He obtained his PhD in Bioengineering from Imperial College London and B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from NTU Singapore. After completing his B.Eng., he joined Accenture Pte Ltd and specialized in Information Technology Consulting. He was awarded NTU overseas PhD scholarship in 2003 to pursue a PhD at Imperial College. His current research interests in synthetic biology include biomedical informatics, biomodels of standard parts, development of modeling techniques and computer aided system to aid the design of complex biological system and engineering ofbeneficial microbes with novel functions for human health. He has also been actively involved in international synthetic biology competition (iGEM) since 2006. He was awarded NTU Excellence in Teaching award in 2010 and he has been a member of IEEE since 2007.