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Melissa is a recipient of the 2014 Young Scientist Award

Photo taken at the Istana, before the ceremony.

Photo taken at the Istana, before the ceremony.

Melissa was one of three recipients of the A*STAR/SNAS Young Scientist Awards. The award was  presented by Mr S Iswaran, Minister, Prime Minister’s Office; and Second Minister for Home Affairs, and Trade and Industry on 4 November 2014 at the Istana.

Melissa is one of the United Nations Women ambassadors for STEM

The Singapore Committee for UN Women is implementing a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), Arts and Service Learning Program for disadvantaged youth in Singapore, starting mid 2014. The program will target low income and at risk girls in Singapore. Melissa is one of the ambassadors for this program. We are looking for interested volunteers, please contact Melissa by email (melissa dot fullwood at nus.edu.sg) for more details if you are interested.

Lab outing!

The lab visited Haw Par Villa for our long-awaited lab outing. Here is our photo in front of the Gods of fortune (from left to right: Melissa, Jocelyn, Nicolas, Edward, Cao Fan, Mian Mian and Sizun, a PhD student collaborating with the lab).

Lab photo Dec 2013