Our Team

Samantha Wong, PhD

Co-Managing Director

Scientist
(A*STAR EDDC)
Life Sciences Consultant
(Princeton Biopartners)

Jiaqi Liang

Co-Managing Director

PhD Candidate
(NTU, A*STAR SIFBI)

Ivan Seah, MBBS, MBA

Director of
Programmes & Education

PhD Candidate
(NUS, A*STAR IMCB)
MPH Student
(Johns Hopkins University)

John Joson Ng

Director of
Programmes & Education
(Podcast)

MD-PhD Candidate
(Duke-NUS)

Ying Tong Yeo

Director of
Programmes & Education

PhD Student
(NTU)

Damien Chua

Director of
Programmes & Education

PhD Student
(NTU)

Jessie Wong

Director of
Programmes & Education
(Podcast)

PhD Candidate
(Duke-NUS)

Gloria Chan

Director of
Communications

PhD Student
(NUS)

Isha Karnik

Director of
Communications

PhD Student
(NUS, A*STAR IMCB)

Liyana Ayub Ow Yong

Director of
Communications
(Newsletter)

PhD Candidate
(NUS)

Kim Whye Leong

Director of
Communications
(Newsletter)

PhD Candidate
(NUS)

Advisory Board

Professor Gene Yeo

University of California San Diego
National University of Singapore
(Visiting Professor)

EclipseBio (Co-Founder)
Locanabio (Co-Founder)
Orbital Therapeutics (Co-Founder)
Trotana (Co-Founder)

Professor Dean Ho

National University of Singapore
(Provost’s Chair Professor)

N.1 Institute for Health (Director)
The Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM) (Director)
KYAN Therapeutics (Co-Founder)
Biotic Labs (Co-Founder)
InnovaGem Therapeutics (Co-Founder)

Damian O'Connell, MD, PhD

Experimental Drug Development Centre
(Chief Executive Officer)
University College Cork
(Adjunct Professor)

Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium (Advisor)
Singhealth Investigational Medicine Unit (Advisor)

Yvonne Koh, PhD

ClavystBio
(VP, Investments)