FOO Maw Lin

FOO Maw Lin is a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Singapore's Department of Chemistry. Their roles have included serving as Special Appointed Assistant Professor at Kyoto and Tokyo Universities (2012–2015), Postdoc. Associate at UC Berkeley and Kyoto University (2008–2012), and holding a Dodds University Honorific Fellowship at Princeton University (2004–2005). They earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University (2005), and B.Sc./M.Sc. from NUS (2000).

Research focuses on pedagogical innovation in chemistry education, particularly using Socratic methods, technology integration (e.g., Zoom-based games like CountQuest), and interdisciplinary approaches linking chemistry to energy resources and battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Teaching contributions include courses like Chemistry Synthesis Laboratory and Energy Resources.

Recognition includes the 2022 NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (Team Lead) and leadership in roles like Chair of the Department Outreach Committee (2019–2021). Publications span educational methodologies and materials science, including work on CO₂ adsorption mechanisms and superconductivity in layered materials.