If you are looking for tips on launching a career as a scientist in Singapore, find out from two A*STAR scholars who have made the plunge without regrets and are brimming with great ideas for the future.

By Hazwan Aziz

Mr Liu Yun is an alumnus of Johns Hopkins University, attaining a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a second major in Computer Science, and a minor in Applied Mathematics and Statistics.

His counterpart, Ms Lee Yin Jin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) with a degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering.