Researcher

Dillon Tay completed his BSc (Hons) 1st Class in Chemistry & Biological Chemistry and was the recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew (Gold Medal) from Nanyang Technological University. He completed his PhD degree at Imperial College London where he studied homogeneous catalysis applications in carbonylation and CO2 utilisation. Upon returning to Singapore, he joined the Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2) where he is currently a Senior Scientist (Chemical Biotechnology & Biocatalysis). His research interests include sustainable bio-manufacturing, biocatalysis, cheminformatics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), a Registered Scientist (RSci) and an associate member of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

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