Researcher

Jye Yng Teo is a senior research fellow at A*STAR’s Institute of Bioengineering and Bioimaging (IBB). She received her degree in Bioengineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore and obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2018 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA. She first joined Yi Yan Yang’s team during her PhD studies under the A*STAR-UIUC partnership programme where she developed drug delivery system using polymeric nanoparticles for cancer therapy. She ventured into antimicrobial and antiviral research during her postdoctoral training and now focuses on collaborative projects with the public sector. She has also held an adjunct position with NTU as an assistant professor at the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology since 2021.