Biography

Julian Chan, PhD CChem FRSC

Dr. Chan earned his BS in Chemistry (2005) from the University of Illinois and his PhD in Organic Chemistry (2010) from MIT. After finishing a postdoc at UC Berkeley (2010-2012), he joined IBM—Almaden at San Jose, California as a scientist. His IBM research resulted in 5 U.S. patents, 19 publications, and 2 IBM invention awards.

From 2015-2020, Dr. Chan was a chemistry professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada, where he led a research group, secured competitive grants, and won the Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2019.

In 2021, Dr. Chan joined A*STAR in Singapore. Aside from being a P.I. (group leader), he was also a manager in the institute’s Strategy & Development Division, and a Research Integrity Adviser (2022-2024).

After 10 years as research leader, Dr. Chan now manages cross-border, multi-institutional, government-funded research programs in sustainability. He is currently a Senior Program Manager at an NRF-funded decarbonization initiative, where he coordinates efforts across academia, government, and global partners — including Cambridge, Imperial, UC Berkeley, Max Planck, and CNRS — to drive high-impact science.

In 2025, Dr. Chan was awarded the title of Chartered Chemist (CChem) and also admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

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