“I benefited from visiting NU’s National Laboratory of Astana by learning about new innovations in energy storage. I accessed data at the NU library which I did not have access to at my institution. Together with NU post-doctoral researchers and an NU faculty member, we produced an outline, collected data and identified a target journal and time frames for two papers. I also discussed about collaborative research grants with two NU schools. One grant proposes the establishment of an international interdisciplinary research centre at NU in collaboration with NUS and other institutions.”

“The main project that I worked on during my visit was the cross-national comparison research on the impact of childlessness in five Asian countries (Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar). I presented my work on the reciprocal relationship between social support and health using US data and another work on cognitive decline and social participation using Korean data. I received many invaluable comments from so many people and I really appreciated them.”

“I had extensive discussions with my host Prof. George, another faculty member and with three postgraduate students about continental European philosophy, and discussed the dissertation projects of the latter. I delivered three lectures that covered the topics of ‘Knowledge in the Buddhist Philosopher Vasubandhu’, ‘Heidegger and Aesthetics’, and ‘Comparative Philosophy Concerning the Interpretation of Buddhism in the works of Hegel and Schopenhauer’.”

“I presented my clinical proteomics work in front of Prof. Starling Emerald and his lab members and discussed different workflows involved in performing LC-MS/MS based quantitative proteomics. Prof. Starling also presented his various ongoing projects on diabetes and showed me some very high quality molecular and clinical research data generated by his group. This helped us to discuss potential collaborative projects on diabetes proteomics.”

“Prof. Kwak and I are planning to do some cross-cultural studies to investigate whether autism spectrum disorder (ASD) differs from typical observers in their visual and motor perception, and the relationship among visual sensitivity, motor ability and literacy acquisition in the two countries. We also aim to collaborate together with another professor to launch some intervention programs for ASD children’s literacy (reading and writing), and the language development of children with visual or motor impairment.”

“The second week of my visit focused on testing, measuring, characterizing and analyzing nanoparticles using XRD, AFM, UV-vis including discussion, explanation and interpretation of results. From the visit I established potential future collaborations with different academics and researchers to jointly apply for international research grants, organize joint scientific events and publish joint papers.”

“During the visit I attended the Process Systems Engineering Asia Conference where I presented a keynote talk on ‘Process Control Engineering – Past, Present and Future Directions’. I also attended the International Advisory Committee Meeting as the representative from Malaysia, discussing the organization of future conferences related to Process Systems Engineering in Asia. This visit has certainly been very important for me to strengthen my collaboration in terms of co-supervision of postgraduate students, acting as external assessors and publishing papers together with Prof. Kittisupakorn.”

“I joined most of the activities that were carried out by the team members of the Proteomic Laboratory, including sample preparation, experiments, data analysis and result interpretations. I also participated in the Big Data, Bioinformatics and Proteomics Workshop and took part in an interactive hands-on session on Artificial Neural Networks and advanced bioinformatics analyses.”

“Based on the talk I delivered on cognitive science of learning, Prof. Park and I discussed possible ways of collaboratively extending my current research on educational psychology. Prof. Park’s commitment towards both research and education has radically inspired me to embrace new ways of thinking about the many educational issues and problems that we face today.”

“My main aim was to develop an understanding of the latest research on Chinese linguistics especially on morphology and syntax as theoretical methods used by the professor and her research group. Based on our communication, we have engendered new knowledge and discoveries and promoted the development of a globally-engaged linguistics workforce.”