Experience

Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS)

• Singapore
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hair program leader/ Senior Scientist II - Chloe Joint lab

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  - Leading a 5 person scientific team (2PhDs) to identify hair biology based consumer care technologies in a joint lab research program with a leading innovation driven multi national technology company.- Responsible for strategic planning, project design & execution, troubleshooting, manpower, budget and resource management.- Leading bi- weekly work package leaders’ meeting- Interviewing and hiring of new staffs. - Involved in brainstorming & reviewing of floor layout of the tissue culture and molecular laboratories for the joint lab. Show less

• Senior Scientist I

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  - Leading projects in hair biology, specifically on exploring the role of mitochondrial metabolism in the follicles in making up the hair shaft- Defining project goals and milestones- Handling cost & expenses across different projects- Primary contact with institutional review boards (IRBs)/ CROs for drafting, submitting and maintaining renewals for obtaining hair FUEs from international and local hair surgeons- Administration of the lab and in-charge of weekly team segregation activities of the lab to comply with Covid safety measures - Engaging in conversations with industries interested in projects relating to hair- Designing work plans for new projects- Administrating weekly lab meets and meetings with industry partners.- Establishing SOP, protocol and methodologies for new projects- Designing and developing new technologies by conducting research to attract further industry interests/ institutional grants- Mentoring aspiring students/internsInvolved in drafting/ proposing a S$15 million Industry-alignment (IAF) grant to bring together existing dispersed biological, chemical, physical, materials and engineering talent across Singapore, SEA and other countries to deliver end-to-end R&D solutions for consumer hair care products. including:- planning and strategizing- building work plans, business and revenue models- focal point of communication between 10 potential stake holders across 6 different institutes in Singapore and liaising with external collaborators through strong interpersonal skills. Show less

• Scientist

  • Oct 2013 - Jan 2019

  - Initiated and lead the project with experimental design, execution, project management and troubleshooting- Patented a method to induce skin darkening, published 2 first author papers- Designed and developed technologies for studying skin pigmentation which attracted industry investment in the institute.- My research also attracted a key funding for a clinical trial to test a compound for hyper-pigmentation



Skin Research Society of Singapore

• Secretary & Board member

  • 2021 - Present

  - Engaging in board meetings and discussing strategies and initiatives to benefit skin researchers of the society- Led the organizing committee in organizing SRSS mini symposium 2022- Part of organizing committee for Skin Resaerch webinar series since 2021 to increase scientific interactions between researchers and clinicians

• Vice Secretary & Board Member

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

  - Engaging in board meetings and discussing strategies and initiatives to benefit skin researchers of the society- Organized Skin webinar series (2020) and mini symposium (2019) to increase scientific interactions between society members

• Member

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2019



Journal of Cosmetic Science

• Reviewer

  • 2021 - Present

  Reviewing articles for Journal of Cosmetic Science Reviewing articles for Journal of Cosmetic Science



Professional scientific events

• Creative Designer

  • 2016 - Present

  Designing posters, flyers, booklets and other visual communication for professional scientific events in the institute. Designing posters, flyers, booklets and other visual communication for professional scientific events in the institute.



International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery’s (ISHRS) 30th World Congress

• Panama City, Panamá, Panama

• Invited Speaker

  • 2022 - 2022

  Featured guest speaker in International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery’s (ISHRS) 30th World Congress, which will be held in October 2022 Featured guest speaker in International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery’s (ISHRS) 30th World Congress, which will be held in October 2022



9th International Conference on Applied Hair Science: Hair biology session

• Invited speaker

  • Jun 2021 - Jun 2021



PSB Academy

• Singapore
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate Lecturer

  • 2017 - 2018

  - Part-time lecturing at the School of Life and Physical Sciences in PSB Academy - Module covered : BIO100S (Lecture, Practical, Examination & Marking) - Part-time lecturing at the School of Life and Physical Sciences in PSB Academy - Module covered : BIO100S (Lecture, Practical, Examination & Marking)



Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology Centre

• Singapore
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• PhD Graduate Student

  • Jul 2008 - Sep 2013

  Performed research as PhD Graduate under the Singapore MIT Alliance program supervised by Prof Jianzhu Chen (MIT) and Dr Martin Hibberd (GIS, A*STAR). Project title: Studying dengue infection in a humanized mouse model (More details under education section) Performed research as PhD Graduate under the Singapore MIT Alliance program supervised by Prof Jianzhu Chen (MIT) and Dr Martin Hibberd (GIS, A*STAR). Project title: Studying dengue infection in a humanized mouse model (More details under education section)



National University of Singapore

• Singapore
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • 2011 - 2011

  1. Teaching assistant (teaching) LSM 1301 General biology (Semester 1, 2011) Supervisor: Dr. Seow Teck Keong, National University of Singapore, Singapore - Conducted and supervised practical classes for non-life science undergraduate students on microscopy techniques. - Was personally responsible for safety and instruction of as many as 30 different students per session with a total of 24 sessions. 2. Teaching assistant (marking) LSM 1401 Fundamentals of biochemistry (Semester 1, 2011) Supervisor: Dr. Kim Chu-Young, National University of Singapore, Singapore - Screened and marked assignments submitted by 360 engineering students. Show less



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar

  • Jan 2009 - Jul 2009



Shasun Chemicals & Drugs Ltd, R & D Center (Biotech Division), India

• Industrial internship

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2007

  - Trained on various bioprocess operations of recombinant protein production such as media preparation, induction of culture, checking protein expression with SDS PAGE, study of operational temperature on the protein and percentage recovery. - Trained on various bioprocess operations of recombinant protein production such as media preparation, induction of culture, checking protein expression with SDS PAGE, study of operational temperature on the protein and percentage recovery.