RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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April 2021
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST II (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)
INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY, A*STAR, SINGAPORE
Nutrient-Metabolic Interactions in Brain and Behaviour (Lab Site)
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Supported by the National Research Foundation Fellowship and A*STAR.
Other funding sources: Singapore Therapeutics Development Review, NIH BRAIN Initiative
March 2018Â - Mar 2021
RESEARCH FELLOW
INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY, A*STAR, SINGAPORE
Independent Research in Appetite Control
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Supported by the National Medical Research Council Young Individual Research Grant and A*STAR
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June 2016Â - Dec 2018
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA
Continued my PhD research on the neuromodulatory control of motivated behavior in collaboration with Prof. Sam Kunes (Harvard University) and Assoc. Prof. Adam Douglass (University of Utah)
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Supported by the NIH BRAIN Initiative
August 2010 - May 2016
PHD STUDENT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA
Completed my PhD in the Program of Neuroscience (Harvard Medical School) with Prof. Florian Engert on the neuromodulatory control of motivated behavior in the zebrafish model
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Supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore and NIH BRAIN Initiative
June 2009Â - July 2010
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL, SINGAPORE
Research on cellular basis of memory function and disorders with Assoc. Prof. Antonius Van Dongen
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​Supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore
Aug 2006 - May 2009
HONORS STUDENT
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NY, USA
Investigated cellular mechanisms of spongiform neurodegeneration with Asst. Prof. Teresa Gunn (now at McLaughlin Research Institute). Thesis was awarded highest honors (summa cum laude)
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Supported by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore and Cornell Hughes Undergraduate Research Scholar Program