Dr. Choy L. Hew, Co-Founder, Director, and Scientific Consultant. Dr. Hew is Head of Biology at the National University of Singapore. His current research efforts are focused on protein structure and function, proteomics, gene regulation and the application of biotechnology in agro- and human health-care industries. Dr. Hew is an internationally recognized expert on antifreeze proteins and, with Dr. Fletcher, he was one of the first scientists to describe a method to isolate AFPs from fish plasma. Dr. Hew is the author or co-author of several books and numerous papers on fish antifreeze proteins, and he has organized national and international workshops on AFPs and the molecular endocrinology of fish. He is also the co-inventor (with Dr. Fletcher) of the transgene used to develop the rapidly-growing salmon being produced by Aqua Bounty Technologies. Dr. Hew received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. |