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Associate Professor

Ryan TAY

Associate Professor
Programme Leader, Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours
PhD (Microbiology), National University of Singapore, Singapore
Cluster:
Food, Chemical and Biotechnology
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SIT Appointments

  • Programme Leader, Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours
    – Present
  • Associate Professor
    – Present

Education

  • Master's of Science (Management of Technology)
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • Bachelor of Science (Hons) Microbiology
    National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • PhD (Microbiology)
    National University of Singapore , Singapore

Achievements

  • Singapore Institute of Food Science and Technology (SIFST) “Innovation Award"
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  • Gold award for National IQC Team excellence convention
  • Course medal award for AIB’s Baking Science & Technology 5-month residential course, Kansas, USA
  • First prize for the National Entrepreneurship Competition

Professional Memberships

  • Technical Expert/Assessor, Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC).
    – Present
  • Technical Committee member of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation - Standard Development Organization (SDO-ESG).
    – Present
  • Member, Singapore Institute of Food Science and Technology
    – Present
  • Impartiality Committee, Bureau Veritas Certification (Singapore)
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Research Interests

  • Baking Science and Technology
    • Bread
    • Sweet dough
    • Cakes
    • Cookie and biscuits
  • Asian Noodle Technology
    • Instant noodle
    • Hokkien noodle
    • Wanton noodle
  • Biofilm studies
    • Microbial contaminations in food industry
  • Food Bioremediation and biovalorisation
    • Microbial/enzyme actions on food by-products
  • Functionality and application of food ingredients
    • Emulsifiers 
    • Enzymes
    • Improvers

Past Projects

  • Automated protein profiling and functional characterization platform.
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  • Formulation of beneficial microorganisms in hydroponic vegetable production.
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  • Smart and Sustainable Urban Aquaponics Farming for Healthy Livable Cities.
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  • Urban-metabolic Farming-module (UmFm): a novel farming module towards eco-resilient megacity farmscape in 2030.
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  • Validation of Performance Indicators and Development of Benchmarks of Resource Use and Waste Generation for Urban Farms in Singapore.
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  • Study on the use of probiotics to increase yield and nutritional value in an integrated rooftop hydroponic farming and solar photovoltaics (PV) system.
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  • Determining the prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni in poultry meat.
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  • Design of a Sustainable Indoor Ornamental Fish Farming System.
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  • Sustainable and cost-effective closed containment aquaculture system for coastal fish farming
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  • Intelligent Aquaponics Automation System with Wireless Sensor Network
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  • Patent on “A method of manufacturing multi-variety noodles”
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Journal Papers

  • Tay, Hong Soon Ryan; Jusuf, Steve Kardinal; Soh, Chew Beng; Ng, Chow Goon; Choon, Kiong Toh Shawn; Devihosur C, Shiddalingeshwar and Ooi, Teng Sin. (2023). Isolation and Identification of plant probiotics for leafy green. Plant Science and Agriculture Conference Proceedings.

  • Ang, Barbara; Soh, Chew Beng; Fong, Yin Mei; Saha, Arijit; Chien, Szu-Cheng; An, Hui; Tay, Hong Soon. (2023). Up-Conversion of Infrared Spectrum to Visible Spectrum with NaYF Coated Film for Façade Envelope. Journal contribution. https://doi.org/10.1149/2162-8777/ace07a

  • Youhanna Eylia E. William Elabd Mankarious, Hui An, Szu-Cheng Chien, Chew Beng Soh, Barbara Ting Wei Ang, Toshikazu Ishida, Hikaru Kobayashi, David Tan and Ryan Hong Soon Tay. (2022). Urban-Metabolic Farming Modules on Rooftops for Eco-Resilient Farmscape. Sustainability 2022, 14.

  • Jerome Wei Chiang Teng, Chew Beng Soh, Shiddalingeshwar Channabasappa Devihosur, Ryan Hong Soon Tay and Steve Kardinal Jusuf. (2022). Effects of Agrivoltaic Systems on the Surrounding Rooftop Microclimate. Sustainability 2022, 14, 7089. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127089.

  • Ng A. K, Lim Y-K, Tay H-S, Kwang R. W-S, and Hettiarachchi S.R. (2016). A Smart Recirculating Aquaculture System with NI CompactRIO and WSN.  Editor’s Choice Awards, Engineering Impact Awards ASEAN/ANZ Regional Contest.

  • Siti Norbaizura Md Zain, Steve H. Flint, Rod Bennett, and Hong-Soon Tay. (2016). Characterisation and biofilm screening of the predominant bacteria isolated from whey protein concentrate 80. Dairy Sci. & Technol., 96, 285-295.

Conferences

  • Isolation and Identification of plant probiotics for leafy green. Plant Science and Molecular Biology, 8th Global Conference 2023. Valencia, Spain.

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