Curriculum Vitae of Professor Loh Teck Peng
Name :
Loh Teck Peng
Present
Appointment :
Professor
Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry
School :
School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Nanyang Technological University
Division :
Chemistry & Biological Chemistry
Academic Qualifications
1989 – 1994 :
Doctoral student
Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, USA
Ph.D. thesis: Part I: Development of Chiral Catalyst for Enantioselective Reactions
Part II: Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of Epibatidine
(Under the supervision of Professor E. J. Corey)
1987 – 1989 :
Master student
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo.
Master thesis: Development of Ene Reaction for Steroid-side Chain Synthesis
(Under the supervision of Professor Takeshi Nakai and Professor Koichi Mikami)
1983 – 1987 :
Undergraduate
Department of Chemical Engineering, (Honours) Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo.
Undergraduate research in organic synthesis ([2,3]-Wittig rearrangement )
(Under the supervision of Professor Takeshi Nakai)
Professional Qualifications/Memberships
1996 – present :
Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC)
Summary of Working Experience
2013
– present :
Professor
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
2002
– present :
Adjunct Professor
Soo Chow University, China 2005- present Adjunct Professor, Tsukuba University, Japan
2008
– 2012 :
Professor and Associate Chair (Research)
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
2005
– 2008 (Jun) :
2002
– 2003 :
2004
– 2005 :
Professor and Head
Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University
Visiting Professor
Columbia Medical School, Colombia University, USA
Professor
Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
1999
– 2004 :
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
1994
– 1999 :
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
1990
– 1991 :
Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
Teaching Assistant
Harvard University
1989
– 1990 :
Teaching Assistant
Harvard University Extension School
Awards
2010 :
1000 Talent Award, People's Republic of China
2010 :
GlaxoSmithKline-Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (GSK-SNIC) Award in Organic Chemistry
2009 :
Fellow (Chemical Sciences) of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)
2008 :
Asia Core Program Lectureship Award (Taiwan and Japan)
2007 :
Nanyang Award for Research and Innovative (Individual), NTU
2002 :
NUS Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
2001 :
NUS Excellent Teachers
2000 :
Meritorious Teaching Award by National University of Singapore
1997 :
University Outstanding Teaching Award by National University of Singapore
University Oustanding Research Award by National University of Singapore
1982 – 1989 :
Awarded the Japanese Government (Mombusho) scholarship. Given to 5 students in Malaysia every year
Recognitions and Services
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Advisory Board of Chemical Communications
Advisory Board of Chemical Record
Advisory Board Member of ISCFC-07 held in NTU 2007
Chairman of the 2010 Asian-European Symposium
Chairman of the Singapore International Chemistry Conference (SICC-4)
Co-Chairman of the ISCIC-6 & ISCOC-9 2006
Chairman and Advisors of many other local and international conferences
Coordinator of “Asia Core Program”
Evaluator of the Japan GCOE Program (Tohoku University)
External Advisory Board Member of Singapore Polytechnic
External Examiner of Singapore Polytechnic (Diploma of Chemical Process Technology) since 2007
Honorary Secretary of Singapore National Institute of Chemistry
Member of the SCBE Promotion and Tenure Committee
Member of the Reaxys PhD Prize Asian & Australasian Advisory Board
Member of the EDB Formulating Safety Rules in Singapore
Member of the graduate program committee, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Graduate School of Bioscience and
Biotechnology)
Serve as referee on a regular basis for international journals
Technical Committee on National Drinking Water Quality Standards