The Department of Chemistry welcomes Assistant Professor Wei Jiangbo who has joined the Department under the NUS Presidential Young Professorship scheme in November 2023. Dr Wei received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Peking University in 2015. He then proceeded to obtain his Ph.D. from The University of Chicago in 2021 under the supervision of Professor HE, Chuan, Subsequently, he worked in the same group as a postdoctoral fellow before joining NUS. Dr Wei’s current research interests include investigating molecular mechanisms of RNA modification mediated gene and chromatin regulation, exploring the translation potential of precision medicine through RNA modifications, and developing novel biochemical tools to probe and modulate local RNA properties.
