Our People
Get to know our team players who diligently contributed to the research programme

Primary Members

Catherine ONG

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Tuberculosis
  • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Biomarker discovery
  • Host-directed therapy
  • Rapid Pathogen detection
  • Antimicrobial resistance
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Cheryl LEE

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Metabolic regulation of leukocytes during infection
  • Dysregulation of immune response during metabolic diseases
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CHNG Shu Sin

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Cell membranes biology
  • Mechanisms of inter-membrane lipid trafficking
  • Gram-negative bacteria and mycobacteria
  • Antibiotics discovery
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David PATERSON

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Molecular and clinical epidemiology of infections
  • Multidrug-resistant pathogens
  • Antimicrobial
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GAN Yunn Hwen

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Novel strategies for targeting multidrug resistant enteric bacteria
  • Multidrug resistance plasmid transmission in clinical Gram-negative bacteria
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HSU Li Yang

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Genomics and Epidemiology
  • Bacterial antibiotic resistance: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, and Intervention
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John CHEN

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Staphylococcus
  • Aureus
  • MRSA
  • Bacteriophage
  • Transduction
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Justin Jang Hann CHU

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Virology
  • Antivirals
  • Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
  • Dengue Virus
  • Chikungunya Virus
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MO Yin

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Local bacterial drug resistance
  • Antimicrobials
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Nick PATON

Professor

Research Interests:

  • HIV
  • Tuberculosis
  • Clinical Trials
  • Treatment
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Niranjan NAGARAJAN

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Computational Genomics
  • Metagenomics
  • Microbiome
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Viral genomics
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Paul A. TAMBYAH

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Influenza​
  • Catheter-associated UTI​
  • Clinical trials, investigational agents and nosocomial infections
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QU Kun

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Molecular and morphological characteristics of virus-host interactions.
  • Structure-guided design of antibodies and vaccines.
  • New methods in cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging
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Seng Gee LIM

Professor

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SHAM Lok To

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in Streptococcus Penumoniae
  • Bacterial cell envelope biogenesis
  • Antibiotic development
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Sylvie ALONSO

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Host-pathogen interactions in order to identify and understand the role of host and viral factors in the fitness and virulence of pathogens
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TAN Chee Wah

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Active surveillance of highly pathogenic zoonotic viruses in the human-animal interface using high-throughput and high-resolution serological assays
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TAN Yee Joo

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Molecular Virology
  • Viral-host Interactions
  • Neutralising antibodies
  • Influenza Virus
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Thai TRAN

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Respiratory Pathophysiology
  • Asthma
  • Lung Cancer
  • Cellular Physiology
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Vincent CHOW

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Viral Pathogenesis
  • Animal Models of Microbial Disease
  • Molecular Diagnosis and Epidemiology
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WANG De Yun

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Rhinology
  • Allergy
  • Nasal Epithelial Stem Cells
  • Host Innate Immunity
  • Viral Infection
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Yassine CHERRAK

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Colonization resistance
  • Enteric pathogen strategies to bypass gut defenses
  • Impact of immunity and diet on microbiota-pathogen dynamics
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ZHONG Youjia

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Paediatric vaccinology
  • Inborn errors of immunity
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Secondary Members

Benoit MALLERET

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Malaria
  • Microbiome-Host Interactions
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David Michael ALLEN

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • ​Infections in immune compromised hosts
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Kaiwen CHEN

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Innate immunity
  • Inflammasomes
  • Cell death, gasdermins, TNF, RIP kinase
  • Salmonella, Yersinia, Klebsiella, Citrobacter
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KOH Cho Yeow

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Structure-function relationships
  • Drug/probe discovery
  • Venom
  • Salivary proteins
  • X-ray crystallography
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LIN Tzer Pin Raymond Valentine

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Public Health Microbiology
  • SARS-CoV-2, Influenza
  • Diagnostic Methods
  • Antimicrobial resistance
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TAN Shyong Wei, Kevin

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Malaria
  • Blastocystis
  • Cell Death
  • Bioimaging
  • Host-pathogen Interactions
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Yann Felix BOUCHER

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Enteric bacterial pathogens
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Genomic Epidemiology
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Affiliated Members

CHAI Yi Ann, Louis

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Immunocompromised Hosts
  • Fungal Infections
  • Immunology
  • Host Pathogen Interaction
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CHN’G Jun Hong

Senior Lecturer

Research Interests:

  • Biofilms of the opportunistic pathogen Enterococcus faecalis
  • Inter-species communication and biofilm signalling
  • ​​Anti-biofilm strategies, drug screening and development
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Chris MOK

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Pathogenicity of zoonotic viruses in human
  • Viral immunology on respiratory diseases
  • Prophylactic and treatment options for respiratory infection
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Dale FISHER

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Infection Control
  • Outbreaks
  • Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy​
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David Michael ALLEN

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • ​Infections in immune compromised hosts
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Guillaume CARISSIMO​​

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Virus host hijacking using multiOmics strategies
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
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Hannah Eleanor CLAPHAM

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Infectious disease dynamics and control
  • Impact of vaccination
  • Dengue epidemiology and control
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Hein Min TUN

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Microbiome in Health and Diseases
  • Gut-brain Axis for Mental and Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Microbiome, Immunity, and Infection
  • Pharmabiotics and Phage Therapeutics
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in One Health
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LUO Min​

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Molecular mechanism of cell membrane
  • Structural biology, Cryo-EM
  • Cell wall biosynthesis and lipid trafficking
  • Multidrug resistance
  • Structure and function of mitochondria
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Marco VIGNUZZI​

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

  • Self-amplifying RNA vaccines
  • Virus evolution
  • Virus-host interactions and OMICS approaches
  • AI-drug discovery and antivirals
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Matthew TAY​

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • High-Throughput Antibody Discovery
  • Understanding coronavirus zoonotic transmission
  • Tackling Anti-Microbial Resistance
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Nicolas WU

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Immunology
  • Virology
  • Molecular Evolution
  • Protein Structure
  • Bioinformatics
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Sheemei LOK

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Structural changes of flavi- and alpha-viruses
  • Antibody therapeutics
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Stephen BAKER

Research Interests:

  • Translational AMR
  • Bacterial Genomics
  • Immunotherapeutics
  • Molecular Phenotyping
  • Global Health
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Yin Xiang SETOH

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases
  • Zika virus
  • Vaccine development
  • Molecular virology
  • Virus-host interactions
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Admin Team

Kalista BONG

Admin Lead

Secondary Members

David ALLEN

Associate Professor​ (Medicine)​ ​

Sophia ARCHULETA

Associate Professor (Medicine)

Yann BOUCHER

Associate Professor (SPH)​

Louis CHAI

Associate Professor​ (Medicine)​

Kaiwen CHEN

Assistant Professor (Micro & Immuno)

CHN'G Jun Hong

Senior Lecturer (Micro & Immuno)

 

LOK Shee Mei

 Professor (Duke-NUS)

Hannah CLAPHAM

Assistant Professor (SPH)

Dale FISHER​

Professor​ (Medicine)​

KOH Cho Yeow

Associate Professor (Medicine)

Raymond LIN

Associate Professor​ (NPHL-NCID)​

LUO Min

Assistant Professor (DBS)

Benoit MALLERET

Assistant Professor (Micro & Immuno)

Matthew TAY

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Biochemistry)

Kevin TAN

Associate Professor​ (Micro & Immuno)​

Adjunct Members

Guillaume CARISSIMO

Assistant Professor​ (A*STAR ID Labs)

Yin Xiang SETOH​

Assistant Professor​ (EHI)​

Marco VIGNUZZI

Associate Professor 
(A*STAR ID Labs)

Primary Members

Catherine ONG

Associate Professor

Cheryl LEE

Assistant Professor

CHNG Shu Sin

Associate Professor

David PATERSON

Professor

GAN Yunn Hwen

Professor

HSU Li Yang

Professor

John CHEN

Associate Professor

Justin Jang Hann CHU

Associate Professor

MO Yin

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Nick PATON

Professor

Niranjan NAGARAJAN

Associate Professor

Paul A. TAMBYAH

Professor

QU Kun

Assistant Professor

Seng Gee LIM

Professor

SHAM Lok To

Associate Professor

Sylvie ALONSO

Professor

TAN Chee Wah

Assistant Professor

TAN Yee Joo

Associate Professor

Thai TRAN

Associate Professor

Vincent CHOW

Associate Professor

WANG De Yun

Professor

Yassine CHERRAK

Assistant Professor

ZHONG Youjia

Assistant Professor