Ru-yi Zhu, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Chemistry at National University of SingaporeSpeaker
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Ru-Yi Zhu is a Presidential Young Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore. His research interests are in the field of bioorganic chemistry and chemical biology related to nucleic acids. His lab develops novel DNA catalysts for asymmetric catalysis and new chemical strategies for RNA modification and manipulation.
Prof. Zhu earned his B.S. with honors and distinction in chemistry from Peking University in 2013. He earned his PhD at The Scripps Research Institute in 2018 with Jin-Quan Yu and undertook postdoctoral studies at Stanford University with Eric T. Kool. He started his independent career as an Assistant Professor at NUS in September 2021. He is the recipient of the ACP Lectureship Awards (from China, Korea, and Japan), and Presidential Young Professorship among others.