Michael Tan serves as an Associate Professor in the field of low-dimensional nanoelectronic devices and leads the Computational Nanoelectronics (CoNE) Research Group at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). After obtaining his Bachelor of Engineering, he was appointed as a tutor at UTM in September 2003. In June 2004, Michael began his Master's by research and conducted his research as a graduate intern at Penang Design Centre (PDC) Intel Technology Sdn. Bhd, Penang. He earned his Master's in Engineering from UTM in 2006. Michael pursued his PhD in Engineering at Queens' College, Cambridge, from October 2007 until June 2011 and was awarded his PhD degree in July 2011 from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He holds the Chartered Engineer designation under the Engineering Council, United Kingdom. Michael is a lifetime corporate member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a life member of the American Physical Society (APS) and a senior member of IEEE (SMIEEE). As a professional engineer with a practicing certificate and professional technologist, his research interests encompass device modeling and circuit simulation of silicon- and carbon-based nanotransistors.