Bachtiar, Maulana


2000
Nationality: Indonesia
Current Job: Data Scientist, IBM
Graduation: 2014
Faculty and Department: Medicine
Undergraduate University and Country: National University of Singapore, Singapore
Thesis Advisor: Associate Professor, Caroline, Lee

Why did you choose to do a PhD?

Definitely. Doing a PhD helped me become a very independent and life-long learner who can continuously innovate and adapt in this increasingly fast-changing world.


Why did you choose to do graduate education at NUS? If you received offers from other universities, why did you pick NUS?

If I can travel back in time, I would still have chosen NUS to do my PhD as it is one of the best universities in Asia if not globally, with students and faculties coming from different parts of the world.


Briefly share about your research or thesis (i.e. dissertation topic for Masters by Coursework students).

IDENTIFICATION OF ‘PHARMA-SNPS’ FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO DRUG THERAPIES


On hindsight, would you have chosen the same research supervisor for your graduate programme?

Of course. I was very lucky because Prof Caroline Lee, my PhD supervisor, was extremely supportive during the ups and downs of my PhD journey. Caroline also had a strong belief in me and my potential from early on, allowing me to pursue an out-of-the-box project.