Jimmy Toh

Education

Nanyang Technological University, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering ·       Graduated in July 2009 with 2nd Upper Honours Degree in Engineering Nanyang Technological University, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering ·       Graduated in June 2013 with a Masters of Engineering by research ·       Research project involved using pyrosequencing technique to detect drug resistance mutation in Hepatitis B virus ·       Graduated with a cGPA of 4.65

Experience

NanoString Technologies, since October 2015 ·       Distribution Sales Manager for Southeast Asia and Korea.   Luminex Corporation, October 2013 to October 2015 ·       Field Marketing Scientist responsible for support of Luminex products in Southeast Asia.   QIAGEN Singapore, June 2013 to October 2013 ·       Technical Product Specialist & Account Manager for Applied Testing Market in Singapore. A*STAR Experimental Therapeutic Centre, May 2009 to June 2012 ·       Involvement in SGD$1.8M flagship program funded by Exploit Technologies, Singapore for the research and commercialization of the following projects: Ø  5-plex Influenza real-time PCR detection kit Ø  Pyrosequencing assay for Oseltamivir-resistant Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Ø  Pyrosequencing assay for Hepatitis B Virus drug resistance detection Ø  H5N1 real-time PCR detection kit Ø  Dengue & Chikungunya 5-plex real-time PCR detection kit Ø  Involvement in Industry Alignment Fund (IAF) Project with Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Japan for a miniature DNA analyzer prototype