Curriculum Vitae

Academic History

Jul 2007 to Apr 2008 Post-doc: Member of Technical Staff, Information Division, DSO National Laboratories
Field of research: Cognitive architecture (advisor: NG Gee Wah)
 
Jan 2007 to Jul 2007 Post-doc: Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore
Field of research: Process optimization, Anomaly detection (advisor: CHEN Yu Zong)
 
Jul 2001 to Dec 2006 Doctor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore
Thesis: Machine learning approaches in pharmacokinetic and toxicity prediction (advisor: CHEN Yu Zong)
 
Jul 1999 to Jun 2000 Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) with Honours, National University of Singapore
Dissertation: Is there a common pharmacophore for quinolinyl antimalarials? (advisor: NGIAM Tong Lan)
Awarded first class honours.
 
Jul 1996 to Jun 1999 Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy), National University of Singapore
Pass with merit.

 

Employment History

Apr 2008 to present Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore
 
Jul 2007 to Apr 2008 Member of Technical Staff, Information Division, DSO National Laboratories
 
Jan 2007 to Jul 2007 Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore
 
Jan 2005 to Dec 2006 Teaching Assistant, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore
 
Jun 2004 to Dec 2005 Teaching Assistant, Department of Computational Science, National University of Singapore
 
Jul 2000 to Jun 2001 Pre-registration Pharmacist, Centre for Pharmaceutical Administration, Health Sciences Authority
 

 

Public and Professional Service

Professional Membership

  • Singapore Pharmacy Board, Pharmacist
  • Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore, Ordinary member

Professional Service

  • Reviewer for Journal of Information Fusion
  • Assisted in the teaching of Certified Pharmacy Technician Course with the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore

 

Scholarships and Awards

Jul 2001 to May 2004 NUS Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore
 
Jan 2002 to Dec 2002 President’ Graduate Fellowship, National University of Singapore
 
Jan 1997 to Jul 1998 Dean’s list, National University of Singapore
 

 

IT Skills

Operating Systems

  • Microsoft Windows, DOS, UNIX, Linux.

Programming

  • Proficient in C++, Java and Perl languages.
  • Able to understand C, PHP, HTML, Pascal, Basic, Fortran, Matlab.
  • Written platform independent software and software for Microsoft Windows and Pocket PC.

PC Software

  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Frontpage, Expression Web, Visio, Outlook), Microsoft Visual Studio, Matlab, Mathematica, Adobe Acrobat, MICROMEDEX, SPSS, Minitab.

Database

  • Microsoft Access, Oracle, MySQL.

Molecular Modeling and Drug Design Software

  • PCMODEL, Sybyl, CONCORD, DS Modeling, ChemOffice, RasMol, ISIS.