Meet The Team

RAYE YEOW

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Raye Yeow is a Dean’s Chair Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore and a leading researcher in translational robotics, sensing, and AI. His lab develops human centered technologies that move beyond the laboratory into real clinical, industrial, and environmental impact, spanning soft rehabilitation robots, exosuits, hybrid robotic grippers, humanoid and swarm robotic systems, and emerging visuo tactile olfactory AI platforms. Backed by more than S$20.7 million in research funding, over 240 journal and conference publications, and a strong track record of commercialization through multiple startups, his work has helped advance robotics from fundamental innovation to globally deployed solutions in healthcare, worker safety, automation, and sustainability.

Research Fellows

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Gokula Krishnan Ramachandran

Gokul is a certified data scientist and trained Biomedical Engineer, worked as a senior data scientist before joining EI lab as research fellow. He worked as a research fellow at Cancer science Institute of Singapore where he worked on pre-clinical drug development and developed clinical data collection procedures which includes dual metabolomics, human end-tidal breath collection etc., for disease diagnosis. He obtained his PhD., in Biomedical Engineering from National University of Singapore for his work on non-invasive diagnosis of gastric cancer and invention of a novel electronic nose platform. He is a IES young creator’s award winner and a recipient of IFBME Young investigator award. He had published more than 8 peer reviewed research articles and obtained two patents. Currently his research focus is on the development and deployment of olfactory sense on to robots.

Jonathan William Ambrose

Jonathan earned his PhD in EI lab. He earned his Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2019. His current research interest involves wearable soft robotics. In his free time Jonathan like to hit the gym and find new places to eat.

Research Engineers

Sam Hoh

Sam Hoh is currently a Research Engineer at the EI lab. She is interested in the design and dynamics of mechanical systems and enjoys examining clever exploitations of system dynamics and morphology to create efficient solutions.

Lakshmi Pritha Gokulakrishnan

Pritha is working as a Research Engineer at the EI lab. She previously served as an Assistant Professor in India and holds both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Anna University. Passionate about solving real-world problems through technology, she develops software for sensor-based systems, focusing on sensor communication, data acquisition, data analysis, and transforming raw sensor data into meaningful insights for research and industrial applications.

Sri Arjun Senthil Kumar

Sri Arjun is a Research Engineer specializing in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. He holds a master's in Robotics from the National University of Singapore and a bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy. His work spans mechanical Design, Fabrication, embedded sensing, and Software for practical robotics applications. His current research focuses on coordinated drone swarms for hyperlocal atmospheric sensing.

Guo Yaowei

Yaowei is a Research Engineer at the EI lab. He received his Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from NUS and his Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Chongqing University. His research interests include embodied AI, computer vision, human–robot interaction, and humanoid robotic systems for healthcare applications.

PhD Students

Gavril Tan

Gavril is a PhD student currently at the EI lab. He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore in 2023. His research interests include bioinspired and medical robotics.

Lu Zixuan

Zixuan is a PhD student at the EI Lab and has a strong passion for robotics. He received his Master’s degree in Robotics from the NUS in 2025, and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2023. His research interests involve developing robots and humanoid systems for healthcare applications.

Rojana (Winner) Jiwattayakul

Rojana (Winner) is a PhD student at the EI lab. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering at the Mahidol University. His research interests include motion analysis, computer vision, and sports technology.

Zhao Xingming

Ximing is a CSC visiting PhD student in the laboratory. He comes from Harbin Institute of Technology, and his research interests lie in the actuation and sensing of dielectric elastomer artificial muscles and continuum robots.

Xun Qifeng

Qifeng received his bachelor degree from Beihang University. He is working on design multi-application control system based on EMG signals.

Masters Students

Zhang Xinzhi

Xinzhi is currently a master student at EI Lab. He received his bachelor degree of Mechanical Engineer from Shandong University. His current research interest are biodegradable robotics and sustainable robotics.

Charlene

Charlene graduated with a BEng (Hons) in Offshore Engineering from Newcastle University and is now diving deeper into research on bioinspired AUVS through soft robotics.