Career
Tan joined the then University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) in 1968 as a Lecturer in Physics and served first as Vice-Dean and then as Dean of Science of the Faculty of Science at NUS Grad. Medical School for 12 years from 1985 to 1997. He has also been Head of Physics, Acting Head of Music, and Associate Director of the Centre for Musical Activities and Dean of Students. Other appointments previously held by Tan are Chairman of the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) and the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS).
Bernard Tan"s current research interests are in microwave solid-state properties and devices, digital musical analysis and synthesis, and directional perception of multiple sound sources.
He has published over 85 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. As a composer, United States. music publisher Neil Kjos has published a number of his choral works, and his Piano Concerto was premiered in January 2002 by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Most recently, the Singapore Symphony performed the world premier of his new Violin Concerto with violinist Lynnette Seah as soloist. He is President of the Institute of Physics Singapore and Vice-President of the Singapore National Academy of Science.
