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Biography

Christina Chai received her BSc (Hons) from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a PhD in free radical chemistry from the Australian National University (ANU) under the late Professor ALJ Beckwith. This was followed by a Samuel and Violette Glasstone Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford, investigating bioorganic reaction mechanisms. Her academic appointments include Victoria University of Wellington (1991–1993), ANU (1994–2004), and the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, Singapore (2005–2011) as Principal Scientist, before joining the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Singapore, in 2011.

She was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2005–2006) and served as Ambassador Scientist for the Foundation in Singapore (2010–2015). She is a member of the FIP Women in Science and Engineering committee, and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of ChemMedChem, as well as a previous stint with the Journal of Medicinal ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ (ACS) editorial advisory board. Her research focuses on small molecules in drug discovery and development, with particular interest on nature-inspired compounds.

RSC affiliations

• Editorial board, RSC Medicinal ÀË»¨Ö±²¥