Fook Chew

Currently Vice Dean (Undergraduate Education) at the Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, overseeing Undergraduate Curriculum and Programs; Study Abroad Programs; Board of Examiners; Board Member of the University Committee for Educational Policy; and Board of Undergraduate Studies.

Teaching undergraduate & graduate level Molecular & Population Genetics, Immunology, Human Physiology (Pharmacy), Engineering Design in Biotechnology, Urban Agriculture and Crop Biotechnology, Food- & Agri-Science. My laboratories work in the field of Epidemiology, Genetics & Immunology of Allergic, Respiratory & Skin Diseases, Skin Aging & Beauty, Allergen Characterization, and in Food- & Agri-Science, esp. Molecular Breeding and Crop Biotechnology. See publications at Google Scholar; ResearchGate; ResearcherID below.

Served as Scientific Consultant/Advisory Board member to several organizations incl. Certisource Timber Asia Pacific, Double Helix Tracking Technologies, Sime Darby, Curiox Biosystems, Olam International, First Resources, Genting Biotechnology, Abbott Laboratories, Ministry of Education-Academy of Singapore Teachers, Biomedical Standards Committee, Aquaculture Innovation Centre Singapore; Chairman, Academic Advisory Board, School of Life Sciences, Management Development Institute of Singapore; Board Member & Director, Operational Hope Foundation; Chair of the Governing Board, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study & Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Governing Board, Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (BIOTROP).

Scientific Project Coordinator with Eu Yan Sang, Stallergene, US Food & Drug Administration–Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research, Allergenicity Assessment (multiple); Danone-Nutricia Research, Nestle-Galderma, Procter & Gamble, Syngenta, Apollo Aquaculture.

Executive Editor-Journal of Physiological Anthropology; Associate Editor, Allergens Section, Review Editor, Genetics and Epidemiology Section, Frontiers in Allergy; Editorial Board-Scientific Reports, Allergen Expert Panel (multiple); multiple Academic & Conference Committees (World Allergy Organization, Amgen Scholars’ Program, AllergenVaccine, The Academic Respiratory Initiative for Pulmonary Health (TARIPH), etc).

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) National University of Singapore (1994 — 1998)
• B.Sc.Hons. Universiti Putra Malaysia (1989 — 1993)
• St John's Institution (1985 — 1988)
• La Salle Brickfields (1976 — 1984)

Companies

• Vice Dean National University of Singapore (2015)
• Associate Professor National University of Singapore (2010)
• Principal Investigator National University of Singapore (2001)
• Assistant Dean National University of Singapore (2014 — 2014)
• Director (2014) / Deputy Director (2013), Environmental Studies Program National University of Singapore (2013 — 2014)
• Deputy Head Of Department National University of Singapore (2009 — 2012)
• Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2001 — 2010)
• Research Fellow National University of Singapore (1999 — 2001)
• Research Assistant National University of Singapore (1994 — 1998)

Skills

The most important

• Cell Culture
• Biochemistry
• Research

Other

Science, Lifesciences, Genetics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology