Shining Loo joined the Academy of Pharmacy at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University as an Assistant Professor in 2023. She received First-Class Honors in a Double Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Science and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), School of Biological Sciences (SBS), Singapore, and the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China. She is also a licensed practicing TCM physician in Singapore. She was awarded the prestigious Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholarship and received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at NTU, SBS, Singapore, under the supervision of Professor James P. Tam (2013-2018). Upon graduation, she was appointed as a Research Fellow and continued her postdoctoral research work with Professor Tam’s group (2018-2023). Her research interests center on peptide drug discovery and its translational applications for precision medicine, theranostics, drug delivery, materials, and food technologies.