TECH EXPERTS

Chitra is the founder of ComplyAsia, a regulatory compliance consultancy focused on helping food companies meet regulatory requirements of countries in Asia when exporting their products. This includes ingredients and label reviews, claims and product registrations.  Chitra has worked in the food industry for over 30 years, starting work as a regulator, then moving onto airline catering and various roles in FMCG and finally in retail. These roles are primarily in Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory affairs.  Chitra has worked in Singapore, Australia and Malaysia, and has had extensive regional and global experience in these fields.   Chitra has helped a company develop a collagen based supplement, another client focused on sustainable seafood brought into Singapore and shipped out across Asia, and others exporting energy drinks to Asia from Europe.  She is also helping another client bring their instant coffee from China to Thailand – working through product registrations, label reviews etc.

Dr. Gan Heng Hui is a distinguished independent consultant focusing in integrated food solutions. She serves as the Co-Chair for Food Products in the Standard Development Organisation (Singapore Food Standard Committee), where she contributes her extensive knowledge to the advancement of food safety standards. During her tenure as a Senior Specialist (Food Chemistry & Safety) and Senior Lecturer at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), Heng Hui spearheaded applied research and development in product innovation, implemented robust food safety quality systems, and trained international delegates. Her areas of specialization include regulatory compliance, food safety and quality management, food security and sustainability and product innovation. Heng Hui developed a mandatory course "To Perform Food Cargo Inspection" for the Inspection Body Recognition (IBR) Programme; “Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Handling Practices (GHP) for Ready-to-Eat Raw Fish and Fisheries Products” for SEAFDEC Marine Fisheries Research Department (MFRD). Prior to her role in NYP, Heng Hui managed Regional Supply Quality for YUM! Restaurants International, where she oversaw second-party supply-quality audits and the training of Quality Assurance personnel across regional franchise business units. Heng Hui possesses a comprehensive skill set that includes expertise in HACCP, Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS), and ISO 17025 Laboratory Management; and holds several prestigious certifications, such as: BRC Global Standard for Food Safety 9, CQI and IRCA Certified ISO 22000:2018 Lead Auditor for FSMS and FSSC 22000 Version 6 FSMS Internal Auditor In addition, she is a Registered Management Consultant and a trainer for Singapore’s Food Safety Course Level 4 (FSMS).

Dr Jose Domingos is currently the Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow of Aquaculture at James Cook University, Singapore. His research focuses on the development of efficient breeding programs for tropical aquaculture species. This involves the understanding and manipulation of endogenous and environmental factors affecting gonadal development and broodstock conditioning within appropriate maturation systems for reliable spawnings. Jose is passionate about marine finfish propagation (reproduction, genomics, selective breeding) and its integration with nutrition and fish health for the development of fast growing and disease resistant strains. Fingerlings of high quality and better genetics will improve farm productivity and allow aquaculture business in the tropics to achieve profitability and sustainability to feed our growing population. Dr Domingos has a long involvement with commercial shrimp and marine finfish operations. Prior to joining the James Cook University (Australia) Aquaculture Genetics research team in 2008, Jose worked as a production manager for several shrimp farms in the South and Northeast of Brazil, where he supervised over 700 hectares of shrimp farming. Trained in Brazil (Oceanography, FURG; MSc. Aquaculture, UFSC) and Australia (PhD Aquaculture Genetics, JCU), Jose has 20 years of combined industry, government and academic background. Jose is excited about collaborating with industry partners in the development of sustainable aquaculture practices, and in the training of students through hands-on experiences and discoveries that make a difference for life in the tropics.

Dr Chew Fook Tim is the vice dean at the Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore (NUS), and principal investigator of the Molecular Breeding and Allergy & Immunology Laboratories at the Department of Biological Sciences, NUS. Dr Chew teaches graduate and undergraduate level molecular & population genetics, immunology, human physiology, engineering design in biotechnology, urban agriculture and crop biotechnology, food- & agri-science. His laboratories work in the field of epidemiology, genetics & immunology of Aalergic, respiratory & skin diseases, skin ageing & beauty, allergen characterization, and in food- & agri-science, and molecular breeding and crop biotechnology. Dr Chew was the chairman of Academic Advisory Board, School of Life Sciences, Management Development Institute of Singapore.He also served as the Chair of the Governing Board, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study & Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (BIOTROP). Dr Chew has conducted various scientific projects with Eu Yan Sang, Stallergene, US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)–Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research, Singapore Food Agency (SFA), multiple Allergenicity Assessments ; Danone-Nutricia Research, Nestle-Galderma, Procter & Gamble, Syngenta, Hyphens Pharma, etc.  

Dr. Daniel Chen Yunzhong is a senior scientist at the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) in Temasek Polytechnic.  He is devoted to developing novel technologies in energy areas including fuel cell, flow battery, lithium battery, direct methanol fuel cell, portable power, and hydrogen generation/storage.  His research interests cover system design, devices development, key components fabrication, as well as catalyst synthesis. As a Principle Investigator, Dr. Chen has been awarded numerous R&D funds by the Ministry of Education, Tote Board and other grant agencies. In addition, Dr. Chen is also an expert and is active in the field of intellectual property protection.  He is the inventor of numerous patents (mostly PCT patents) in the areas of fuel cell, flow battery, gas generation and industrial equipment.  Most of the patents have been licensed out to companies for commercialisation. Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Nanyang Technological University in 2003.  Prior to joining Temasek Polytechnic, he worked as a research scientist at an industrial R&D company and a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University.

Dr Jia Junbo is a lead scientist in Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC), Temasek Polytechnic.  He joined Temasek Polytechnic in 2001 as a lecturer and in 2010, he became a senior lecturer.  His research fields include power electronics, Li-ion battery system modelling and control, as well as energy management system for underwater device, forklift, electric vehicle and micro-grid.  He was the project leader for High Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Power System for Long Endurance Deep Water Operation project (SMI Grant Call, 2013-2016), The Development of Smart Power System for Mission Critical Applications project (MOE INNOVATION Grant Call, 2016-2018), and The Development of Smart Battery Power System for Underwater Inspection System project (2017 -2019).  He is currently the consultant for the project on Development of Next Generation Lithium-Ion Energy Storage System (ESS) Solution & Smart Distributed ESS Management Application for Fire Hazard Mitigation under Hot-Humid Climatic Condition (2020-2022). As an accomplished scientist, Dr Jia Junbo published more than 50 papers.  He is also a member of IEEE.  His noteworthy education background include receiving his B.Eng. degree in 1988, the M.Eng. degree in 1996, both from electrical engineering in South West Jiaotong University, China, and Ph.D. degree in 2011 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His past working experience involved the development of the testing system based on database technology for electric railway substation testing coaches for Chengdu and Kunming, China Electric Railway Bureau.  In 1996, he was a lecturer, and in 1998, he became an Associate Professor in Southwest Jiaotong University, China.

Yue Keng Mun is currently Head of Aviation Research Centre in Temasek Polytechnic, leading applied research in unmanned aircraft, aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul, and airport systems. He has 29 years of extensive experience in mechanical engineering design, system integration, product development and prototyping. In addition to his technical expertise, he has held management appointments such as being the course chair of the Diplomas in Aerospace Engineering and Mechatronics. He also holds a rotorcraft unmanned aircraft pilot licence (UAPL) and three patents. He enjoys working on innovation projects and competitions where often, simple ideas can solve complex problems. His prior work experience was in ST Engineering as a design engineer in the development and integration of land systems vehicles.

Dr. Liu Shubin has worked on process and operation optimization for more than 15 years. He is a senior lecturer in Republic Polytechnic (RP) and he provides consulting service to various industry sectors across transportation, warehousing and manufacturing. Currently Dr. Liu is focusing on promoting Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology to enable non-IT people to reduce their own daily repetitive tasks. He was recognized by the lead RPA vendor UiPath as one of the Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) in both 2020 and 2021. In 2021, Dr Liu implemented a delivery route planning system for one Singapore food delivery service company. The system not only reduces 20% of drivers' traveling time on the road but also provides accurate food Expected Time Arrival to customers. Dr. Liu was awarded Translational and Innovation Research Fund by Singapore Ministry of Education for research project “Dynamic Vehicle Routing and Dispatching System for City Logistics”. The planning system, “EasiPlanner”, was adopted by three polytechnics in Singapore for teaching purpose and was also adopted by logistics companies in Singapore for daily delivery planning. Recently he completed a project, “Dial-A-Ride Routing and Scheduling for Wheelchair Users”, which was funded by Singapore TOTE Board. Currently the solution is commercialisation ready for transportatoin companies to implement vehicle resource pooling for both passenger and cargo transportation. Before joining Republic Polytechnic, Dr. Liu was in charge of development and implementation of wafer fabrication automatic scheduling system in Micron Semiconductor. Dr. Liu Shubin obtained his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore.

Khim Yong is a Senior Lecturer with the Digital Fabrication and Additive Manufacturing Centre at Temasek Polytechnic.  Prior to his teaching career, he worked as a Mechanical Engineer in Singapore Technologies Kinetics in helping to optimize some of the existing platform designs for reliability.  His skill sets are in computer-aided design (CAD), mechanical design and rapid prototyping, which includes 3D metal printing.  In the 6th Singapore International 3D Printing Competitions organized by Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP), Khim Yong was in-charge of supervising project students in the design and additive manufacturing process of their entry ‘Ergo Walker’.  The ‘Ergo Walker’ project which was an innovative transport solution for the elderly, won the top prize in the Singapore Tertiary Student Category. Currently, he is involved in system design for defense training aid using additive manufacturing.