Our People
Advancing translational innovation through collaboration
Get to know the team dedicated to extending health span and lifespan through innovative, translational research. Integrating knowledge and expertise across disciplines, the team works collaboratively to develop feasible interventions and strategies for healthy ageing.
Browse our members by areas:
Primary Members

Andrea Maier
Professor, Medicine
Research interests:
- Geriatrics and internal medicine

Brian Kennedy
Professor, Biochemistry & Physiology
Research interests:
- Biology of ageing

Koh Woon Puay
Professor, Dean’s Office (Medicine)
Research interests:
- Epidemiology of chronic diseases

Reshma Taneja
Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Skeletal muscle differentiation and regeneration

Soong Tuck Wah
Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Diversification of calcium channel function in neurological disorders

Christopher Chen
Associate Professor, Pharmacology
Research interests:
- Neurodegenerative disease

Gavin Dawe
Associate Professor, Pharmacology
Research interests:
- Neural stem cells and neurogenesis

Jan Gruber
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Molecular mechanisms of ageing

Kevin Tan
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Research interests:
- Microbiome-host interactions

Ling Shuo-Chien
Associate Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Neurodegeneration and ageing

Low Chian Ming
Associate Professor, Pharmacology
Research interests:
- Functional roles of NMDA receptors

Marie-V Clement
Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Research interests:
- Regulation of cell survival and cell death

Raymond Seet
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Stroke prevention strategies

Saji K. Sreedharan
Associate Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Ageing and neurodegeneration

Sanjay Khanna
Associate Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Circuit mechanism of dementia

Ti Lian Kah
Associate Professor, Anaesthesia
Research interests:
- Outcomes after cardiac surgery

Andrew Tan
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Synaptic mechanisms in the central auditory system

Huang Zhongwei
Deputy Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor, NUS Bia-Echo Asia Centre for Reproductive Longevity and Equality (ACRLE)
Research interests:
- Reproductive ageing

Jai Santosh Polepalli
Assistant Professor, Anatomy
Research interests:
- Molecular and cell biology

John Chua
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Neurodegeneration and neuronal ageing

Mallilankaraman Karthik Babu
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Mitochondrial dysfunction in ischemic stroke

Rajeev Parameswaran
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Research interests:
- Endocrine cancers and inherited endocrine syndromes

Tsai Shih-Yin
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Protein homeostastis in ageing

Vincenzo Sorrentino
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Biology of Ageing With a Focus on the Interconnection Between Mitochondrial Homeostasis and Proteostasis.

Esther Wong
Research Assistant Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Neurodegeneration and age-related diseases

Feng Lei
Research Assistant Professor, Psychological Medicine
Research interests:
- Epidemiology and prevention of cognitive decline

Goh Jorming
Research Assistant Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Exercise and age-associated immunosenescence

Huang Hua
Research Assistant Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- RNA processing

Karen Crasta
Research Assistant Professor, Physiology
Research interests:
- Chromosome instability and age-related diseases

Judy Sng
Senior Lecturer, Pharmacology
Research interests:
- Neurodevelopment and diseases

Mitchell Lai
Senior Lecturer, Pharmacology
Research interests:
- Dementia neurochemistry and biomarkers

Volker Patzel
Senior Lecturer, Microbiology & Immunology
Research interests:
- RNA technologies

Rufaihah Binte Abdul Jalil
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Surgery
Research interests:
- Cardiac and vascular regeneration
Secondary Members

Johan G Eriksson
Professor
Research interests:
- Gestational Diabetes (GDM)
- Type 2 Diabetes

Shazib Pervaiz
Professor
Research interests:
- Receptor and Non-receptor Death Signaling

Caroline Lee
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Functional Genomics of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Helen Zhou
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Human Neural Bases of Cognitive Functions

Herbert Schwarz
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Tumorimmunology
- Autoimmunity
- Immunotherapy

Justin Chu
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Molecular Virology
- Antiviral Therapeutics
- Vaccine Development
- Host-virus Interactions

Lu Jinhua
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Antinuclear Autoimmunity
- Nucleolus
- Complement C1 Proteases
- SLE

Thilo Hagen
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Cellular Signaling & Energy Metabolism
- Cellular Stress Response

Yew Wen Shan
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Multi-faceted Interface Between Enzymology and Biological Chemistry

Zhang Yongliang
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Signal Transduction Pathways

Benoit Malleret
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Microbiology And Immunology

Derrick Ong
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Glioma Stem Cells
- Cancer Epigenetics
- Ageing Neural Stem Cells

Saima Halil
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Aetiology
- Occurrence & Prevention of Ageing-related Diseases in the Elderly

Tay Kah Ping, Andy
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
- Magnetic biomaterials
- Mechanobiology Medicine
- Immuno-engineering

Tee Wee Wei
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Targeting Chromatin Vulnerabilities in Cancer
- Identifying Epigenetic Drivers of Therapeutic Resistance

Vivien Wu
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Chronic Disease Management for Older Adults & Caregivers

Alan Prem Kumar
Research Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Metastatic Cancers

Alfredo Franco-Obregon
Research Assistant Professor, Surgery
Research interests:
- Tissue engineering and regeneration

Ang Eng Tat
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Vaccine Development & Host-pathogen Interactions
Adjunct Members

Jonathan Loh
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- Stem Cell Biology
- Cell Fates Engineering
- Cellular Reprogramming & Trans-differentiation

Victor Yu
Associate Professor
Research interests:
- BCL-2 family of proteins
- Mitochondrial Cell Death Mechanisms
- Mitochondrial dynamics
- Drug Discovery

Amartya Mukhopadhyay
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Respiratory Medicine

Koh Tong-Wey
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Parkinson’s Disease & Ageing

Ng Shi Yan
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Disease Modeling
- Neurodegeneration

Soh Boon Seng
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
- Stem Cells
- Organoids
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Neuroscience
- Metabolic Disorders
Administrative Members

Clarinda Lim
Senior Manager

Hataitip Tasena
Scientific Manager

Yong Tan Fong
Lab Manager