Wayne Yeo Wei Zhong

wwzyeo@gmail.com
https://fishnsotong.github.io

Education

Imperial College London, United Kingdom (2021 – expected June 2024)

  • BSc (Hons) Chemistry
  • Year 1: 79% (First-Class Honours)

Victoria Junior College, Singapore (2017 – 2018)

  • Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level Examinations
  • Subjects offered: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
    (AAA)

Victoria School, Singapore (2013 – 2016)

  • GPA: 4.0/4.0

Work Experience

Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environnment

  • Summer Intern, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2022)
    • Bioelectrocatalytic trifluoromethylation of arenes for late-stage functionalization of drug molecules
    • Advisors: Zhennan Liu, Yee Hwee Lim

Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation

  • Research Intern, Metabolic Engineering and Research Laboratory (2021)
    • Computational design of fluorescent and ligand-binding proteins
    • Built a robot with my advisor to automate protein purification workflows
    • Advisor: Wei Yifeng

Singapore Armed Forces
Cyber Defence Group

  • Corporal – Cybersecurity Operator (2019 – 2021)

Nanyang Technological University
Division of Chemical and Biological Chemistry
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

  • Student Intern, Innovated Photosynthesis Lab (2018 - 2019)
    • Synthesis and characterisation of main-group photosensitisers and transition metal catalysts for artificial photosynthetic systems
    • Advisor: Han Sen Soo

Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Institute for Materials Research and Engineering

  • H3 Attachment, Materials Processing and Characterisation Department (2017)
    • Building nanostructured silica porous materials directed by surfactants
    • Advisors: Connie Liu, Gen Yong
  • Student Intern, Polymeric Materials Department (2016)
    • 3D Printing of soft polymers
    • Advisor: Sen Wai Kwok

Conference

  1. W. W. Z. Yeo, S. H. Lim, C. K. Liu and G. Yong. Building Nanostructured Porous Silica Materials Directed by Surfactants. IRC Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology, 2018. Talk at IRC-SET 2018.
  2. I. J. K. Feng, W. W. Z. Yeo and C. X. Gao. The Use of Markov Chains for Search Optimization in the World of Big Data. Singapore Mathematical Society Essay Competition (Category C), 2017. Second Prize.

Awards

Local

  • 2017: Singapore Chemistry Olympiad, Bronze Award
  • 2017: SUTD Electric Vehicle Design Challenge, Champions
  • 2017: Singapore Mathematical Society Essay Competition, 2nd Prize
  • 2016: Singapore Junior Chemistry Olympiad, Bronze Award
  • 2016: Australian National Chemistry Quiz, High Distinction (Year 11)
  • 2016: iNTUition v3.0, Best FinTech Hack
  • 2015: YDSP Science and Technology Camp | Underwater Robotics, Champions
              press: [news release] [fact sheet]
  • 2015: National Science Challenge, Quarter-finalist

Institutional

  • 2017: Victorian Press Awards, Best Feature Article
  • 2016: East Zone A*STAR Science Fair, Bronze Award
    Presented at Maker Faire Singapore 2017

Notable Participations

  • 2017: NUS Hack & Roll, IDEA Hacks @ UWCSEA
  • 2016: Amazing Science-X Challenge, Special Mention
  • 2016: Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad, Honorable Mention

Scholarships and Prizes

  • National Science Scholarship, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (2021)
  • A*STAR Science Award (JC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (2017)
  • Subject Prize for English – 1st in graduating cohort, Victoria School (2016)
  • Social Innovator Award, Victoria School (2016)
  • Regional Studies Programme Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Singapore (2013)
  • Akela Award, Singapore Scout Association (2012)

Service

  • Project Glitch – teaching, planning events and workshops. (2020)
  • SYPT Category B, Victoria School (mentor) – first occasion teams from Victoria School won Bronze, and Special Mention awards. (2017)

Extracurricular Activities

  • Imperial College Singapore Society (liaison officer, 2022)
  • Imperial College Computational Biology Society (secretary, 2022)
  • Victoria Junior College Robotics Club (vice-chairperson, 2017 – 2018)
  • The Victorian Press (member, 2017 – 2018)

Laboratory

Synthetic organic chemistry. Air-sensitive techniques. NMR spectroscopy.

Hobbies and interests

Film photography. Cold-brew and filter coffee. Cycling.