Nicholas Kan

NUS M.Sc Pharm Sci & Tech | B.Sc (Hons) Medicinal Chemistry, Minors (Pharm Sci & Public Health)

Singapore

About

Experience

  • Singapore Red Cross (14 yrs 5 mos)
    • Safety Lead
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Volunteer Leader
      Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

    • Volunteer Officer
      May 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

  • Laboratory Technologist at National University of Singapore
    Aug 2021 - Feb 2022 · 7 mos

    Supported Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science undergraduate laboratory modules Supported in the operations and maintenance of equipment Assisted in Chemical & Biological Waste Disposal & Spillages, First Aid & Fire Safety

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher at National University of Singapore
    Aug 2019 - Apr 2020 · 9 mos

    Project Topic: Catalytic Systems for Cross-coupling Reactions Applicable to Polar Substrates for Drug Synthesis (Supervisor: Asst. Prof Zhu Ye) Designed and prepared amino acid and glucoside substrates for cross-coupling reactions Conducted Pd catalysed Buchwald-Hartwig amination with amino acid derivatives and aryl halides Characterised products via GC-MS, 1H & 13C NMR (Pd: Palladium; GC-MS: Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry; NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy)

  • Inter-Faculty Games (IFG) Organising Committee Member (Sports) at NUS Students'​ Sports Club
    Feb 2019 - Sep 2019 · 8 mos

    NUS largest sporting event. The 2019 IFG theme was "All Faculties, One Family". Member + Coordinator of the 39th IFG Sports Committee Oversaw the hosting of Tchoukball by the University Scholars' Programme (USP) and DotA 2 by the School of Computing (SoC/COM) Together, the committee ensured the smooth running of all 26 sporting events across the 11 faculties. Awarded the "Half Colours Award" for outstanding contribution

  • Science Sports Committee Member (Logistics Executive) at NUS Students' Science Club
    Oct 2017 - Sep 2018 · 1 yr

    The 38th Science Club Sports Committee organised and hosted the following events: 1) Science Sports Games 2018 2) Don't Say Bojio (Captain's Ball) 2018 (Inaugural) 3) illumiNUS Night Cycling 2018 4) Inter-Faculty Games (IFG) 2018 Track (M & W) 5) Inter-Faculty Games (IFG) 2018 Swimming (M & W) Awarded the Student Achievement Award (Merit) in the 1st NUS Student's Life Award for Community Engagement for our Science Sports Games 2018 Event Awarded the Campus Vibrancy Award in the 2nd NUS Student's Life Award for our contribution to the success of IFG 2018