About Us
The online publication Asian Scientist Magazine was recently launched in early 2011 by the company, Asian Scientist LLP. Based in Singapore, our reach extends to all corners of Asia, with local correspondents in charge of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Vietnam and China desks.
Our Mission
AsianScientist.com is dedicated to providing students, post-docs, researchers, healthcare professionals, government agencies, and educators with timely, close-to-the-scene information and news about Asia.
Through interviews with prominent leaders, breaking news stories, conference sponsorships and other initiatives, the magazine aims to become the authoritative voice on research & development, biotechnology and medicine in Asia.
Currently one-quarter of the world’s publications are from Asia and one-third of all scientific researchers worldwide are Asian. Asian Scientist Magazine was founded to be the definitive source of news and information for this community.
Our Team
                         
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Juliana Chan
Editor-in-Chief
Juliana Chan received a Ph.D. in Biology from MIT, USA with a M.A., B.A. (First Class Hons.) in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, UK. Juliana’s scientific work has been featured by the BBC Health, and she won the 2010 Singapore Women’s Weekly Great Women Of Our Time Award (Science & Technology). She is a recipient of the 2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science National Fellowships, Singapore. Her research interests include microfluidics and nanoparticle-based drug delivery.
Tang Yew Chung
Science & Technology Editor
Yew Chung is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore. He received his MSc and PhD on the Singapore-MIT Alliance from National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, and MIT, USA. Yew Chung’s primary research interest is to understand biological processes that control cell fate decision-making in human diseases.
Rebecca Lim
Health & Medicine Editor
Rebecca Lim is a Singaporean-born medical doctor practicing in Melbourne, Australia. She received her M.B.B.S. from Monash University, Australia.
Ker Fern Tan
Health & Medicine Correspondent
Ker Fern Tan is a medical doctor with Southern Health, Victoria, Australia. He received his M.B.B.S. (Hons) at Monash University, Australia.
Steven Mo
Science & Technology Correspondent
Steven Mo is a Rhodes Scholar and a Ph.D. student at Oxford University, studying biomedical engineering. Steven graduated with a S.B. in Biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in USA. His graduate research focuses on cavitation-enhanced viral therapy to solid tumors by integrating sonosensitive nanoparticles and high intensity focused ultrasound.
Elaine Chen
Science & Technology Correspondent
Elaine Yi-Ning Chen was raised and educated in Taipei, Taiwan. She earned an MBA degree from Cambridge University, UK, and has worked in a variety of industries including biotechnology and higher education. Elaine enjoys writing about education and science news from Taiwan.
Grace Liao
Health & Medicine Correspondent
Grace Liao received a S.B. in Chemical-Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. She grew up in Taipei, Taiwan and plans to attend medical school.
Minh Huynh-Le
Science & Technology Correspondent
Minh-Phuong Huynh-Le holds an S.B. in Mathematics and an S.B. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. When she isn’t on a train or hopping planes around the world, she puzzles over the world’s health problems and aspires to a career in international medical technology and research. Minh will pursue her M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA.
Tiffany Chua Copok
Nature & Conservation Correspondent
Tiffany Chua Copok graduated with a M.A., B.A. (Hons.) in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, UK. Tiffany has worked as a research scientist at the non-profit International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines. She has a lifelong passion for plant sciences and enjoys writing about scientific research from the Philippines and the rest of Asia.
Weiwei Gao
Science & Technology Correspondent
Weiwei Gao is a post-doctoral researcher at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA. Weiwei received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale University, USA, and his B.S. degree from Tsinghua University, China. His scientific interests are in nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery and surface chemistry.
Sarah Siow
Nature & Conservation Correspondent
Sarah Ann Siow is a Singaporean nature lover. Her interests range from health and alternative medicine, to travel. Her work, involving bee products, takes her frequently to New Zealand and Australia. She has discovered – rather gleefully – that, given the choice, and like her, bees almost always choose Coke over Pepsi.
Dyna Rochmyaningsih
Indonesia Correspondent
Dyna Rochmyaningsih is a freelance science journalist from Indonesia. Besides writing for Asian Scientist Magazine, she also writes news articles for SciDev.Net and op-ed articles for The Jakarta Post. Dyna received her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Bogor Agricultural University and attended the Harvard Summer Course on Biodiversity in 2010. Her interests range from science to humanitarian topics.
Gerald Tiu
Health & Medicine Correspondent
Gerald Tiu is an M.D./Ph.D. student at Stanford University, USA with a B.A. in Chemical and Physical Biology from Harvard University, USA. During 2010-2011, he pursued global health work in Asia. His research interests include chemical biology, synthetic biology, and systems biology.
Yuka Suzuki
Health & Medicine Correspondent
Yuka graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Life Sciences from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, and received her MSc in Cancer Biology at University College London, UK. Her research interests include cancer genomics and evidence based medicine.
Marla Lise
Nature & Conservation Correspondent
Marla Lise graduated from the University of Western Australia with an honours degree in Animal Science and after seven years in Australia, is back in Singapore completing her M.Sc. in Environmental Science. She actively volunteers for the Jane Goodall Institute in Singapore and has also done voluntary conservation work around the world. She hopes to encourage others to play a part in the conservation of our planet and its inhabitants.
Srinivas Laxman
Space & Nuclear Correspondent
Srinivas is a journalist with a passion for space exploration. He has covered rocket launches at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, and visited the NASA Kennedy and Johnson Space Centers. Srinivas has worked for lndia’s leading national daily, The Times of India, for nearly 30 years, the focus of his coverage being mainly space and nuclear. Though he retired in October 2009, he still continues to file stories for the newspaper regarding developments in these sectors. During his professional career, he has interacted with several space luminaries such as APJ Abdul Kalam, Rakesh Sharma, Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams, Neil Armstrong and the last man who stood on the surface of the moon, Eugene Cernan. Srinivas blogs at spacetiks.blogspot.com and lunar-tiks.blogspot.com, and he has written two books – Dreams To Reality, a bio of Abdul Kalam and Moonshot India, about India’s first mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1.
June-Wha Rhee
Health & Medicine Correspondent
June-Wha is a resident in internal medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She graduated with a S.B. in Biology from MIT, USA, and received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, USA. June-Wha is interested in health & medical news relating to South Korea.
Wendy Yang
Science & Technology Correspondent
Wendy Yang is an undergraduate studying public health at the University of California, Irvine. She enjoys covering science & research news in Asia.
Kary Suen
Health & Medicine Correspondent
Kary Suen is a Malaysian-born medical student in her final year at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Kary enjoys writing about education and science news from Asia and Australia.
Anusuya Das
Science & Technology Correspondent
Anusuya Das received a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and a B.A. in Bioelectrical/Cellular-Molecular Engineering from Arizona State University, USA. Anusuya is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Virginia, USA.
Eugene Wee
Science & Technology Correspondent
Eugene graduated with a degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore. A tournament chess player in school, he remains interested in the game, but has added Starcraft 2, technology, computer programming, and Japan (especially the food!) to his list of interests.
Sophia Li
Science & Technology Correspondent
Hsin-Jung Sophia Li is a Ph.D. student at Princeton University. She received a S.B. degree with double majors in Chemical Engineering and Biology from MIT. Born in Taiwan, she is a first dan black belt in Taekwondo and loves traveling around the world. Her research interests are systems biology and molecular cell biology.
Sarah Chin
Nature & Conservation Correspondent
Sarah Chin is an Animal Management Officer at the Singapore Zoo. She received a B.A., M.A. in Natural Sciences (Zoology) at Cambridge University, UK. Besides caring for animals big and small, Sarah also enjoys wakeboarding and writing nature and conservation stories.
Christine Teo
Science & Technology Correspondent
Christine Teo is an arts student at Anglo-Chinese Junior College, Singapore. Her hobbies include writing and photography.
Samantha Chan
Science & Technology Correspondent
Samantha graduated from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her interests include playing the violin and viola, and writing about science and technology.
Tanguy Chau
Science & Technology Correspondent
Tanguy Chau is a Presidential Fellow, Ph.D. graduate in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT, USA., and co-founder of biotech start-up Novophage Inc. Tanguy has previously worked as a business analyst for Fusion Consulting, as a technology consultant for Novartis’s drug supply and clinical development unit, and as an engineer for Shanghai tech start-up Accelergy Corp. Tanguy is currently pursuing an MBA from the Sloan School of Management in MIT, USA.
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