Biography

Professor Charles Zukoski
Senior Fellow, A*STAR
Provost & Executive Vice President (Academic Affairs), University at Buffalo
and Elio Eliakim Tarika Chair (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering) , University of Illinois@Urbana-Champaign

 
Prof Charles F. Zukoski is a chemical and biomolecular engineer, whose professional work now focuses on leading, enabling and supporting research initiatives, technology transfer and the economic development. He was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Melbourne in 1992. As Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2002-2008, Prof Zukoski is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Prof Zukoski serves as the Chairman of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC). He leads the council and the seven A*STAR research institutes in charting new directions and strategies that will sustain economic growth in Singapore, a city-state with 4.5 million inhabitants.

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Last Updated On 18 October 2009