Julian Chan, PhD CSci CChem FRSC

Dr. Chan earned his B.S. in Chemistry (2005) from the University of Illinois and his PhD in Organic Chemistry (2010) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was an MIT-DuPont Presidential Fellow. After finishing a postdoc at UC Berkeley (2010-2012), he joined IBM—Almaden in Silicon Valley as a scientist. His IBM research resulted in 5 U.S. patents, 19 papers, and 2 IBM awards.

From 2015-2020, Dr. Chan was a chemistry professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada. There, he led a research group, secured competitive grants, and taught Organic Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry. For his research on organic materials, Dr. Chan won the Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2019.

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

After 10 years as a research leader, Dr. Chan now manages a cross-border, multi-institutional research program. Since Sep 2025, he has been seconded to NUS as Senior Program Manager of a decarbonization initiative, where he coordinates efforts across academia, government, and global partners — including Berkeley, Cambridge, Max Planck — to drive high-impact science.

In 2025, Dr. Chan was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and awarded Chartered Chemist (CChem) and Chartered Scientist (CSci) status shortly after.

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