curriculum vitae

Matthew Chung, PhD

Summary

AI/ML bioinformatician and PhD immunologist with experience applying statistical and machine learning methods to health and life sciences data, using analytical, clinical and product insight to build data products, inform decision-making and improve outcomes for patients.

Experience

Oct 2023-Present	Senior Bioinformatician _{Sonrai • Led 6 machine learning and advanced analytics projects or pharma and biotech clients, spanning multiomics biomarker discovery in clinical trials, patient stratification, multimodal data integration for target discovery, peptide drug design, and mechanism-of-action analysis • Delivered 20+ decision-support artefacts including containerised codes, manuscripts, presentations and 6+ custom apps through AWS; led the conversion of 4 apps into launched products by shaping the product roadmap, business cases, product requirement and design documents • Conceived and built a proof-of-concept functional analysis platform using clean microservice architecture to overcome access and efficiency blocks in using prior knowledge to accelerate hypotheses generation from multiomics results; collaborated closely with engineering • Supported business development through webinar delivery, article writing, technical support for 50+ sales leads; helped secure 3 new contracts through technical demos and 2 annual renewals as project lead for a major client}
Mar 2024-Present	Venture Associate _{Next Sequence • Performed due diligence on 60+ AI × Bio startups, supported founder outreach, wrote 2 deal memos and pitched to investors; contributed to one investment deal • Organised 2 AI × Bio community events, including one with Venture Café and ARIA that attracted 300+ attendees • Mapped the neurotech startup ecosystem and contributed to an opinion article}
Sep 2018-Aug 2019	Health Data Scientist _UCL

Education

2020-2024	PhD Immunobiology and Bioinformatics _{King’s College London}
2019-2020	MRes Biomedical and Translational Science _{King’s College London}
2022-2023	Executive Education in Entrepreneurial Edge _{London Business School}
2018-2019	MSc Health Data Science _UCL
2016-2018	MPhil Structural Biology and Biochemistry _{University of Hong Kong}
2012-2016	BSc Biomedical Sciences _{University of Hong Kong}

Awards

2022	Stem Cell SpaceShot Grant Link _{TreeFrog Therapeutics Award of $100K; Project: “Reprogramming hiPSC-derived macrophages to repair neuronal injury”}
2023	Business pitch competition winning team _{London Business School Selected to pitch our business idea to a panel of Angel and VC Investors (success rate ~7%)}
2023	DMM Conference Travel Grant _{The Company of Biologists}
2019	Wellcome Trust PhD Scholarhip _{Wellcome Trust Scholarship of ~£200K covering tuition, stipend and research funding (acceptance rate ~2%)}

Skills