Benjamin Tee

Tee Chee Keong Benjamin is a Singaporean scientist. He helped to co-develop the electronic skin technology when he was a PhD student in Stanford University. In 2015, he was chosen as one of TR35 list (MIT Technology Review's global 35 Innovators Under 35) for his work on e-skin. The only Singaporean on the 2015 TR35 list, e-skins could potentially make prosthetic limbs as sensitive as human ones and enable intuitive human machine interactions.^[1][2][3] In 2019, he co-developed an underwater self-healing transparent material that could be useful in marine environments.^[4]

Benjamin Tee
Born	Tee Chee Keong Benjamin 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43) Singapore
Alma mater	Stanford University University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Known for	Electronic skins
Awards	MIT TR35
Scientific career
Fields	Electronic sensor skins research
Institutions	National University of Singapore (NUS) Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star)

Career

Tee is currently associate professor (tenured) at the National University of Singapore's Department of Material Science and Engineering.

He is currently Vice-President ( Ecosystem Building) developing the Innovation and Enterprise ecosystem.

He served as Vice-Dean of Research and Technology at the College of Design and Engineering and Associate Vice-President at NUS Enterprise.

He was the President's assistant professor between 2017 and 2021. He is also an adjunct scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (A*STAR's IMRE) .^[5][6]

Education

• BS (Summa cum laude) Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2006^[5][6]
• MS Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2007
• PhD Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2014

Awards

• 2005 Undergraduate Outstanding Research Award ^[7]
• 2010 TSMC Outstanding Student Research Gold Award ^[8]
• 2010 TSMC Outstanding Student Research Academy ^[8]
• 2013 MRS Graduate Student Gold Award ^[9]
• 2014 Singapore-Stanford Biodesign Global Innovation Fellow^[10]
• 2015 One of 10 finalists TR35 APAC list^[11]
• 2015 One of 35 Innovators Under 35 TR35 list by MIT Technology Review^[12]
• 2016 Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist
• 2016 Singapore Young Scientist Award^[13]
• 2019 World Economic Forum Young Scientist^[14]

Selected publications

1. A transparent, self-healing and high-κ dielectric for low-field-emission stretchable optoelectronics, YJ Tan, H. Godaba, G. Chen, STM Tan, GX Wan, G. Li, PM Lee, Y. Cai, S. Li, R. F. Shepherd, J. S Ho, B. C-K. Tee*, Nature Materials, (2020).
2. A neuro-inspired artificial peripheral nervous system for scalable electronic skins, WW Lee, YJ Tan, H Yao, S Li, HH See, M Hon, B Xiong, K Ng, J Ho, B. C-K. Tee*, Science Robotics, (2019). Featured as Cover.
3. Self-healing electronic skins for aquatic environments, Y Cao, YJ Tan, S Li, WW Lee, H Guo, Y Cai, C Wang, B. C-K. Tee*, Nature Electronics, 2, (2019). Featured as Cover.
4. A Skin-Inspired Organic Digital Mechanoreceptor, B. C-K. Tee*, A. Chortos*, A. Berndt*, et al., Science, 350, 313–316 (2015). Featured on Science Magazine
5. Continuous Wireless Pressure Monitoring and Mapping with Ultra-Small Passive Sensors for Health Monitoring and Critical Care, L. Chen*, B. C-K. Tee*, et al., Nature Communications, 5, 5028, (2014)
6. An electrically and mechanically self-healing composite with pressure- and flexion-sensitive properties for electronic skin applications, B. C-K. Tee*, C. Wang*, R. Allen, Z. Bao, Nature Nanotechnology, 7, 825–832 (2012) | Featured on Science Magazine, BBC, ABC, National Geography
7. Tunable Flexible Pressure Sensors using Microstructured Elastomer Geometries for Intuitive Electronics, B. C-K. Tee et al., Advanced Functional Materials 24, 5427–5434, (2014)
8. Highly sensitive flexible pressure sensors with micro-structured rubber dielectric layers, SCB Mannsfeld, B. C-K Tee, et al., Nature Materials 9, 859–864, (2010). Featured on Nature News and Views^[6][15]