Biography

Dr. Yap Seong Shan is currently an associate professor at the Department of Physics, Xiamen University Malaysia. Her research focuses on laser-material interaction and plasma processes for use in applications such as materials synthesis, device fabrication and industrial process.

Research Interest

• Laser-materials interaction: laser and plasma processing, ultrafast laser filamentation
• Materials science: nanomaterials, nanodiamonds, transparent conducting oxide, Ge/Si quantum dot
• Devices: optoelectronics OLED, solar cell
• Industry research: polymer/glove testing, lead free solder and additives, failure analysis

Educational Background

• Ph.D (Engineering), Multimedia University, Malaysia (2007)
• M. Tech.  (Materials Science), University of Malaya, Malaysia (2000)
• B. Sc (Hons.) Physics, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (1998)

Working Experience

• Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Malaysia (2016- current)
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia  (2014-2015)
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Malaysia  (2011-2013)
• Visiting Researcher, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (Jan- Apr 2011)
• Postdoctor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway (2008- 2011)

Research Experience

• Theoretical and observational implications of emergent gravity, XMUMRF/2019-C3/IMAT/0007
• Algebraic and topological structure of spacetime geodesics, XMUMRF/2021-C8/IPHY/0001
• Top Glove International Research Grant (PI, 2019-2022)
• Sandisk-MMU research grant (PI, 2018-2022)

Representative Publications

• The role of turbulence in bottom-up nanoparticle synthesis using ultrafast laser filamentation in ethanol
  HY Tan, GL Ong, CH Nee, TY Tou, SL Yap… - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 2025
• Enhanced adsorption of malachite green (MG) dye using RF glow oxygen plasma-modified coconut carbon shell: A sustainable approach for effluent treatment
  HP Wante, SL Yap, AA Khan, ZZ Chowdhury, CH Nee… - Diamond and Related Materials, 2024
• Thermal-induced effects on ultrafast laser filamentation in ethanol
  HY Tan, GL Ong, CH Nee, SL Yap, HS Poh, TY Tou… - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023
• Effects of nanodiamonds layer in organic light emitting diode
  GL Ong, HY Tan, TS Ong, TY Tou, CH Nee, SS Yap - Smart Materials for Opto-Electronic Applications, 2023
• Electrochemical stability and corrosion mechanism of fluorine-doped tin oxide film under cathodic polarization in near neutral electrolyte
  CF Sanz-Navarro, SF Lee, SS Yap, CH Nee, SL Yap - Thin Solid Films, 2023