Thomas Dick's Biography

Thomas Dick, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore

Thomas is heading the Antibacterial Drug Discovery Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
His research focus is on Tuberculosis and newly emerging mycobacterial pathogens.
The goal of his group is to identify new targets and lead compounds for the development of more effective chemotherapies.
Thomas is teaching microbiology and drug discovery to undergraduate and graduate students, and is responsible for the School’s high containment facility. Prior to his current position as Associate Professor, Thomas worked eight years in the pharmaceutical industry leading Tuberculosis drug development at Novartis, and seven years at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, heading the Mycobacterium Biology Laboratory.
Thomas studied biochemistry, genetics and microbiology at the University of Heidelberg where he obtained his PhD in molecular bacteriology