Speakers

Dr Xu Gan will speak on "Latest Development of Solar Radiometry at National Metrology Centre of Singapore". Dr Xu is an internationally-recognised expert in optical radiation metrology.

Dr Xu received his MSc and PhD in Laser Physics from the University of Manchester in 1981 and 1983, respectively, and worked as a senior research scientist, lecturer and Associate Professor in a number of universities in the UK and China between 1984 and 1991. This was before he joined the National Metrology Centre (NMC), A*STAR Singapore, in 1991, where he is currently a Principal Metrologist. In the past 20 years, he has been instrumental for the development and establishment of Singapore's national measurement standards and facilities in optical radiation metrology. He is the Principal Investigator for the project "Development of Solar Radiometry Primary Standards and Facilities for Solar PV Cell Characterisation and Calibration" sponsored by A*STAR since 2009. He was Chairman of the Technical Committee on Photometry and Radiometry of the Asia Pacific Metrology Programme from 2003 to 2006 and the Singapore representative to the Consultative Committee on Photometry and Radiometry of the International Commission on Weights and Measures since 1999. He has published over 30 papers and presented at numerous international conferences & seminars.