Hello World :)

I’m currently a software developer at WEO, a spacetech-environmental analytics company based in Luxembourg.

My background is in cheminformatics and environmental chemistry, including several projects about the science-policy interface of chemicals and waste.

I completed my dual PhD on cheminformatics approaches for identifying and managing unknown chemical pollutants in the environment. During my highly interdisciplinary PhD, I was based at both the Environmental Cheminformatics Group (University of Luxembourg) and the Cheminformatics and Computational Metabolomics Group (Friedrich Schiller University, Germany).

Prior to that, I was awarded the merit-based ETH Master’s Scholarship in 2015 to study Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics. My MSc. thesis used statistical models to predict the biodegradation potential of pesticides, using data we manually curated from European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) dossiers.

I decided to pursue environmental chemistry after 2 pivotal experiences during my studies in the US, where I graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. Chemistry from Wellesley College, USA, for which I received the Gulick Farnsworth scholarship.

Besides my studies, I have contributed technical expertise to multiple international projects related to sustainability, chemicals, and waste, most recently to UN Environment’s Global Chemicals Outlook II report and Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment. I also led a report on Solid Waste Management in Small Island Developing States, following fieldwork in the Seychelles.

I was born and grew up in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

In my free time, I enjoy doing sprint triathlons and going to chamber music and orchestral concerts.

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