Freddy Boey

Freddy Boey is a Singaporean academic who formerly served as the president of the City University of Hong Kong. Boey was previously the deputy president (innovation & enterprise) of the National University of Singapore (NUS), overseeing the university's initiatives and activities in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and research translation, as well as graduate studies. He was previously the senior vice president (graduate education and research translation) of NUS. Before joining NUS in 2018, Boey was deputy president and provost of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from July 2011 to September 2017. Prior to these appointments, he was the chair of NTU's School of Materials Science and Engineering from 2005 to 2010.

Education A professor of materials engineering, Boey graduated from Monash University, Australia, with a First Class Honours degree in materials engineering in 1980. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry and Engineering in 1987 from the National University of Singapore.

Research and innovation Boey's research areas are in functional biomaterials for medical devices, nanomaterials and nanostructures for cell regeneration, sensing and energy storage.

Boey's other inventions include a fully biodegradable peripheral cardiovascular stent, micropumps for thermal management solutions in consumer electronic gadgets, microfluidic and biomedical devices a coronary stent with drug release capability, a hernia mesh and cardiac peptides for treating heart diseases. His innovations have garnered him numerous investment funding and research grants.

Boey has published 344 top journal papers with a citation of 7436 and h-index of 44. a S$20 million NRF Technion-Singapore grant for his research in nanomedicine for cardiovascular diseases and a S$1.25 million grant from the NRF Translational Flagship Project for his research to make cataract surgery safer.

Teaching During his tenure as chair of NTU's School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boey oversaw its transformation into one of the leading schools in the field. the highest scientific award in Singapore. He received the gold medal from the President Tony Tan Keng Yam during September 2013.

He was awarded Singapore's Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the Government of Singapore in 2016. He was also awarded Singapore's Public Administration Medal (Silver) by the Government of Singapore in 2010. He is a director on the boards of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, DSO National Laboratories and Temasek Laboratories@NTU,

In December 2011, he received the Degree of Doctor of Technology from Loughborough University for his outstanding achievements as an engineer and academic leader.

In February 2013, he was awarded the prestigious Faculty of Medicine Fellowship by Imperial College London in recognition of his achievements in the field of biomedical engineering and his outstanding contributions to the development of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

Boey was appointed the President of City University of Hong Kong on 18 May 2023 , and he formally resigned from the post on 24 Apr 2026 .