Lim received the President’s Science Award 2025, Singapore’s top scientific honour, for pioneering contributions to mechanobiology, microfluidics and wearable medical technologies that enable earlier disease detection and precision therapy. In the same year, he was elected an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and received the 2025 Otto Schmitt Award, recognising his leadership and seminal contributions to medical and biological engineering.

Lim’s research has translated fundamental discoveries into practical healthcare solutions, including biochips for capturing circulating tumor cells and flexible diagnostic devices, helping advance minimally invasive diagnostics and global health technologies.

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