We welcome Tessa who is joining us from Germany for her Master’s Thesis funded by the Erasmus+ study abroad programme!

Prof. Richmond Sarpong from UC Berkeley visited NUS! Ying Kai and Richmond had an insightful discussion about carbenes in his office! What a cool guy doing cool chemistry!

We enjoyed tasty dumplings (sweet and savoury) at Din Tai Fung!

Prof. Jin-Quan Yu from Scripps Research visited NUS for the Chemistry Distinguished Lectureship. Ying Kai and Prof. Jin-Quan Yu discussed chemistry (from carbenes to C⎻H activation) in his office! What an honour!

Ying Kai presented his research “From carbene to new octet-defying species and back”!

Prof. Manabu Abe from Hiroshima University visited NUS for the Asian Core Programme (ACP) Lectureship! Ying Kai and Abe-san discussed about octet-defying species (from carbenes to radicals) in his office! Truly humbled!

Ying Kai’s first conference presentation since joining NUS as Assistant Professor! Aloha! 🤙🏼

Our first group dinner held at the iconic Marina Bay Sands! Welcome to Singapore! 🇸🇬

We welcome Chris which completes our postdoc trio! We enjoyed local delights at Great Nanyang!

Ying Kai, Lucas and Jinghang enjoyed a beautiful evening at Jypsy overlooking the iconic Marina Bay Sands!

Zhouyuan joins us with the NUS Dean’s Graduate Fellowship! Congratulations!

Office: S9-13-01C
Lab: S9-13-11B

Ying Kai has been appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry under the NUS Presidential Young Professorship starting 17 July 2025!

Ying Kai has been awarded S$3.25 million National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellowship from Singapore to conduct his research at NUS Chemistry!

Ying Kai isolated the first secondary Carbon Radical which is stable at room temperature!

The Doubly Oxidized Carbene was picked by C&EN to be among the six coolest molecules in 2023, and featured in C&EN’s Year in Chemistry!

Ying Kai isolated the first doubly oxidised carbene - a new molecular form of carbon with formally four valence electrons!