Wei Hao Lee

About

Aspiring scientist working towards the betterment of human health!

Experience

• Scientist at A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs - A*STAR IDL
  Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

• Graduate Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Aug 2020 - Sep 2025 · 5 yrs 2 mos

  Investigating the host-pathogen interaction and the nutritional pool as potential leverage against microbial infection (Nolan Lab).

• Research Data Analyst at Freelance
  Aug 2020 - Jan 2021 · 6 mos

  Analyzed electron micrographs and created meaningful representations of data (e.g. significance plots, heatmaps, dot-plots) using Matplotlib/Python.

• Research Officer at A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
  May 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

  Molecular biology research with Prof. Guo Huili, RNA Biology Lab, IMCB (05/19 - 06/20) Examined ribosomal heterogeneity in viral-infected cells and profiled drug performance during infection. In-depth literature studies on waste and plastic valorization with Dr. Chen Luwei, ICES (06/20 - 08/20)

• The Johns Hopkins University ()
  • Teaching Assistant
    Jan 2019 - May 2019 · 5 mos

    TA, Intermediate Org. Chem. Lab., AS.030.228 (01/19 - 05/19) TA, Chemistry (Summer Programs), AS.030.205/6 (06/18 - 08 / 18) Facilitated and supervised laboratory sessions Planned and presented review lectures

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher
    Dec 2016 - May 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Synthetic organic chemistry research with a focus on fluorine chemistry with Prof. Thomas Lectka. Methods development, studying Selectfluor-based functionalization and the visible-light mediated fluorination of biologically relevant organic molecules.