Po Teen Lim began his academic career at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) in 2000 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer (2008) and Associate Professor (2013). He joined the University of Malaya in January 2014 to lead the newly established Bachok Marine Research Station at the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences and is now an Associate Professor. He holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Marine Science from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and a Ph.D. in Fisheries Sciences from Kitasato University. He contributes to various national and international working groups in his area of expertise, serving as a task team member of UNESCO IOC IPHAB, an expert panel in the National Technical Working Group of Biotoxins and HABs, and the Task Force of Import/Export Seafood Product and Safety (DOF Kelantan). He is an international advisory committee member of T-SMART Marine Station of Xiamen University (2016–present) and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tokyo (2019–present).