Joel Choo
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJoel Choo is a postdoctoral researcher with 12 years of experience in chemical and biochemical engineering, currently focused on developing scalable enzymatic routes for therapeutic oligonucleotide synthesis at The University of Manchester. He holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore where he led protein engineering and directed evolution projects to enhance styrene oxide isomerase for industrial biocatalysis, pairing high-throughput screening and microfluidics. Joel combines academic rigor with practical process-development experience from internships in green oxidation and heterogeneous catalysis, reflecting a long-standing commitment to sustainable chemistry. Known for translating enzyme-level innovations into scalable solutions, he brings a hands-on experimental skillset and an eye for greener manufacturing pathways in both pharma and industrial contexts.
12 years of coding experience
Raffles InstitutionDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Engineering at National University of Singapore
English, Chinese
Github Skills (31)
beeline10
react-native9
ckan-extension8
angularjs7
ckan7
backend7
eslint-plugin6
aws-s36
data-gov6
nodejs6
aws6
bash6
javascript6
unix6
shell5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
joelchoo/live-parking-info
Oct 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:53 commits, 19 PRs, 49 pushes in 9 months
datagovsg/ckanext-s3-resources
Dec 2016 - Jul 2017
CKAN Extension to upload resources to AWS S3 https://data.gov.sg
Contributions:62 commits, 3 comments in 7 months
govdata-govckan-extensionaws-s3aws
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