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Name: Soon Wei Daniel Lim

Preferred name: Daniel

Education

Harvard University, Ph.D. Applied Physics (2018 - Present)

Advisor: Prof. Federico Capasso

Research area: Structured light and structured dark for optical and quantum devices

GPA: 4/4

California Institute of Technology, B.S. Physics (2013-2017)

Research Advisor: Prof. Sandra Troian, Laboratory of Interfacial and Small Scale Transport

GPA: 4.3/4.3 (A+ average), top in class of 254 students.

Cambridge University, Caltech Cambridge Scholars Program (Winter 2015)

Predicted honors class for five Part II Physics courses: 1st

Raffles Institution, Integrated Programme and 'A' Levels (2005-2010)

Distinctions in all eight 'A' level courses, including one at the Higher 3 level (Essentials of Modern Physics)

Professional and Research Experience

• Research Officer, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR Singapore (2018)
  • Awarded the Chairman's Best Poster Award
  • Advisor: Dr Shireen Goh
• Research Engineer, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR Singapore (2017)
  • Advisor:  Dr Wong Liang Jie
• Kiyo and Eiko Tomiyasu Research Scholar, California Institute of Technology (2016) and Toshi Kubota Aeronautics Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology (2015)
  • Advisor: Prof Sandra M. Troian
• Research Intern, Institute of Infocomm Research, A*STAR Singapore (2014)
  • Advisor: Dr Ng Tian-Tsong
• Research Intern, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR Singapore (2013)
  • Advisor: Dr Chin Jia Min
• Corporal First Class, 6th Divisional Air Defence Artillery, Republic of Singapore Air Force (2011-2013)
  • Received Fulltime National Serviceman of the Year (NSF of the Year). 
• Research Intern, National Neuroscience Institute (2007-2009)
  • Advisors: Dr Lim Kah Leong, Dr Jeanne Tan May May
• Research Intern, Plasma Radiation Source Laboratory, National Institute of Education, Singapore (2007)
  • Advisor: Prof. Rajdeep Singh Rawat

Teaching and Outreach

• Teaching Fellow, Harvard University (2019)
  • Course taught: Laboratory Electronics (Physics 123/223, Engineering Sciences 153)
  • Course instructor: Professor Thomas Hayes and David Abrams
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology (2016)
  • Course taught: Analog Electronics for Physicists (Physics 5/105)
  • Course instructor: Frank Rice
• Research Mentor, Raffles Institution, Singapore (2011)
  • For the Singapore/International Young Physicists Olympiad team.
• Teaching Intern, Zhonghua Secondary School, Singapore (2011)
  • Mentors: Ngiam Kar Yin, Ong Lay Hong

Publications, Conferences, Patents

See Publications list.

Go to Contact page to request full texts or conference proceedings not listed.

Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=JfH7A88AAAAJ

Awards

• Lindau Young Scientist, 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany (2019)
• A*STAR Roll of Honor, A*STAR, Singapore (2017)
• D.S. Kothari Prize in Physics, California Institute of Technology, USA (2017)
• Friends of the Caltech Libraries Senior Thesis Prize, California Institute of Technology, USA (2017)
• Ken Hass Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Physical Society Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (2017)
• Haren Lee Fisher Memorial Award in Junior Physics, California Institute of Technology, USA (2016)
• Jack E. Froelich Memorial Award, California Institute of Technology, USA (2016)
• National Science Scholarship, A*STAR, Singapore (2011-present)
• Lee Kuan Yew Award for Mathematics and Sciences (Pre-University), Ministry of Education, Singapore
• Lee Kuan Yew Award for Mathematics and Sciences (Secondary), Ministry of Education, Singapore
• Silver Medal, 41st International Physics Olympiad (2010)
• Bronze Medal, 11th Asian Physics Olympiad (2011)
• Champion, 3rd United States Young Physicists' Tournament, Virginia, USA (2009)

Skills

Experimental: Analog and digital circuit design, Microscopy (confocal, interferometric, polarimetric, atomic force, spectroscopic), aseptic technique, cell culture, optical tweezing, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Nanofabrication: Electron beam lithography, focused ion beam (FIB) lithography, standard semiconductor processes (e.g., dry/wet etch, CVD/PVD/ALD, mask writing).

Electron microscopy: STEM/TEM, FIB TEM sample preparation, EDS, EELS, REELS, environmental/low voltage SEM.

Computational/Data Analysis: Assembly, C++, Python, R, Mathematica, MATLAB, LaTeX, ImageJ, COMSOL, Solidworks, Ansys Lumerical FDTD, Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis (RCWA), Automatic Differentiation (e.g., Tensorflow).