Wee Han Ang

Dr. Ang Wee Han obtained a BSc with first class honours in Chemistry at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London in 1995 where he developed a passion for synthetic organometallic chemistry.

After spending 8 years with the Republic of Singapore Navy, he joined the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2003 under the Roche Research Fellowship to pursue a PhD with Prof. Paul Dyson, looking into strategies to overcome drug resistance in metal-based anticancer compounds. He was awarded the Prix EPFL de Doctorats for best thesis and the Prix Alliance de l'Invention for his doctoral work.

Building on his deep interest in bioinorganic chemistry, he joined Prof. Stephen Lippard at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the NUS Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2007 to investigate the phenomenon of transcription inhibition by platinated DNA lesions in cells. He started his independent research career as a principal investigator at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Chemistry since 2009.

Education

• B.Sc.(Hons), Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 1992-1995; Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 2003-2007;
• NUS Overseas Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007-2009

Recognition and Achievements Chair, AsBIC-9 Conference in Singapore, 2018 Secretary, Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Steering Committee, 2016-present EPFL Doctorate Prize, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 2008

Research Interests

We are interested in the development of therapeutic metallopharmaceuticals and techniques to investigate the interactions of transition metal-based drugs with their biological targets.

Companies

• Vice Dean (Special Duties), Faculty of Science National University of Singapore (2020)
• Associate Professor of Chemistry National University of Singapore (2015)
• Associate Professor of Chemistry National University of Singapore
• Deputy Head Of Department (Administration and Student Life) National University of Singapore (2017 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor Of Chemistry National University of Singapore (2009 — 2015)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Masschusetts Institute of Technology (2007 — 2009)
• Doctoral Researcher EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) (2003 — 2007)
• Naval Officer Republic of Singapore Navy (1992 — 2003)