He was a special scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, in 2016, working on high performance analog-to-digital converters (ADCs).

Prof. Chan is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Macau, Macao, China, where he leads a large research team, working on various types of ADCs, PLLs, Smart Time-of-Flight and AI. His research interests include high-speed Nyquist, wideband oversampling ADCs, ADC calibrations, ring oscillator-based PLLs, and mixed-signal circuits.

He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, including 18 ISSCC papers, 22 JSSC papers, 26 Solid-State conference and VLSI conference papers between 2011-2024.

Dr. Chan is a multi-award winner, including 5-time Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) Technological Invention Award for outstanding academic and research achievements in microelectronics. He is the recipient of the Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Pre-doctoral Achievement Award, 2015. His research students have achieved various awards, including the Distinguished Design Award at the IEEE A-SSCC Student Design Contest, 2020.

He is a senior member of IEEE. He serves as a data converter subcommittee TPC member of IEEE A-SSCC 2023 and received SSCS reviewer reward 2023.