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Prof Ong Choon Nam has taken over the OLS Directorship with effect from 1 January 2008. He will be assisted by Deputy Directors Assoc Prof Lim Chwee Teck (Division of Bioengineering & Department of Mechanical Engineering) and Assoc Prof Low Boon Chuan (Department of Biological Sciences).
He first joined the OLS Executive Committee as Deputy Director in March 2006.
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He was then responsible for overseeing the move to the new CeLS building, its maintenance and building matters. He also assisted in the recruitment of potential PIs and faculty, and HODs for the University.
Prof Ong is with the Department of Community, Occupational & Family Medicine and is also Programme Leader for the Toxicology Programme.
You may read more about Choon Nam’s background in the November issue of the OLS Enews where he was featured as Toxicology Programme Leader. Click here for details.
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We would like to welcome Assoc Prof Low Boon Chuan who has recently joined the OLS Exco as Deputy Director from 1 January 2008. Assoc Prof Low is from the Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and is currently with the OLS Structural Biology and Proteomics Research Programme. His research focuses on elucidating function of protein modules in cell signaling.
His OLS portfolio will cover the supervision for building maintenance and safety matters in CeLS.
Also supporting the OLS Exco is Assoc Prof Lim Chwee Teck from the NUS Division of Bioengineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has been serving as Deputy Director of OLS since March 2006. He is currently overseeing finance and outreach matters. |
