Professor Han Kiat HO, Ph.D., DABT, is the Dean of Students at the National University of

Singapore and an academic staff of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

He received his Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) with First Class Honors and obtained his Ph.D.

in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Washington. He established a research program

in NUS, exploring various aspects of liver diseases including the management of drug-induced

liver toxicity, liver fibrosis and liver cancer. In recent years, he also interfaced the use of

nanomaterials to explore the impact on liver regeneration as well as in nanotoxicology. He has

published more than 100 papers in internationally recognized journals and has won multiple

university-level teaching excellence awards, including the Outstanding Educator Award in 2020.

He was also recognized for his research by winning the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award for

Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, conferred by the University of

Washington, School of Pharmacy. He is the Vice President of the Toxicology Society of

Singapore, editorial advisory board member of Biochemical Pharmacology and Current Opinion

in Toxicology. He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology since 2018. As part

of his role as Dean of Students, he also served as the President of the Asia Pacific Student

Services Association (2023-2025) and is currently a Regional Director for the International

Association for Student Affairs and Services (IASAS).