Researcher
Yee Hwee Lim
Director, Specialty Chemicals & Bio-Technologies
A*STAR Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (A*STAR ISCE2)Yee Hwee Lim obtained her joint PhD (Organic Chemistry) from The Scripps Research Institute, USA and DPhil (Biochemistry) from the University of Oxford, UK. She currently leads the Specialty Chemicals & Bio-Technologies (SCBT) division at the A*STAR Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (A*STAR ISCE2). Her research is highly interdisciplinary, spanning chemistry, chemical biotechnology, engineering, informatics and artificial intelligence to develop advanced technologies for sustainable chemicals manufacturing. She is passionate about advancing chemistry frontiers and harnessing nature’s catalytic powers to solve molecular challenges.
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