Biography

Dr. Chan earned his B.S. Chemistry (2005) from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. Organic Chemistry (2010) from MIT. After doing a postdoc at UC Berkeley (2010-2012), he joined IBM—Almaden as a scientist. His IBM stint (2012-2015) resulted in 5 U.S. patents, 19 publications, and 2 IBM invention achievement awards.

From 2015-2020, Dr. Chan was a chemistry professor at the University of Ottawa, where he led an independent research group, raised US$1.1 M in funding, and won the 2019 Early Researcher Award. Dr. Chan has been an external grant evaluator for Canada (NSERC), Saudi Arabia (KAUST CRG), Germany (DFG), and Singapore (YIRG).

In 2021, Dr. Chan joined A*STAR in Singapore. He is a Principal Investigator and was awarded both the CDF and CRF grants, totalling US$621K. In addition to leading a research team, he was concurrently Manager (Talent Development) in the Strategy Division. He is also an ARIA Career Mentor to undergrad interns and was an A*STAR Research Integrity Advisor from 2022-2024.

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