Zhou Lihan
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
pharmaceutical
MiRXES
Singapore
Biography
Lihan cofounded MiRXES. As CTO, Lihan currently oversees the company’s daily operation and product development. Prior to joining MiRXES, Lihan led the research team at the MicroRNA Signature Identification Center under A*STAR. Lihan has over six years of experience in qPCR technology development and biomarker discovery and is one of the three inventors of MiRXES’ core miRNA technology and know-hows. Lihan was trained as a molecular neurobiologist with a broad mastery in other biotechnology domains including gene delivery and tumor targeting nanoparticles. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the National University of Singapore with 16 publications and two patent applications. Lihan was honoured as an Innovators Under 35 (Asia) by MIT Technology Review in 2015.
Research Interest
Gene delivery and tumor targeting nanoparticles.