Our Alumni
Research Staff
Alex Chao Chin Seng
B.Sc., National Taiwan Normal U, 2002
M.Sc., National Taiwan Normal, U, 2005
Ph.D., National Chiao-Tung U, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Chiao-Tung U, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab, SPMS, NTU, 2012-2013
Chen Jie
B.Sc., Fu Yang Normal College,
China, 2004
Ph.D., Lan Zhou U, China, 2009
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab,
NUS, Singapore
Chittimalla Santosh Kumar Designation: Senior Research Scientist, Albany Molecular Research Singapore Research Centre, Pte. Ltd
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Gao Lizhu
B.Sc., Shandong U of Technology, China, 2003
M.Sc., Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China, 2007
Ph.D., Sungkyunkwan U, South Korea, 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab, NTU, 2013-2014
Han Manyi
B.Sc., Anhui Normal U, China, 2007
M.Sc., Lanzhou U, China, 2010
Ph.D., Lanzhou U, China, 2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab, NTU, 2013-2014
Jiang Zhiyong
Designation: Provincial key lab
of natural medicine and immuno-
engineering, Jimming Campus
Kaifeng, Henan, Henan U.
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab,
NUS, Singapore
Kee Choon Wee
B.Sc., NUS, Singapore, 2009
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab,
NTU, Singapore
Lam Swee Ling
B.Sc., NUS, Singapore
Lab Manager, TCH Lab,
NTU, Singapore
Wang Chao
B.Sc., University of Science
and Technology of China,
China, 2007
Ph.D., University of Science
and Technology of China,
China, 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab,
CBC, NTU, Singapore
Yuan Mingjun
B.Sc., Hubei University, China, 2003
M.Sc., Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China, 2006
Ph.D., NTU, Singapore, 2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab,
CBC, NTU, Singapore, 2013-2014
Chua Zhijie
B.Sc. (Hons), NUS, 2006
Ph.D., McGill U, 2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill U, 2013-2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, U of Toledo, 2015-2017
Research Fellow, SPMS, NTU, 2017-2019
Chen Li
B.Sc., Zhejiang U, 2010
Ph.D., NUS, 2015
Research Fellow, SCELSE, NTU, 2016-2020
Ren Jingyun
Designation: Professor, Northwest U, China
B.Sc., Nankai U, 2009
M.Sc., Nankai U, 2012
Ph.D., Hong Kong U of Science and Technology, 2015
Research Fellow, NEWRI, NTU, 2016-2019
Zhang Xin
B.Sc., U of Science and Technology of China, 2014
Ph.D., NTU, 2019
Research Fellow, SPMS, NTU, 2019-2022
Song Zhijian
B.Eng., Hubei Polytechnic U, 2009
M.Sc., NTU, 2013
Research Assistant, NUS, 2014‑2016
Research Associate, NEWRI, NTU, 2016-2020
Ban Xu
Ph.D., NTU, 2019
Genevieve Lau
Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2015-2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale-NUS, 2017-2018
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, SPMS, NTU, 2018-2021
Cao Weidi
B.Sc., Sichuan University, China, 2010
Ph.D., Sichuan University, China, 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow: TCH Laboratory, CBC, NTU, Singapore
Xu Chaoran
B.Sc., Sichuan U, 2012-2016
Ph.D., Sichuan U, 2016-2020
Research Fellow, SPMS, NTU, 2020-2022
Kee Choon Wee
kee_choon_wee@ices.a-star.edu.sg
B.Sc. (Hons), NUS, 2009
Ph.D., NUS, 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, NTU, 2014-2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, NUS, 2015-2016
Scientist 1, ICES, A*STAR,
2018-present
Research Scientist, CCEB, NTU, 2020-present
Ph.D. Students
Zhang Xin
B.Sc., U of Science and Technology of China, 2014
Ph.D., NTU, 2019
Research fellow, SPMS, NTU, 2019-present
Zong Lili
B.Eng, Harbin Institute of
Technology, China, 2006
M.Sc., Nanjing University, China, 2009
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore
Postdoctoral Fellow, TCH Lab, CBC, NTU, Singapore
Ye Xinyi
Designation: Professor at Zhejiang University of Technology
B.Eng., Zhejiang University of Technology
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2018
Feng Wei
Designation: Research Assistant, NUS, Pharmacy Department
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2012
Liu Hongjun
Designation: Founding Director, CTO, AGplus Technologies PTE LTD.
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2010
Award: Best Publication Award, NUS, 2010; Best Graduate Researcher Award 2010, NUS, 2010
Pan Yuanhang
Designation: Senior Chemist,
Biosensors International
Technologies Pte Ltd
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2012
Ma Ting
Designation: Research Associate at Codexis
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2012
B.Sc., Southwest University,
China, 2003
M.Sc., Xiamen University, China,
2007
Ph.D., TCH Laboratory, CBC,
NTU, Singapore
Designation: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Waksman
Institute, Rutgers, The State U of New Jersey
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore
Designation: Senior Research Scientist, Merlion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd
Ph.D., TCH Laboratory, NUS, Singapore, 2009
Bachelor of Material Science and Engineering, Hunan U., 2004
Master of Material Science
and Engineering, Beijing U of Chemical Technology, China, 2007
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2011
Designation: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*Star
Research Scientist
B.Sc., Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology, China, 1998
M.Sc., Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2006
Ph.D., TCH Laboratory, NUS,
Singapore, 2011
Designation: Chief Executive
Officer of Raffles PharmaTech
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2007
Soh Ying Teck Julian
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2009
Leow Dasheng, Jackson
B.Sc. (Hons), NUS, 2005
Ph.D., NUS, 2009
Research Associate, Scripps Research Institute, 2010-2012
Research Fellow, A*STAR IBN, 2012-2013
Contract Asst. Prof., National Tsing Hua U, 2013-2015
Research Fellow, SPMS, NTU, 2016-2019
Designation: R&D Director
of Raffles PharmaTech Pte Ltd
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2009
Fu Xiao
Designation: Research Scientist,
Global Research Center, BASF
South East Asia Pte Ltd
B.Sc., Peking U, China, 2003
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NUS, 2009
Award: Runner Up, 2010 Reaxys
PhD prize, Elsevier
He Wei
whe001@e.ntu.edu.sg
B.Sc., Lanzhou University, China, 2003
M.Sc., Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2012. Supervisor: Prof. Zhengkun Yu
Research Assistant, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2003-2012
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2017
Chen Wenchao
B.Sc., Henan U, 2011
M.Sc., Henan U, 2014
M.Sc., NTU, 2016
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2020
Chin Kek Foo
B.Sc. (Hons), in Chemistry And Biological Chemistry, Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, NTU, Singapore, 2012
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2017
Cui Xiyang
xcui003@e.ntu.edu.sg
B.Sc., Nankai University, 2013
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2018
Current Designation: Research Scientist of Novozymes
Ge Yichen
yge003@e.ntu.edu.sg
B.Sc, Sichuan University, China, 2010
M.Sc., Sichuan University, China, 2013
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, A. Goto’s Group, NTU, Singapore, 2018‑2019
Current Designation: Professor, Chengdu University of Technology
Wang Yang
ywang045@e.ntu.edu.sg
B.Sc, Sichuan University, China, 2010
M.Sc., Sichuan University, China, 2010
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2017
Jiang Huan
hjiang005@e.ntu.edu.sg
B.Sc, University of Science and Technology of China, China, 2013
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2017
Yao Zhen
zyao002@e.ntu.edu.sg
B.Sc, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2018
Alexandre Millanvois
B.Sc., Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Class of 2014
M. Sc., Sorbonne Université
Current Ph.D. SU and NTU, 2019
Yang Ziqi
Ph.D., TCH Lab, NTU, 2023
M.Sc. Students
Yang Wenguo
B.Sc., Zhoukou Normal University, China, 2007
M.Sc., Henan University, China,
2012
Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh
B.Sc., Vietnam National U,
Vietnam
M.Sc., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore, 2006
Farhana Binte Moinodeen
B.Sc., NUS, Singapore, 2009
M.Sc., NUS, Singapore
Loh Weitian
Designation: Research Technologist,
Dystar Singapore Pte Ltd
M.Sc., TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore,
2009
Award: Singapore National Institute of Chemistry Gold Medal for MSc Thesis
Guan Yanyi Bernie
Designation: Trainee Medical
Writer in Vivo Communications
(Asia) Pte Ltd
M.Sc., TCH Lab, NUS, 2008
Part-time Research Assistant,
TCH Lab, NUS, Singapore
Dong Sheng
B.Sc., Zhejiang U, China, 2011
M.Sc., NUS, Singapore, 2014
Goh Kien Soon
Designation: Junior College
teacher
B.Appl.Sc. (Hons), NUS,
Singapore, 2011
M.Sc., NUS, Singapore, 2012
Award: Sim Geok Soo Medal,
2012
Xue Hansong
B.Sc. (Hons), NUS, Singapore, 2009
M.Sc., NTU, Singapore, 2015
Visiting Researchers / Exchange Students
Oliver Dumele
Designation: Ph.D. student with Prof. F. Diederich, ETH Zürich
Diploma in Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg U, Mainz, Germany (Studienstiftung Fellowship),
2011
Visiting Researcher, NUS, Singapore, 2011
Adil Kabylda
B.Sc. and M.Sc., Chemistry,
Moscow State University, 2021,
Exchange, 2018
Chen Changxing
B.Sc., Nanjing Tech U, 2017
M.Sc., Nanjing Tech U, Class of 2017
Exchange, 2018-2020
Nicoleta Copaci
B.Sc., Jacobs University Bremen, 2017
M.Sc., EPFL, Class of 2020
Exchange, Sept 2019-Mar 2020