Distinguished Professors

Prof. Isaiah Arkin

Distinguished Visiting Professor
Email:isaiah.arkin@cityu.edu.hk

Biography

Isaiah (Shy) Arkin studied biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University and obtained his Ph.D. from Yale University. He served on the faculty of Cambridge University, D.E. Shaw Research, and the Hebrew University, where he was the Vice president for research and development for eight years. His research interests revolve around viral membrane proteins. Using experimental and computational approaches, his group analyzes membrane transport systems of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, Flu, and more. His work led to identifying novel inhibitors of said viruses and unraveling the mechanisms leading to viral drug resistance.

Prof. LIM Chwee Teck

Distinguished Visiting Professor

Biography

Professor LIM Chwee Teck is the NUS Society Chair Professor and Director of the Institute for Health Innovation and Technology at the National University of Singapore. He is also the Founding Director of the Singapore Health Technologies Consortium. His research interests are in human disease mechanobiology and the development of microfluidics and flexible wearable technologies for healthcare applications.

He is a prolific researcher having co-authored over 470 journal publications including in Nature and Science related journals and delivered more than 450 plenary/keynote/invited lectures. He is also a serial entrepreneur having cofounded six deep tech startups to commercialize technologies developed in his lab. Prof Lim is an Elected Fellow of IUPESM, US National Academy of Inventors, AIMBE, IAMBE, the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology, the Academy of Engineering, Singapore, the Singapore National Academy of Science and the Institution of Engineers, Singapore.

He and his team have received 130 research awards and honours including Nature Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science, Asia’s Most Influential Scientist, Highly Cited Researcher, IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award, Asian Scientists 100, Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Award (Gold) and the President's Technology Award among others. His research has received numerous media coverage including in BBC, Wall St Journal, Reuter News, National Geographic, CGTN, Straits Times, ChannelNewsAsia, etc.