{"id":12,"date":"2026-09-07T15:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-09-07T19:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:35:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-interaction-id=\"706f161\" id=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dee-chang-fu-lab-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dee-chang-fu-lab-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dee-chang-fu-lab-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dee-chang-fu-lab-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dee-chang-fu-lab-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dee-chang-fu-lab-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dee-chang-fu-lab-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"2ec0078\">Prof. Dr. Dee Chang Fu<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"50aa320\">Professor, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"6fa39c4\">Email: cfdee@ukm.edu.my | Tel: 603-89118546 (Office) | Postal Address: Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"966f885\">Education<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"3d8d7f9\">Ph.D. \u2014 Heterostructure based HEMT device growth by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, 2006<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"d435313\">MSc. (Master in Applied Physics) \u2014 Universiti Malaya (UM), 2000<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"fc88de2\">BSc. \u2014 Bachelor of Science, Universiti Malaya (UM)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"341517d\">Research Specialization<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"184a6ae\">Amperometric\/Transistor-Based Biosensors (2020\u2013Now): Design and fabrication of nanomaterial-based biosensors for rapid, sensitive detection of proteins and pathogenic bacteria, including a zinc oxide nanorod FET biosensor for Human Serum Albumin and a titanium dioxide-mediated resistive nanobiosensor for E. coli O157:H7 DNA detection.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"b5c6ccb\">Density Functional Theory (DFT) Calculations: Applies DFT modelling (Materials Studio, VASP, Quantum ATK, Quantum Espresso) to compute and predict material properties of bulk and two-dimensional structures, covering defect analysis and electrocatalysis for the oxygen evolution reaction, supported by an in-house HPC Linux cluster.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"4ddf54c\">Nano\/Hetero-structure Materials for High Electron Mobility Devices and Biosensors: Long-standing collaboration (since 2005) with National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, on GaN, InN and AlN hetero-structures for high electron mobility transistors, RF devices, and titanium oxide nanoparticle biosensor applications.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"d246825\">Positions Held<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"9d94415\">Professor, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), 2023\u2013Now<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"294afef\">Associate Professor, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), 2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"51bdb4e\">Postdoctoral Researcher, Compound Semiconductor Laboratory, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 2013<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"2b5e505\">Research Fellow, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), 2006\u20132012<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"e3e0a64\">Research Officer, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), 2005\u20132006<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"f9735a1\">Research Assistant, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), 2000\u20132005<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"a411249\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"abef94a\">K.H. Yeoh et al., &#8220;Transition Metal-Doped 2D GaN as Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for Lithium\u2013Sulfur Batteries: Insights from First-Principles Calculations,&#8221; ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 7(8), 2025.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"54da28a\">M.-W. Chu et al., &#8220;Synergistic Role of Facet-Engineered Surface and Ferroelectric Polarization in Photoelectrochemical Water Reduction over Pure BiFeO3 Thin Film,&#8221; ACS Applied Materials &amp; Interfaces, 17(32), 2025.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"d998d1d\">S.S. A Karim, Sh. Nadzirah, J. Kazmi, R.A. Rahim, C.F. Dee, A.A. Hamzah &amp; M.A. Mohamed, &#8220;Zinc oxide nanorods-based immuno-field-effect transistor for human serum albumin detection,&#8221; Journal of Materials Science, 56, 15344\u201315353, 2021.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"b1c9f1a\">Sh. Nadzirah, U. Hashim, S.C. Gopinath, N. Parmin, A.A. Hamzah, H.W. Yu &amp; C.F. Dee, &#8220;Titanium dioxide\u2013mediated resistive nanobiosensor for E. coli O157:H7,&#8221; Microchimica Acta, 187, Article 235, 2020.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"f08a7de\">N.A. Parmin, U. Hashim, S.C.B. Gopinath, Sh. Nadzirah, M.N. Salimi, C.H. Voon, M.N. Uda, A.A. Hamzah &amp; C.F. Dee, &#8220;Potentials of MicroRNA in Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer by Analytical Electrical Biosensors,&#8221; Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 52(7), 2022.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"4d60514\">M.-W. Chu, Y.-W. Chen, K.H. Chew, N. Chanlek, C.-S. Chen, C.F. Dee &amp; W.S. Chang, &#8220;Coupled Ferroelectric\u2013Photoelectrochemical in Water Reduction over BiFeO3 Thin Film Heterostructure Modulated by Rare-Earth Doping,&#8221; Advanced Functional Materials, 36(11), 2026.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"86df5e7\">Patents<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"455507b\">Field Effect Transistor Biosensor \u2014 Malaysia Patent PI 2022006088 (MY-209513-A), granted 15 July 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"02bd335\">Method for Fabricating High Aspect Ratio Concave Dissolvable Maltose Microneedle \u2014 Malaysia Patent UKM.IKB.800-4\/1\/5849, filed 16 April 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"e5775d7\">A Nanogenerator and Method of Fabricating Thereof \u2014 Malaysia Patent PI 2020005410, granted 14 October 2020<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"7b8d8b9\">Attenuator for an Ion Source \u2014 Malaysia Patent PI2020002891, granted 5 June 2020<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"f0cd286\">Plasma Polymerization of Organosilicon Coating as Dielectric Barrier for Memristor Applications \u2014 Malaysia Patent PI2018701495, granted 17 April 2018<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"bd57c00\">Honors and Awards<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"d7d151a\">Anugerah Individu Cemerlang (Penerbitan), Anugerah Kecemerlangan MyRA, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"1ace5d8\">Excellent Service Award (Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang), UKM, 2022<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"9585bed\">Gold Award, COVINAR (FET-Based Biosensor for COVID Detection), Malaysia Technology Expo 2020, COVID-19 International Innovation Awards<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"b9afd5e\">Best Paper Award, &#8220;Improvement in Silicon Band Edge Emission with Incorporation of Boron,&#8221; 8th IEEE International Conference on Photonics (ICP2020), 2020<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"bf058ab\">Best Paper Award, Nanotech Malaysia 2018, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, &#8220;The Influence of Carbon Derivative Nanocomposites for Self-Powered Flexible Piezoelectric Generator Device,&#8221; 2018<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"4eae452\">Excellent Service Award (Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang), UKM, 2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"3c97f36\">Research Funding<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"d96b550\">Principal Investigator\/Coordinator for the Taiwan\u2013Malaysia (UKM\u2013NYCU) Co-Research Funding, an international joint grant of NT$1.5 million (~RM225,000) per year for three years (2020\u20132023), extended for a further three years (2026\u20132029), to establish and maintain co-research laboratories at UKM and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"48ce371\">Recent grants include the Petronas Research graphene heat spreader project (RM797,500, 2024\u20132026) and the Providence Greentech MXene Li-ion battery project (RM367,500, 2024\u20132026), among other university and prototype development grants.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p data-interaction-id=\"f75dba8\">Group leader or member on more than 50 competitive research grants since 2000, spanning national schemes such as FRGS, GUP, PRGS, DIP and LRGS, as well as industry-funded projects, including two Long-Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS) projects each exceeding RM1 million.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Dr. Dee Chang Fu Professor, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Email: cfdee@ukm.edu.my | Tel: 603-89118546 (Office) | Postal Address: Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Education Ph.D. \u2014 Heterostructure based HEMT device growth by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cfdee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}