IME Core Leadership Team

Mr Terence Gan is the Executive Director of the Institute of Microelectronics, Agency for Science, Technology and Research.

Terence was previously from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), where he was the Senior Vice President and Head of the Semiconductor Industry Group and worked closely with top local and international semiconductor companies to facilitate their investments and transform their operations in Singapore. Prior to this role, he was the Senior Vice President for Europe, Director of EDB’s Electronics Cluster and a Centre Director (San Francisco). 

He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.

Dr. Navab Singh is the Deputy Executive Director (Research) at the Institute of Microelectronics (IME), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. He began his career in the semiconductor industry in 1996 as a Lithography Process Engineer, after earning a Master of Technology degree in Solid State Materials from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He later obtained his PhD in Computer and Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2008.

Over the years, Dr. Singh has contributed significantly to the advancement of specialty technologies, particularly in wide bandgap semiconductors, sensors and actuators, photonics, and heterogeneous integration. He has authored or co-authored around 300 publications and holds an h-index of 48.

Dr. Singh's pioneering work on nanowire gate-all-around transistors earned him the George E. Smith Award in 2007 and the Singapore National Technology Award in 2008. In recognition of his leadership and mentorship, he was also presented with the TALENT Award by A*STAR in 2010 for his efforts in Leading, Educating, and Nurturing Talents at IME.