Rate My Professor Sheemei Lok

Sheemei Lok is a Provost’s Chair Professor in the Emerging Infectious Diseases programme at Duke-NUS Medical School and in the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Singapore. She currently serves as Interim Vice-Dean of Research at Duke-NUS Medical School and holds additional roles including membership in the NUS University Promotion and Tenure Committee and the NTU Institute of Structural Biology. Professor Lok obtained a Diploma in Biotechnology from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1993, a BSc in Biochemistry/Microbiology and BSc(Hons) in Virology/Immunology from Queensland University of Technology in 1994 and 1995 respectively, an MSc in Virology/Immunology from the National University of Singapore in 1999, and a PhD specializing in X-ray crystallography from the National University of Singapore in 2005. Her postdoctoral training was completed at Purdue University under Professor Michael Rossmann from 2004 to 2009, followed by a visiting assistant professor position at Baylor College of Medicine in 2010.