Wai-Leng Lee started her research on the discovery of novel anticancer activities of plant-based therapeutic agents when she was a post-doctoral research fellow in Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Since joining Monash in 2013, she has won several grants that support her research on the potential of extracellular vesicles as chemoresistance markers for cancer management. Wai-Leng is now a senior lecturer teaching biology, medical cell biology, and molecular biology & biotechnology at the School of Science, Monash University Malaysia. To date, she has published more than 30 research articles and book chapters with approximately 500 citations. Wai-Leng reviews journal papers for MDPI (Cells, Cancers), and Frontiers (Pharmacology). In collaboration with spectroscopic experts from Monash University Australia, oncologists from the University of Malaya, and industry, her non-invasive urine test for the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer won a silver medal in the Invention and Design competition at the 31st International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition, Malaysia (ITEX’20) 2020.