Maw-Lin Foo

Ph.D. in Chemistry and Materials. Dedicated and passionate tertiary-level educator in renewable energy with expertise in ceramic oxides and metal organic hybrids for energy-related applications. Secondary research interest in amine curing agents for epoxy applications (one commercialized product). Pedagogical research include authentic learning and future-readiness of science undergraduates. Teaching of physical, analytical and inorganic laboratories. Chemistry outreach and lab demonstrations.

Education

• Ph.D. Princeton University (2000 — 2005)
• MSc National University of Singapore (1996 — 2000)

Companies

• Lecturer National University of Singapore (2015)
• Global Science Course Project Assistant Professor The University of Tokyo (2014 — 2015)
• Research Assistant Professor Kyoto University, iCeMS (2012 — 2014)
• Research Associate Kyoto University (2010 — 2012)
• Post-Doctoral Fellow UC Berkeley (2008 — 2010)
• Senior Research Chemist Air Products (2006 — 2008)

Research

Recognition and Achievements

• Programme Management Committee Member for NUS-TUM Joint M.Sc.in Industrial Chemistry
• Assistant Mentor of Singapore Team for International Chemistry Olympiad 2016
• Senior Chemist, Air Products and Chemicals (2006-2008), commercialized one amine curing agent
• Dodds University Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University, 2004-2005.

Research Interests

Pedagogical interests include employment of Socratic methods to teach physical and inorganic chemistry with emphasis on real-life applications. Application of technology and games to facilitate laboratory teaching and learning of inorganic chemistry and renewable energy. Research interests include physical properties (photocatalytic, electrical, magnetic and gas adsorption) of metal organic frameworks. Structural elucidation of crystal structures via single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction.

Representative Publications

• Foo, M. L.; Matsuda, R.; Hijikata, Y.; Krishna, R.; Sato, H.; Horike, S.; Hori, A.; Duan, J. G. ; Sato, Y.; Kubota, Y.; Takata, M.; Kitagawa, S. An Adsorbate Discriminatory Gate Effect in a Flexible Porous Coordination Polymer for Selective Adsorption of CO2 over C2H2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 3022-3030.
• Foo, M. L.; Matsuda, R.; Kitagawa, S. Functional Hybrid Porous Coordination Polymers. Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 310-322.
• Foo, M. L.; Horike, S.; Inubushi, Y.; Kitagawa, S. An Alkaline Earth I3O0 Porous Coordination Polymer: Ba2TMA(NO3)(DMF). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6107-6111.
• Schaak, R. E.; Klimczuk, T.; Foo, M. L.; Cava, R. J. Superconductivity phase diagram of NaxCoO2∙1.3H2O. Nature 2003, 424, 527-529.
• Foo, M. L.; Wang, Y. Y.; Watauchi, S.; Zandbergen, H. W.; He, T.; Cava, R. J.; Ong, N. P. Charge ordering, commensurability, and metallicity in the phase diagram of the layered NaxCoO2. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2004, 92, 247001.