A popular online game simulates life as an academic — and throws the challenges of being an early-career researcher into sharp relief go.nature.com/4tzyL0s

The full TED episode of 2025 Global Idea Search - Singapore stop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXfc...

TEDx videos from2025 Global Idea Search are out! Very proud I can share to a larger audience our beautiful SEM images and videos of casting and fungus growing. And acknowledge my students and researchers! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

slightly chocked to discover that some journals recommend your paper to be AI-edited before submitting..

reached 50 blog posts milestone :) hortenseleferrand.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/t...

Nothing is more enraging that reviewing a research work/proposal from your research student that has been so obviously generated using AI. 🙈🙈🙈😭

Book is coming soon! www.routledge.com/Reflections-...

Interesting blog. Turns out i am a huge romantic 🙈 soyourunauniversity.substack.com/p/part-2-thr...

check this out :) www.straitstimes.com/singapore/si...

Finally, our paper on the exploration of teaching biomimicry in an international context is out! www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10...

our latest paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Design, properties, and living mycelium.

looking forward to the event #TEDx

Made a globe :) Where are you today?

Metal and mycelium? 🪙 + 🍄‍🟫 ? We grew an insulating mycelium-bound composite around a 3D printed metallic framework to create anisotropic thermal properties ➡️ ideal for macroscopic passive thermoregulation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are now making microstructured ceramic-metal composites to combine their properties: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Delighted to share our latest publication on the mechanical deformations and impact properties of porous 3D printed porous Bouligand lattices: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Glad to share our latest literature review on Robotic materials with bioinspired microstructures (check out the very cute ToC 🐙🤖😁) advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We are excited to present the shortlists for the 2025 Nature Awards for Inspiring Women in Science. Congratulations to the thirteen excellent candidates who made it to this year’s shortlist. Read more about the candidates and learn more about the award: go.nature.com/46nlAWy #WomeninStem

Delighted to share about our recent research comparing the thermal performance and durability of mycelium composite tiles made with 2 different fungal species. Ganoderma can resist more than 2 weeks under sun and rain! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We just released a preprint where we explored student's use of ChatGPT and prompting frameworks for writing their literature review (small sample size = 7 students, but still quite interesting outcomes) arxiv.org/abs/2509.01128

They should indicate the number of pages with the invitations for reviewing manuscripts… the 62 pages paper, i did not see it coming, honestly…

How can biomimicry benefit AI and in turn AI benefit biomimicry? We are exploring this idea in this review paper and find many possible synergies for more sustainable solutions. #biomimicry #artificialintelligence #research #sustainability www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Makes me wanna re-post my talk recording that deals with this and other related issues, so here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYuF...

Wish I had read this book 7 years ago! Luckily, I could still find useful insights to apply tomorrow :) ‪thanks @jenheemstra.bsky.social‬

How to address the heat challenge in cities? Check out this article in CNA Today, our mycelium tiles may be one of the approach: www.channelnewsasia.com/today/big-re...

Creating colors using mycelium and no chemicals: our latest paper (download PDF for better view of the beautiful images). www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10...

I have 16 manuscripts under review, but most of them seem to be stuck 🙈🙈

🙈. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We developed new simulation approach to model graphene foams made by CVD. The pre-proofs are available online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Glad to have been interviewed in this article about sustainable solutions along with many others: swe.org/magazine/mat...

very interesting review: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Check out our latest publication in Nature Communications where we grow mycelium on 3D printer porous biopolymer scaffolds to combine mechanical properties with functional properties. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So proud to see Slocha successfully defending her PhD thesis :D

Check out our latest review on nacre-like ceramic metal composites: ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Heading to PACRIM Vancouver. If around too, happy to catch up!

Very honored to join 49 women into the top 50 Asia Women Tech Leaders list! asiawomentech.com/top-50-asia-... Many thanks to the wonderful students and researchers from my group at NTU School of MAE and School of MSE, collaborators, friends and supporters!

Delighted to share our latest paper in collaboration with Dr Dan Wang from A*STAR, IHPC on the simulation of multistable composites through complex microstructural designs. Congratulations to Pooja for the nice study! 🌸 -shapes composites :) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delighted to share about our outreach article titled ‘Bioinspired materials’ published in American Scientist! www.americanscientist.org/article/bioi...

Very proud! 🐘 + 🍄 = www.ntu.edu.sg/news/detail/...

Not the ceramic gyroid I was expecting... 😂

Mixed feelings and a few advices by colleagues & myself on the so-called 'grey zone' conferences: beware before accepting 'invited talks' at one of them! doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Coming to #TMS2025 ! If you are coming too, please check out the talks/poster from my group, see image :). See you there!

Got an open PhD position related to AI in Materials Science. intake Jan 26. plz share or apply :)

It is my honour to thank and highlight Prof. Sierin Lim for her unwavering energy and efforts in promoting and inspiring women in STEM. 🤩 🙏

"Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science" www.nature.com/articles/d41... Prof. @hortenselef.bsky.social, Prof. Sierin Lim, lovely to see you both in this feature. Keep inspiring! #WomenInSTEM 🧪

La French Tech Singapore highlights every week women in tech. Delighted to participate. Looking for more! (pliz admire haircut from past century lol) frenchtech.sg/articles/int...

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Our conference paper on strong mycelium composites is also out: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Our conference paper on ceramic-metal hierarchical composites is out: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...