1985: Medical degree, King Edward Medical College, Lahore. 1992: PhD, SMU, Dallas, TX. 1992–1996: Fellowships—Pathology and Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School/MGH, Boston, MA. 1996–present: National University of Singapore, professor, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Vice dean (Research and Graduate Education) and director, National University Medical Institutes (2003–2006). Theme lead at NUS Centre for Cancer Research and senior faculty member of ISEP, NUS Graduate School. Also held a joint professorship at Duke–NUS GMS, Singapore (2007–2015) and adjunct professorship at the University of Paris. His group is investigating redox regulation of cellular senescence and drug sensitivity in human cancers. He has authored >160 papers with >13,000 citations, and has an H-index of 56 (Google Scholar). He has been an invited speaker at several international/regional conferences, supervised doctoral theses of >35 scholars, and trained an equal number of postdoctoral fellows. Recipient of the NUS Outstanding Researcher Award in 2005 and several teaching excellence awards. Active member of major scientific organizations/review panels and serves as associate editor and member editorial board of several journals. He was elected to the European Cell Death Organization (ECDO) Academy in 2013 and is serving on the Board of the International Cell Death Society (ICDS).