Professor Castro Neto delves into how traditional materials can be reimagined to address
contemporary sustainability challenges, emphasizing innovative research strategies and
technologies emerging from the NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM). The seminar
highlights the pivotal role of advanced materials research in overcoming environmental and
societal obstacles through sustainable solutions and modern scientific approaches.
Antonio Castro Neto is the Director of the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) and Co-
Director of the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (IFIM) at the National University of
Singapore (NUS). He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Material Science
Engineering and Physics, as well as a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, NUS, and member of the Singapore and Brazilian National Academies of Science.
Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto got his Ph.D. in Physics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in 1994. His thesis studied the fundamentals of the theory of metals. In 1994, he moved to the
Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral
fellow, and in 1995, he became an Assistant Professor at University of California at Riverside. In
2000, he moved to Boston University as Professor of Physics. In 2010, Prof. Castro Neto joined the
National University of Singapore and became the Founding Director of the Graphene Research
Centre which, in 2014, evolved into CA2DM. In 2021, Prof. Castro Neto became Founding Co-
Director of the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials, NUS.
Prof. Castro Neto is recipient of many awards, including the 11th Ross J. Martin Award by the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; the University of California Regent Fellowship; the
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship; the visiting Miller Professorship by the University of
California, Berkeley; the visiting Gordon Godfrey Professorship by the University of New South
Wales, Australia; the Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor at the SKKU Advanced Institute of
Nano-Technology (SAINT), South Korea; the Hsun Lee Lecture Award by the Institute of Metal
Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and Kramers Professorship at the University of
Utrecht, the Netherlands. Prof. Castro Neto was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society
(APS) in 2003, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in
2011. He is also a Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science and the Brazilian Academy
of Science. Prof. Castro Neto founded 2D Materials (2DM) Pte Ltd in Singapore for the development of high quality graphene in 2016, MADE Advanced Materials Pte Ltd for the development of graphene composites with carbon and glass fibre in 2017, and Graphene Watts Pte Ltd for the development and commercialization of graphene-based, Lithium-Sulphur batteries in 2019.
Professor Castro Neto delves into how traditional materials can be reimagined to address
contemporary sustainability challenges, emphasizing innovative research strategies and
technologies emerging from the NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM). The seminar
highlights the pivotal role of advanced materials research in overcoming environmental and
societal obstacles through sustainable solutions and modern scientific approaches.
Antonio Castro Neto is the Director of the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) and Co-
Director of the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (IFIM) at the National University of
Singapore (NUS). He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Material Science
Engineering and Physics, as well as a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, NUS, and member of the Singapore and Brazilian National Academies of Science.
Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto got his Ph.D. in Physics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in 1994. His thesis studied the fundamentals of the theory of metals. In 1994, he moved to the
Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral
fellow, and in 1995, he became an Assistant Professor at University of California at Riverside. In
2000, he moved to Boston University as Professor of Physics. In 2010, Prof. Castro Neto joined the
National University of Singapore and became the Founding Director of the Graphene Research
Centre which, in 2014, evolved into CA2DM. In 2021, Prof. Castro Neto became Founding Co-
Director of the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials, NUS.
Prof. Castro Neto is recipient of many awards, including the 11th Ross J. Martin Award by the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; the University of California Regent Fellowship; the
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship; the visiting Miller Professorship by the University of
California, Berkeley; the visiting Gordon Godfrey Professorship by the University of New South
Wales, Australia; the Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor at the SKKU Advanced Institute of
Nano-Technology (SAINT), South Korea; the Hsun Lee Lecture Award by the Institute of Metal
Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and Kramers Professorship at the University of
Utrecht, the Netherlands. Prof. Castro Neto was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society
(APS) in 2003, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in
2011. He is also a Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science and the Brazilian Academy
of Science. Prof. Castro Neto founded 2D Materials (2DM) Pte Ltd in Singapore for the development of high quality graphene in 2016, MADE Advanced Materials Pte Ltd for the development of graphene composites with carbon and glass fibre in 2017, and Graphene Watts Pte Ltd for the development and commercialization of graphene-based, Lithium-Sulphur batteries in 2019.
