Prof. Andy Hor

Deputy Chief Executive (Research), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Professor Andy Hor is the Deputy Chief Executive (Research) of A*STAR in Singapore. He oversees the agency’s scientific vision and basic research strategy, with special attention to research talent, interdisciplinary research, and international research partnerships. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.

Prior to this, Professor Hor was the Vice President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Chair Professor of Metallic Chemistry & Materials at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) from 2015 to early 2020, and Professor of Chemistry at NUS from 1984 to 2015. At NUS, he was Head of Chemistry, Vice Dean (Academic) of Science, and Fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy.

Professor Hor is a world-class materials chemist specialising in organometallic materials and heterometallic catalysis. He has published over 430 international papers and filed patents in nanostructures and battery materials. He graduated from Imperial College (BSc(Hon)) and University of Oxford (DPhil), and did postdoctoral work at Yale University before he joined NUS.

Conferred a DSc by the University of London, Professor Hor is an elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Singapore National Academy of Science. He has also been honoured as a Humboldt Fellow, a Commonwealth Fellow, and a recipient of the ASEAN Achievement Award. An influential leader in the scientific community, Professor Hor has served as the President of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies, President of the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry, and President of the Jury for the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award. He contributes his expertise to international advisory boards and grant panels across Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong, as well as the National Research Foundation (NRF) and A*STAR, among others.

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