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Event Programme
Asian School of the Environment
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Speakers: Alvin Tan Shi Chuan, Chan Jia Hui Jaslyn & Manimaran Sonali.
Host: Dr Natasha Bhatia
Alvin Tan Shi Chuan, 2019 graduate
Oil Spill Responder
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvintansc/
A 2019 graduate from the Asian School of the Environment, Alvin now is an Oil Spill Responder for Oil Spill Response Limited. His job requires him to utilize a myriad range of skills – from training clients, interacting with on-site workers to dealing with oil spill incidences. One highlight of his career so far was his smart use of technology relating to Geospatial Information System which helped to streamline processes in the organization and make responders more efficient in an event of an oil spill incident.
Chan Jia Hui Jaslyn, 2019 graduate
Environmental Ecologist
Jaslyn graduated from the Asian School of the Environment in 2019 with an Environmental Earth Systems Science degree, specializing in Society and Earth Systems. During her time in NTU, she embarked on several research projects including surveying mammals in Malaysia and studying the echolocation of bats in Australia. Utilizing the skills learnt, she joined Jacobs – an international firm that seeks to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to engineering and construction – in mid-2020 as an Environmental Ecologist where she assesses and monitors environmental effects of developments on the environment and provides solutions to mitigate the urban impact on nature.
Manimaran Sonali, 2020 graduate
Impact & Outreach Analyst
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonali-manimaran/
Socioeconomic development trajectories are closely intertwined with environmental impacts. This has made Sonali, a 2020 graduate, interested in pursuing a career with GreenArc Capital – an AI-driven impact investment firm. In this role, she develops novel indices and metrics to assess the social and environmental impact of investments, performs business analysis for the development of their investment platform, and hones the company’s marketing strategy and implementation.
During her time as an undergraduate, Sonali actively pursued her sporting and research interests. As a varsity athlete, she represented NTU in track & field and cross-country, medaling in national championships and meets. In terms of research, she participated in the URECA programme in her 3rd and 4th year and conducted empirical studies on ecosystem service valuation in tropical cities.
School of Biological Sciences
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Speakers: Chow Chung Ping, Jonathan Lee Houjin & Nasirah Banu Ramirez
Hosts: Associate Professor Kimberly Kline & Dr Goh Wen Bin Wilson
Chow Chung Ping, 2010 graduate
Managing Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chowcp
After graduating in 2010 from the School of Biological Science, Chung Ping has went on to make big waves in the field of big data for life sciences. Currently, he is working with Genedata, a swiss bioinformatics company where he helmed the company’s Asia Pacific expansion by establishing the Genedata subsidiary in Singapore.
Besides a successful track record of developing business in the region, Chung Ping has also regularly contributed to the scientific community through publications, presentations at regional scientific meetings, guest lectures, as well as serve on the main committee of the Singapore Society of Mass Spectrometry.
Jonathan Lee Houjin, 2010 graduate
Regional Publications Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-lee-11169134/
Jonathan’s career journey since finishing undergraduate in 2010 could be best described as a series of chance events. He always thought he knew what he wanted to do after graduation, but life has shown him that you need to be willing to explore opportunities that come along. Initially aimed for work in hospital laboratories, he then considered being a university lecturer which led him to pursue a PhD. He however, again, had a change of mind and decided research was not for him. A year as a stay home dad in Sydney and a series of failed job applications saw him stumbling into the intriguing industry of medical writing.
With little experience, he started as an associate medical writer in two different companies before landing his job now as a Regional Publication Manager in the major pharma company, Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Nasirah Banu Ramirez, 2010 graduate
Senior Financial Consultant
http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasirahbanu2018/
After graduating in 2010, Nasirah took the conventional pathway into research where she worked on T-cell redirected therapy project under Antonio Bertoletti in A*Star. With the guidance attained in the lab, she gained technical and managing skills, which led to working on pioneer projects.
After her stint in research, Nasirah took the challenge and dived into the unknown territory of financial advisory. Starting out with full of doubt and fear, 5 years on, she has now managed to place herself in the achievement scoreboard at top 20% of Financial Advisors in Singapore and top 2% of Financial Advisors in a Globally Recognised Award called Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT).
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Chemistry and Biological Chemistry)
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Speakers: Asyifah Binte Mohamed Rashid, Muhammad Khairul Rusydi Bin Mohamad Dermawan & Xu Xiuhui
Hosts: Associate Professor Tan Howe Siang & Dr Sumod Pullarkat.
Asyifah Binte Mohamed Rashid, 2013 graduate
Senior Assistant Director
Asyifah Rashid graduated in 2013 from Chemistry and Biological Chemistry in the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS-CBC) and obtained her PhD in the same college in 2016. After graduation, she went on to work at the Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) where she co-developed the Therapeutic Development Review scheme that serves to enhance the drug discovery and development ecosystem in Singapore.
After her work with BMRC ended in 2018, she took up the appointment as a Senior Assistant Director of the Energy Division at Ministry of Trade and Industry in January 2019. The Energy Division is responsible for formulating Singapore’s energy policies and strategies through developing a holistic national energy framework, fostering the development of competitive energy markets, and promoting regional energy cooperation.
Outside of work, Asyifah actively volunteers in the Peoples’ Association grassroots organisation and is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Jurong Central Community Club Management Committee (CCMC) and Assistant Secretary of Jurong Central Citizens’ Consultative Committee (CCC).
Muhammad Khairul Rusydi Bin Mohamad Dermawan, 2014 graduate
Co-Founder & CEO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khairulrusydi/
A 2014 graduate from Chemistry and Biological Chemistry (CBC), Khairul Rusydi believes he lives at the intersection of design, education technology, and youth development. A previous Enterprise Singapore (ESG) scholar, Rusydi consulted for SMEs in the domain of human capital development and business excellence.
He has previously served on the board of *SCAPE, and currently serves on the SG Youth Action Panel with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY). He is an Apple Professional Learning Specialist, a member of the Institute for HR Professionals (IHRP), and an alumnus of the Temasek Foundation Young Societal Leaders fellowship.
Rusydi currently leads Reactor as the co-founder and CEO.
Xu Xiuhui, 2009 graduate
Senior Crime Scene Specialist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiuhui-xu-45a43529
Xiuhui graduated from Chemistry and Biological Chemistry (CBC) in 2009 and went on to complete her PhD in Electrochemistry in 2015. Her passion and continuous exploration in Science has led to her to her current career as a Senior Crime Scene Specialist. Her job requires her to work alongside uniformed and plain clothed police officers during the investigation of a crime. At the crime scene, she works with a team to recover, preserve, and protect evidence. While some of the sights and smells she has encountered were unpleasant, she affirms that it is a very rewarding career as she plays a part in seeking the truth for both the living and the deceased.
She credits the forensic science elective module conducted by CBC as the reason that invoked her interest for forensics and also, for providing her timely opportunities to kickstart her career in the field.
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Mathematical Sciences & Physics and Applied Physics)
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Speakers: Neo Chun Boon Aaron, Oh Cheng Kok, Lee Chong Eu, Nelly Ng Huei Ying & Darrell Tay Jiajie
Hosts: Associate Professor Frederique Elise Oggie, Associate Professor Chong Yidong & Dr Ho Shen Yong
Neo Chun Boon Aaron, 2013 graduate
Senior Data Product Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-neo/
Armed with a mathematics and economics degree, Aaron now leads the Data Cycling Team at ByteDance / TikTok. He joined from KPISOFT, where he was Director of the Customer Success team, partnering with global clients to transform their businesses by leveraging on enterprise performance solutions across the Asia Pacific. He also led a team of consultants who advised clients on strategy development and formulated actionable execution plans to take their businesses to new heights.
Previously, he was a consultant with McKinsey, serving private equity clients globally and advised on their investment lifecycles from due diligence to post-merger integrations. Post-McKinsey, he served at INSEAD running strategic projects and spearheading the development of new change management processes in the school.
He also has prior experience in risk management with Citibank, Credit Suisse and OCBC, and has published multiple economic research and conference papers during his undergraduate years.
Oh Cheng Kok, 2013 graduate
Associate Financial Consultant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheng-kok-oh-38022374
Cheng Kok graduated with a degree in mathematics and economics in 2013 and went on to become an Associate Financial Consultant and the Founder of Wealthdojo. His vision is to build the biggest community of financially free families all over the world.
Cheng Kok is also an active investment coach and mentor for Buffet Online School where he coaches a diverse group of individuals. He was also awarded as a Million Dollar Round Table member (Top 5% of Financial Advisers Worldwide) of AIA Singapore, and has been invited to speak in different countries including America, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. In Singapore, he has been invited to speak at various institutions such as NTU, UniSIM, RP, Lim and Tan Securities, SIAS, USANA, and 93.8Live etc.
Lee Chong Eu, 2011 graduate
Co-founder & CTO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chongeu/
Chong Eu graduated in 2011 from Physics and Applied Physiscs (PAP) with a minor in mathematics. He is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of JobKred, a company that uses predictive analytics and data science to connect job seekers to best opportunities and help employers zero in on their top prospects.
In addition to his extensive data science and technology experience, Chong Eu is also a trained academic researcher. Prior to joining JobKred in 2014, Chong Eu worked as a project officer at the Statistical and Multi-Scale Lab in Nanyang Technological University, one of the top complex system and computational simulation research groups in the school. He has covered projects such as Large-Scale crowd simulation, discrete model for vehicular traffic flow analysis and High-Frequency stock data analysis.
Nelly Ng Huei Ying, 2012 graduate
Nanyang Assistant Professor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelly-ng-58074710b/
Nelly graduated from Physics and Applied Physics (PAP) in 2012. Having always been interested in physics, she started working as a research assistant at the Centre for Quantum Technologies before embarking and receiving her PhD on the study of quantum information theory and thermodynamics from Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
Prior to returning to NTU in 2020 as a SPMS Assistant Professor, Nelly spent several years doing her post-doctoral research in Berlin, Germany at Free University of Berlin. In NTU, her research focus is quantum thermodynamics and quantum information, which aims at building and analysing fundamental models of thermodynamic interactions between quantum systems.
These efforts identify the possibilities of improving the preparation and control of quantum systems in the presence of external environments. In particular, she is interested in developing the mathematical tools of quantum information theory to better tackle problems in many-body physics, such as identifying conditions on equilibration and localization, and designing thermal machines that operate in the quantum regime.
Tay Jiajie, Darrell, 2013 graduate
Lead Data Scientist
Darrell was a Physics and Applied Physics (PAP) graduate in 2013. Previously a Data Scientist at the travel booking company Agoda, he now works for the superapp Grab. He specializes in the field of Natural Language Processing and Understanding, where he actively discover tools and algorithms to enable computer to process, understand and generate natural human language. These techniques help us to better understand machine generated language, segment and classifying text. Using these tools, we will be able to build scalable products that can enhance the experiences of users.
Discussion Room
Register now and join in the Discussion Room from 11:45 am to 12:30 pm to interact with both the faculty hosts and alumni, and learn more about life in NTU and the future career prospects! Limited slots available.