Eason (Yi-Sheng) Chen is a Nanyang Assistant Professor (NAP) and Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellow at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Eason's research group focuses on materials characterisation, metallurgy, and hydrogen technologies. He specialises in using advanced microscopy techniques such as atom probe tomography (APT) and electron microscopes to develop the structure-property-processing relationship of materials. His research pursuits involve the development of advanced workflows to facilitate microscopic observations under extreme conditions, including high or fast load, corrosive, reactive, and/or irradiated environments, and low or high temperatures. The insights gained from these endeavours will contribute to a deeper understanding of material behaviour, paving the way for the development of next-generation high-performance materials.

Before he joined NTU, he was a group leader, an Australian Research Council (ARC) Fellow, and a University of Sydney Fellow at the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (ACMM) and the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering (AMME) at the University of Sydney (USyd), Australia. At USyd, he established a 3 million USD research program around using advanced microscopes to observe hydrogen atoms in steels for developing solutions against hydrogen embrittlement problems. He also initiated the Taiwan-University of Sydney Scholarship and the Taiwan Scholar Association of Australia (TSAA) both in 2020.

Before moving to Australia, Eason completed his PhD in Materials in 2018 at the University of Oxford. Before PhD, he served in consulting industry for several years after he completed his Master in Materials Science in 2009 and Bachelor in Materials Science in 2007 at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

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