Samuel Gan

Samuel Ken-En Gan graduated from Temasek Polytechnic[7] with a Diploma in Biotechnology. He attained his BSc (Hons) in Molecular Cell Biology from University College London[8] before embarking on his Masters in Structural Biology from Birkbeck College[9] and Ph.D. in Allergy from King's College London[10] simultaneously with his BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Open University[11], Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice and the Associate of King’s College, both from King’s College London. Gan is also trained in translation & interpretation, theology, business admin, and commercial law & tech transfer. He is a member of the Higher Education Academy UK, the British Psychological Society, Biochemical Society UK, Allergy & Clinical Immunology Society Singapore, and the New York Academy of Sciences.

Samuel Ken-En Gan performs and publishes research articles in many disciplines. He currently has over 70 publications[12] that includes scientific research articles and books spanning over antibody engineering, viral mutations, psychology (including music psychology), theology, apologetics, scientific phone apps, and science-fiction. He is most well-known publicly for being one of the pioneers of scientific phone apps,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19] in particularly, DNAApp,[20] which received significant worldwide coverage[21][22][23][24][25] and started the work of scientific phone apps, including founding the journal with SpringerNature. Gan also has research in psychology, particularly in the context of Singapore. His most noted work in this discipline is the ‘P2P’ theory on how music can moderate anxiety and affect learning[26]. Combining psychology and apps, his lab now has research in psychological game apps to validate and study psychological parameters via smartphone game apps[27]. In biomedical sciences, Gan’s research publications are focused on holistic protein engineering [28], particularly in the rational drug design of antibody therapeutics [29][30][31][32][33][34]. In the area of viruses, his work focusses on understanding protein-protein interactions in HIV drug targets, and how new interventions can be designed [35][36][37][38][39].

Gan plays a significant role in mentoring and coaching polytechnic students across multiple disciplines in Singapore to publish in international journals and develop products. For his effort, he was featured on a report by Temasek Polytechnic to the Parliament of Singapore[40] and on a number of news articles[41][42][43]. According to his lab social media page, more than 100 interns and degree students have been trained since 2013, along with the development of courses with Singapore institutions of learning[44][45].

In 2006, Gan was featured as one of the 100 most talented Singaporeans below the age of 25[46] and one of 200 selected international students globally for the 7th China Synergy Programme for Outstanding Youths 第七届海外杰青会 [47]. Gan was listed as one of fifty skilled talented alumni from polytechnic/ITE in Singapore in the SG50 Book “A Nation of Skilled Talents”[48] , selected as one of the “world’s most promising researchers” in the Interstellar Initiative by the New York Academy of Sciences and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, as well as one of the 30 world class innovators[49][50] in the book “Innovation Through Fusion” by Dr CJ Meadows[51].