Ei-leen Tan
Director, Grants Policy And Governance at A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Singapore
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Top SchoolEi-leen Tan is a seasoned science policy and grants leader with 13 years of experience directing competitive funding programs and grants governance at A*STAR, currently overseeing major RIE and IAF grant portfolios. With a PhD in Physics from Cornell and a background in nanofabrication and spintronics, she bridges deep technical expertise and pragmatic research funding strategy to accelerate translational science. Previously she led Physical Sciences and technology & creativity initiatives at the Singapore Science Centre, where she also drove public engagement programs like the Digital Planetarium and the Singapore Mini Maker Faire. Known for shepherding large, multidisciplinary grant competitions and programmatic portfolios, she combines rigorous peer-review processes with operational fluency in grants administration. Less obvious is her track record connecting hands-on lab research in advanced magnetic and superconducting devices to scalable science outreach and education programs, enabling both community impact and research translation. Based in Singapore, she brings a rare mix of technical credibility, program leadership, and public-science stewardship.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Physics, BSc, Physics at Imperial College LondonPhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at Cornell UniversityRaffles Junior College
English, German, Chinese
Github Skills (2)
roguelike5
game-development4
Github contributions (5)
origamiwolf/PriOneRegViz
May 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:45 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
origamiwolf/DinoCataclysm
Mar 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:9 pushes, 10 branches in 1 month
minecraftcataclysmmodroguelikedinosaurs
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