Juliana Chan (science communicator)

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Juliana Chan
Nationality Singaporean
Education
Occupation(s)Biologist, science communicator
Known forFounder and CEO of Wildtype Media Group

Juliana Chan is a biologist, a science communicator, the founder of Asian Scientist , and the founder and CEO of Wildtype Media Group.

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Early life and education

Chan graduated from the University of Cambridge with both a BA and an MA in natural science. [1] She graduated from MIT in 2010 with a PhD in biology. [2] After graduation, Chan interned at Changi General Hospital before coming to the realization that medicine was not her calling. [3] She sought out an education scholarship, receiving a fellowship from A*STAR, a Singaporean research institute, which led to a $750,000 startup grant; Chan was able to use this to start her own lab at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. [1]

Career

While working as a biomedical researcher at NTU, Chan started a blog called Asian Scientist . [4] She cited the need to escape from the "insularity and isolation" of scientific research in starting the blog. The blog became popular enough to lead to a partnership with the publishing house World Scientific Publishing, enabling Chan to turn Asian Scientist into a magazine and serve as its editor-in-chief. [5]

Chan founded Wildtype Media Group in 2018, leaving both her role as editor of Asian Scientist and running her research lab at NTU; Chan recognized the risk of taking on an entrepreneurial career but said she found a calling in helping to "make Asian scientists household names". [6] Wildtype is described as the first "STEM-focused media company in Singapore that provides professional science communication services to government agencies, industry, and academia in Singapore as well as the broader Asian region". [4]

Chan holds 4 patents in the United States [5] and has designed nanoparticles for drug delivery and developed systems to grow blood capillaries in microfluidic devices. [7] In 2015, Chan was appointed as a Young Global Leader, a program created by the World Economic Forum to recognize highly accomplished professionals in their field. [2]

Chan transitioned Wildtype to full remote work in August 2023, citing the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and calling remote work "the future of work". [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Kaur, Sukhveer (12 March 2024). "7 Influential Asian Women Innovators and Scientists to Watch". HiveLife.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 Choo, Justin (20 October 2021). "The McLaren 720S: How Juliana Chan, CEO of Wildtype Media, steers her way to success". RobbReport.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 Schiele, Bernard; Lewenstein, Bruce V.; Leach, Joan; Massarani, Luisa; Riedlinger, Michelle; Broks, Peter; Gascoigne, Toss, eds. (14 September 2020). Communicating Science: A Global Perspective. Australian National University Press. p. 763. ISBN   9781760463663 . Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 Vellu, Shamilee (3 August 2021). "The Peak Power List 2021: Juliana Chan". ThePeakMagazine.com. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Kang, Timothy (29 November 2023). "How scientist-turned-CEO Juliana Chan created a new LinkedIn-coach career". Yahoo! Finance . Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Juliana Chan". PrestigeOnline.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Tong, Goh Chiew (23 August 2023). "CEO of remote company shares what she looks for in work-from-anywhere hires: 'This is a gamechanger'". CNBC . Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  9. 1 2 "The Fondation L'Oréal and UNESCO are launching THE FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FESTIVAL" (PDF) (Press release). Paris: L'Oréal. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  10. ↑ Wei, Chong Seow (16 March 2023). "Media entrepreneur Juliana Chan launches new podcast series on 'The Science of Work'". TatlerAsia.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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