Director, Quantum Photonics and Quantum Materials
A*STAR Quantum Innovation Centre (Q.InC)
Dr Aaron Lau Chit Siong currently serves as Director of the A*STAR Quantum Innovation Centre (Q.InC), where he leads the Quantum Photonics and Quantum Materials Pillars. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He is an experimentalist whose research interests include quantum transport, low-dimensional quantum materials, and quantum-compatible nanofabrication.
Dr Lau completed his BSc in Physics at NUS, graduating with First Class Honours in 2012. He received the A*STAR Graduate Scholarship and, after completing a one-year research attachment at IMRE A*STAR, began his PhD at the University of Oxford in 2013. He earned his PhD in Materials in 2017 while studying quantum transport in single-molecule electronics and was awarded the Hetherington Prize for Best DPhil Presentation.
Dr Lau returned to A*STAR Singapore in 2017, where he began working on building quantum devices in emerging low-dimensional material systems. He was recognised for his research excellence and contributions through awards such as the IMRE Best Paper Awards and Outstanding Reviewer MCF. He has received multiple grants, including the Career Development Award, MTC Young Individual Research Grant, and MTC Individual Research Grant. In 2025, he was awarded the National Research Foundation Competitive Research Programme Frontier (NRF CRP Frontier), which seeks to pursue innovative use-inspired research that can enable paradigm shifts and breakthroughs in scientific knowledge.
Passionate about scientific communication, Dr Lau serves as an A*STAR ambassador, engaging in initiatives such as Scientist-In-Schools to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
For more information, you may also visit Dr Lau's group website at https://q-temp.org/.