zhi Yong Derrick
Scientist II
Bio-Manufacturing Program , A*STAR SIMTech
Hanry YU
Hanry YU
YONG Zhi Yong Derrick
Professor of Physiology in the YLL School of Medicine, founding PI of the Mechanobiology Institute, and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Hanry YU
CAMP Staff @ Smart
Ekta Parshotam MAKHIJA
Ekta Parshotam MAKHIJA
Ekta Parshotam MAKHIJA
Research Scientist
Flagship 1
Identification of MSC morphology attributes that correlate with manufacturing quality and clinical outcome.
KWEK Zeming Kerwin
Ekta Parshotam MAKHIJA
Ekta Parshotam MAKHIJA
Research Scientist
Flagship 1
Investigating label-free biophysical and biochemical CQAs for CAR-T immune therapy using precision single cell microfluidic technologies.
NEO Shu Hui
Ekta Parshotam MAKHIJA
NEO Shu Hui
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 1
To investigate the relationship of transcriptome and secretome of MSCs with their biophysical parameters.
YANG Dahou
SIN Wei Xiang
NEO Shu Hui
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 1
Multivariate (electrical/magnetic/deformability) biophysical phenotyping of MSCs and cell manipulation and separation using microfluidic devices.
Faye CHEUNG
SIN Wei Xiang
SIN Wei Xiang
Senior Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 1
Identification of immunological related critical quality attributes (CQA) for manufacturing CAR-T cells.
SIN Wei Xiang
SIN Wei Xiang
SIN Wei Xiang
Research Scientist
Flagship 1
Immune cell therapy characterization, CQAs, and PATs.
QUEK Kai Yun
QUEK Kai Yun
QUEK Kai Yun
Research Engineer
Flagship 1
Development of microfluidic devices for whole blood immune profiling using label-free biophysical markers which investigate distinct immune response signatures.
Dedy SANDIKIN
QUEK Kai Yun
QUEK Kai Yun
Research Engineer
Flagship 1
Development of glioblastoma with optimized blood brain barrier (BBB) integrity in 3D microfluidic device and examining the efficacy of adoptive CAR-T therapy across the blood tumor barrier (BTB) microenvironment.
Alice NG
QUEK Kai Yun
Alice NG
Research Engineer
Flagship 1
Fabrication of microfluidics devices for 3D cell culture in understanding vasculostabilization and to adopt the RNAi techniques for gene silencing, pharmacology on cells and related assays.
HUANG Jiayi
James STRUTT
James STRUTT
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 2
Development of metabolome-based adventitious agent detection method for cell therapy products.
James STRUTT
James STRUTT
James STRUTT
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 2
Next generation sequencing pipeline development for the identification of adventitious agents in cell therapy cultures.
WU Xiaolin
James STRUTT
WU Xiaolin
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 2
Development of new CRISPR/Cas based diagnostic methods and CRISPR/Cas-based adventitious agent detection.
Cheryl CHAN
Meenubharathi NATARAJAN
WU Xiaolin
Senior Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 2
Adventitious viruses and associated safety CQAs.
Meenubharathi NATARAJAN
Meenubharathi NATARAJAN
Meenubharathi NATARAJAN
Research Engineer
Flagship 2
Handling bacterial cultures and various extraction processes for sequencing and analysis.
Cong Wang
Meenubharathi NATARAJAN
Meenubharathi NATARAJAN
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 2
Hierarchical nanofluidic molecular enrichment system.
Kun Li
Kun Li
Kun Li
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 2
Developing nanopore sensors for fingerprinting microbial contaminants.
Elizabeth LEE
Elizabeth LEE
Elizabeth LEE
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 3
Development of optical instrumentation for computational imaging and Raman spectroscopy, aided by machine learning analytics for cell culture monitoring.
Nishtha SINGH
Elizabeth LEE
Elizabeth LEE
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 3
Development of process analytic technologies for scalable production of MSCs that possess desired quality attributes.
TEE Ching Ann
Elizabeth LEE
TEE Ching Ann
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 3
Identification of critical quality attributes (CQA) and development of in process control with CQA outputs for MSC cell therapy manufacturing.
Mo DENG
Shruthi Pandi Chelvam
TEE Ching Ann
Postdoctoral Associate
Flagship 3
Retinal Analytics via Machine learning aided Physics (RAMP) -- designing efficient physics-informed machine learning algorithms to predict the patients' progress of visual fields, based on limited and incomplete patient data.
Shruthi Pandi Chelvam
Shruthi Pandi Chelvam
Shruthi Pandi Chelvam
Research Engineer
Flagship 3
Developing miniature fluidic instrumentation for sterile fluid extraction from cell culture vessels for optical measurements.
GOH Chin Ren
Shruthi Pandi Chelvam
Shruthi Pandi Chelvam
Research Engineer
Flagship 3
Development of microfluidic compatible instrumentation for use in label-free CQAs for CAR-T immune therapy and whole blood immune profiling.
Chan Zhi Xian
Khaing Thazin (Malica)
Rashidah Binte Othman
Rashidah Binte Othman
Khaing Thazin (Malica)
Rashidah Binte Othman
Khaing Thazin (Malica)
Khaing Thazin (Malica)
Khaing Thazin (Malica)
Senior Research Engineer
Core
Optimisation of lentivirus titration and generation of different CAR-T cells phenotypes for CAR-T cells manufacturing.
Khaing Thazin (Malica)
Bernice PHANG
CAMp staff @ MIT
Anna JAGIELSKA
Anna JAGIELSKA
Anna JAGIELSKA
Research Scientist
Vera KOLEDOVA
Anna JAGIELSKA
Anna JAGIELSKA
Research Scientist
Anna JAGIELSKA
Camille FARRUGGIO
Camille FARRUGGIO
Camille FARRUGGIO
Research Associate
Itay FAYER
Camille FARRUGGIO
Camille FARRUGGIO
Research Associate
Turga GANAPATHY
Camille FARRUGGIO
Turga GANAPATHY
Research Associate
Baoliang GE
Brandon KRUPCZAK
Turga GANAPATHY
Research Associate
Khloe GORDON
Brandon KRUPCZAK
Brandon KRUPCZAK
Research Associate
Brandon KRUPCZAK
Brandon KRUPCZAK
Brandon KRUPCZAK
Research Associate
Jaehwan KIM
Nili PERSITS
Jaehwan KIM
Research Associate
Subeen PANG
Nili PERSITS
Jaehwan KIM
Research Associate
Nili PERSITS
Nili PERSITS
Arjav Utpal SHAH
Research Associate
Arjav Utpal SHAH
Arjav Utpal SHAH
Arjav Utpal SHAH
Research Associate
Eric WYNNE
Arjav Utpal SHAH
Eric WYNNE
Research Associate
CAMP Alumni
NG Ee Xien
NG Ee Xien
NG Ee Xien
Merck
Seep
NG Ee Xien
NG Ee Xien
Marvin CHEW
NG Ee Xien
SHANG Menglin
SingHealth
SHANG Menglin
Maciej Kamil BARANSKI
SHANG Menglin
YONG Zixin Zane
Maciej Kamil BARANSKI
Maciej Kamil BARANSKI
Maciej Kamil BARANSKI
Maciej Kamil BARANSKI
Maciej Kamil BARANSKI
Lakshmi Venkatraman
Naresh Gnanasegaran
Lakshmi Venkatraman
Sharvaj KUBAL
Naresh Gnanasegaran
Lakshmi Venkatraman
Naresh Gnanasegaran
Naresh Gnanasegaran
Naresh Gnanasegaran
CAMP Students @ SMART
LU Ri
LU Ri
LU Ri
PhD Student
LU Ri
LU Ri
LU Ri