Chemistry

Members: Prof. Emily Goh Joo Kheng, Dr. Cheow Yuen Lin, Dr. Pushpamalar Janarthanan, Dr. Joash Tan Ban Lee, Dr. Irene Ling, Dr. Yeong Keng Yoon

• Chemical analysis, e.g. trace metals analysis by AAS; analysis of pesticides, pharmaceutical drugs, sugars and natural products by HPLC and LC-MS.
• Antioxidant activity assays and various other bioactivity tests of plant extracts in collaboration with members of microbiology and cell biology groups.
• Natural product chemistry, synthesis of inorganic/organic compounds of pharmaceutical/ medicinal interests.
• Developing new biodegradable polymers using plant waste to be used as control release device for anticancer drug and slow release device for application of fertilizer in agriculture.