Events | Iris Yu

Past Events

10th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-10) & 4th International Symposium on Single-Atom Catalysis (ISSAC-4)

🗓️4-7 Aug 2025 📍 Singapore

🚩Abstract submission deadline extended to 20 June 2025! Click HERE

[We particularly welcome poster presentations by young scholars!]

We are delighted to invite you to join us from August 4th to 7th, 2025, in the vibrant city of Singapore for an exciting gathering of leading researchers, industry professionals, and experts in the field of catalysis. This congress provides a unique platform for sharing cutting-edge developments, exchanging innovative ideas, and fostering collaborations across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

Highlights of Biomass Conversion & Polymer Degradation Symposium @APCAT-10:

⭐Keynote and invited talks by experts in biorefinery and plastic waste valorization

⭐Oral/poster awards for outstanding presenters

📝APCAT-10 Meeting Report at Nature Chemical Engineering, 2025, Vol 2, 733–735

Expert Meeting on Biomass Waste Valorisation for Resilient Cities

🗓️28-29 Oct 2025 📍 Singapore

NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), together with the Chair of Circular Economy and Recycling Technology (CERT) at Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and the Office of the Deputy President (Research and Technology) (ODPRT), National University of Singapore (NUS), jointly organised the Expert Meeting on Biomass Waste Valorisation for Resilient Cities on 28–29 Oct 2025. The meeting was supported by the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) and the Centre for Environmental Resilience (CER), NUS Civil and Environmental Engineering.

We convened a curated group of ~20 researchers, practitioners, and policy thinkers from NUS, TUB, and strategic partner institutions to advance circular bioeconomy solutions for cities. The meeting was coordinated by Asst Prof Iris Yu, Dr Lee Lai Yoke, and Dr Terence Tan (NUS), and Li Wah Wong and Prof Vera Susanne Rotter (TUBerlin).

Full article at NERI News

NUS Environmental and Sustainability Engineering Symposium

An annual event that celebrates the achievements of final-year students’ research projects and features leadership from local industry in environmental and sustainability engineering. The event showcases:

Invited talks by industry practitioners on emerging topics such as water technologies, waste management, renewable energy, and carbon emissions; and
Poster presentations by NUS BEng (Environmental) students highlighting the findings of their final-year projects.

Link to 2025 highlights

Link to 2026 highlights

IRIS@NUS

The Internship and Research Immersion in Singapore (IRIS)@NUS is organised by NUS Graduate School. This fully funded, two-month programme welcomes exceptional undergraduate and master’s students from ALL fields across ASEAN and around the world. It offers an immersive research experience and a unique glimpse into graduate studies at one of the top universities in the world.

SGD 1,200 stipend per month.
SGD 600 travel allowance.
Complimentary on-campus accommodation.
Programme Duration: June - July 2025
Application Deadline: 5 March 2025

For more details and application, please visit:

https://cde.nus.edu.sg/graduate/iris-nus/