Prof Roger Wilmer Beuerman
Senior Scientific Director
Biomarker and Anti-Infectives
Sing Health research
Singapore
Biography
Prof Roger has more than 20 years in ophthalmology. Proteomic biomarkers of eye disease and development of new antimicrobial peptides are major areas of his concentration. He has worked to develop methods for analyzing the microliter volumes of tears from the eye as a diagnostic source and looks to developing population based studies in proteomics. He is an ARVO Fellow, a Fellow of the Alcon Research institute, and the Paolo Foundation in Helsinki, Finland. In 2009 he was the recipient of the President’s (Singapore) First Science and Technology Award. Overall, he has more than 220 publications sits on several editorial boards. He is currently Senior Scientific Director of the Singapore Eye Research Institute
Research Interest
Development of novel antimicrobials for use in ophthalmology, proteomic studies revealing biomarkers of eye disease, and myopia.
