Matthew Chang

MATTHEW CHANG is the Executive Director of the National Centre for Engineering Biology in Singapore. He also directs the Singapore Consortium for Synthetic Biology, the Wilmar–NUS Corporate Laboratory, and NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation. He holds the Provost’s Chair and is Professor of Biochemistry at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Dr. Chang’s research focuses on engineering programmable cells for applications in biomedicine and biomanufacturing. He has published over 130 scientific papers and received numerous honors, including the NRF Investigatorship Award and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Scientific and Technological Achievement Award. A co-founder of the Global Biofoundry Alliance and the Asian Synthetic Biology Association, he also serves as Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Generative Biology. As a dedicated mentor, he has guided over 100 students and researchers, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration across science, engineering, and medicine.