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Lerwen Liu, PhD
Business Development Manager

Dr. Lerwen Liu is the Singapore-based Business Development Manager in Zyvex Asia. She supports Zyvex Labs CEO and executives on Zyvex Asia’s building business strategy and partnerships, R & D management, and identifies and executes new business opportunities. She liaisons with government agencies, R&D organizations and industries in Asia Pacific region and promotes Zyvex technologies, products and partnerships to the micro/nanotechnology R&D and industrial community.

Professional Experience
Lerwen has been working in the nanotechnology analysis and consulting business since January 1999. She has extensive experience in consulting and networking in nanotechnology worldwide and, particularly, in Asia specializing in science and technology information intelligence, regional/organizational competitiveness assessment, technology trends monitoring, event organization, database building, regional network management as well as business development. She constantly conducts site visits in government funding agencies, R&D institutions, industry and business organizations worldwide and acquiring comprehensive information and analysis on policy, infrastructure, research and technology readiness, competitiveness and trends. She provides exceptional insights on nanotechnology policy, R&D and industry competitiveness, business development opportunity in especially Asia and perspectives on global nanotechnology development.

Lerwen built the first Nanotechnology Information Program at a Tokyo-based US science & technology information company, providing exceptionally valued information services to the company’s worldwide customers in industry and government bodies, focusing on the Nanotechnology policy, R&D activities and trends in industry and research centers across the Asia Pacific region. Since 2002, she has also been providing valuable consulting services to the National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Mitsubishi Research Institute (NRI), Doshisha University Business School and NEDO in Japan; Invest Australia, Taiwan Academia Sinica, Zyvex Corporation in USA and other prestigious nanotech organizations.

Affifliations
Lerwen is one of the founding members and the Secretary of Asia Nano Forum (ANF, HQ in Singapore), which is a unique network organization in Nanotechnology consisting of 13 member economies in Asia Pacific region. She is on the advisory board of the first global Nanotechnology Opportunity Report (NOR), the most comprehensive market report on Nanotechnology “Nanotechnology Market and Company Report-Finding Hidden Pearls” published in March 2002 and written by a team of experts from Deutsche Bank and University of Ulm in Germany, and the Nanotechnology Expert Committee of the Malaysian Government Researchers’ Directory Exchange (REDEX).

Publications
Lerwen has written over 130 reports (during 2003-2006) providing insights on nanotech policy, R&D and business trends in the Asia Pacific region. Her reports are available at the Asia Pacific Nanotech Weekly (APNW, www.nanoworld.jp/apnw) sponsored by the Nanotechnology Research Institute (NRI) of AIST, Japan.

Education
Lerwen has a PhD in physics specializing in many-body effects and transports in semiconductor nanostructures, and has conducted research work in Australia, Japan, USA and Italy.

Lerwen is an Australian citizen and currently based in Singapore.