Institute of High Performance Computing

• Advanced Computing (AC)
• Computational Electronics & Photonics (CEP)
• Computational Materials Science & Engineering (CMS)
• Large-scale Complex Systems (LCS)

Large-scale Complex Systems (LCS)

Dr. Keng-Hwee CHIAM

• Title: Research Scientist and Team Leader
• Tel: 64191414
• Email: chiamkh@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg

Research Interests:

• Mechanobiology: theoretical and computational modeling of the mechanics of cells and tissues
• Systems biology: theoretical and computational modeling of signal transduction and cytoskeletal regulation
• Biological fluid mechanics: theoretical and computational modeling of flagella and cilia dynamics, flapping flight

Qualifications:

• Ph.D., Physics, California Institute of Technology, 2003
• B.S.E., Physics, University of Michigan, 1997

Published Journals/ Articles:

Journals

• S. K. Teo, A. B. Goryachev, K. H. Parker, K.-H. Chiam, Finite element analysis of optically stretched fibroblasts suggests the importance of cell size in deformability and stress propagation, in review, Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol. (2009)
• J. W. Chiu, K.-H. Chiam, Monte Carlo simulation and linear stability analysis of Turing pattern formation in reaction-subdiffusion systems, Phys. Rev. E, 78, 056708 (2008)
• K.-H. Chiam, G. Rajagopal, Oscillations in intracellular signaling cascades, Phys. Rev. E, 75, 061901 (2007)