Juliana M. Chan

Dr. Chan Shu Ping Juliana Maria (born February 11, 1983), better known as Juliana M. Chan is a Singaporean scientist, entrepreneur, educator, blogger and a communicator of science. She is the publisher, and former Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Scientist magazine. Juliana is also the founder, and CEO of Wildtype media group.
Juliana left her career as a researcher to communicate science in 2018. Before leaving the academic world she had four patents to her name with commercial licenses.
She is a part of the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader and is involved in the working of the WEF Pioneer Selection committee as an Agenda Contributor since 2015. 
As of April 2018, Juliana is also an adjunct assistant professor at National University of Singapore (NUS).
== Early life and education ==
Juliana was educated at CHIJ Katong Convent and Victoria Junior College. When asked about her passion for science she describes herself as nerdy.
From her childhood, Juliana was inclined towards writing and communication. Juliana and her sister used to make a magazine with a collection of songs, poetry, pictures, and drawings for the three readers in their family.
Initially, Juliana's parents wanted her to take up medicine as a career. Although interested in science, Juliana decided on her two-week stretch at the Changi general hospital that the career in medicine was not meant to be.
Juliana pursued her affinity for biology and landed up with an A* star scholarship in 2002 with an acceptance letter for her undergraduate studies at Cambridge University.
Thus, she studied natural sciences from 2002 through 2005 at Cambridge, UK. She obtained a first-class honors bachelor’s degree in biochemistry. Subsequently, she also received a master’s in molecular biology, with first-class honors.
Following her studies at Cambridge University, Juliana moved to the USA where she obtained her doctorate(PhD) in Biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was also a post-doctoral fellow at MIT for a period of 1 year.
== Career and research ==
Juliana spent her years at MIT researching nanomedicines: nanoparticles and their role in delivering drugs to the required organs for conditions like cancer and heart diseases. For her PhD., she worked in the Biotechnology lab of Professor Robert Langer, ScD ‘74. Consequently, for her Post-Doc, she conducted her studies along with Professor Roger Kamm, SM’73, PhD ’77 in his Biological engineering lab.
Her work with Professor Robert Langer and Professor Roger Kamm inspired her research on the utility of nanomedicines in treating skin and cardiovascular diseases along with a six-member team at her multi-disciplinary lab at Nanyang Technological University’s School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.
Her lab came into existence owing to a fellowship at the city-state’s agency for Science, Technology, and research. The fellowship provided her with an assistant professorship at Nanyang Technological University’s School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and a startup grant of a total sum of $750,000.
Talking about the significance of her dermatological research in Asia she says -
“ because conditions like eczema and psoriasis are very common and the current standard of care is steroid creams, which can thin the skin, nanoparticles could deliver greatly reduced dosages directly to inflamed tissue, leading to better results with lower risk."
Juliana also synthesized Monocyte cell membrane-derived nanoghosts for targeted cancer therapy while she was at National Technological University.File:Asian Scientist Magazine.png|thumb|265x265px|Juliana M. Chan is the Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Scientist Magazine.Chan’s research has been brought to light by several including the BBC., MIT Technology Review, Singapore Straits Times, World Economic Forum, South China Morning Post, and the Singapore Tatler
Eventually, she quit her career as a researcher and closed her lab in 2017-2018 to become a full-time Editor and Publisher of her magazine Asian Scientist and consequently, CEO of Wildtype Media.
Currently, she is also a part of the faculty of science at the National University of Singapore as an adjunct assistant Professor.
Her magazine the Asian Scientist is a product of her blog Asian Scientist, which she began writing while she was at MIT. 
== Books ==
Juliana has written, edited, and published 3 books in total. 
Juliana’s first book along with Grace Chua, Shuzhen Sim, and Rebecca Tan was a non-commercial work- 'Singapore’s Scientific Pioneers'. The book was funded by grants from Nanyang Technological University and SG50 Celebration Fund. The publication was aimed at bringing all the scientists of Singapore from past, present and aspiring to limelight and celebrate them.
Juliana edited the book 'Bugs and Quarks', again, with Shuzhen Sim and Rebecca Tan. The book features stories from Asian Science writing prize 2015 written by twenty-five authors. The book has stories about the human body, technology, nature, as well as future predictions.
Her third work was published in 2016 and was based on her research in nanoparticles titled ‘Perspectives in micro and nanotechnology for biomedical applications'. She, along with Chenjie Xu edited the book.
== Awards and Fellowships ==
Juliana, throughout her career, has won several awards and fellowships including: 
ACS Nano Junior Fellowship, 2017. 
She was selected as one of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum in 2015. 
EmTech TR35’s 10 Innovators under the age of 35(Asia),2014
 
Listed in The Prestige Singapore forty under forty 
Recipient of the Singapore Youth Award, 2013 with a community grant of $8000. 
Winner of the Junior Chamber International (JCI), Singapore’s 10 Outstanding Young Persons Of The Year, 2013. 
Received a grant of $30,000 as a winner of 2011-2012 L’Oreal- UNESCO For Women In Science(FWIS) National Fellowships (Singapore),2012. 
== Personal life ==
Juliana M Chan grew up in a household with three other family members including her father, mother, and sister. Her parents initially wanted her to pursue a career in medicine, but she wasn’t interested in a medical career. 
Juliana met her husband Chester Drum, a cardiologist while she was at MIT working in Professor Langer’s lab. She is a mother of two, as of now. Her eldest daughter is named Heather.
==In the media==
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==External links==
* Juliana M. Chan on instagram
* Juliana M. Chan on linkedin
* Juliana M Chan - Google Scholar Citations
* Juliana M. Chan | The Marketing Society
* Juliana M Chan - NUS Department of Biological Sciences - Staff
== References ==
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