Christina Chai
National University of Singapore
Biography
Christina Chai received her BSc (Hons) from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a PhD in free radical chemistry from the Australian National University (ANU) under the late Professor ALJ Beckwith. This was followed by a Samuel and Violette Glasstone Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford, investigating bioorganic reaction mechanisms. Her academic appointments include Victoria University of Wellington (1991鈥�1993), ANU (1994鈥�2004), and the Institute of Chemical and Engineering 新月直播app下载s, A*STAR, Singapore (2005鈥�2011) as Principal Scientist, before joining the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical 新月直播app下载s, National University of Singapore, in 2011.
She was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2005鈥�2006) and served as Ambassador Scientist for the Foundation in Singapore (2010鈥�2015). She is a member of the FIP Women in 新月直播app下载 and Engineering committee, and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of ChemMedChem, as well as a previous stint with the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (ACS) editorial advisory board. Her research focuses on small molecules in drug discovery and development, with particular interest on nature-inspired compounds.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, RSC Medicinal Chemistry