Professional Medical Advisory Committee

Dr. Gallant Chan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Chief Scientist of Vogue Bio and Chairperson of the Professional Medical Advisory Committee

Dr. Chan is currently the CEO and Chief Scientist of Gallant Biotechnology Limited. He previously served as Associate Researcher in the Division of Life Science and Chinese Medicine Center at HKUST, and Research Assistant Professor at HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute. He is passionate about establishing quality assurance standards for precious Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and nutraceuticals. He received training in molecular biology during his undergraduate and MPhil studies.
Since then, he has been working on molecular authentication of TCM materials for over 15 years. During his studies at HKUST, Dr. Chan mastered cutting-edge quality control techniques, including the application of LC-MS/MS, microscopic identification, and various cell and drug analysis methods. His expertise lies in using multi-faceted quality testing approaches on a single specific subject, a style fully demonstrated in his doctoral thesis on quality research of bird's nest.
After obtaining his Ph.D. in 2013, Dr. Chan shifted his focus to cosmetic science and nutritional product development. Driven by the need to find new raw materials for product development, Dr. Chan is enthusiastic about establishing high-throughput screening technology for drug screening. Dr. Chan is the editor-in-chief of the special issue of the scientific journal eCAM. From 2013 to 2021, he participated in the management of over 10 government-funded projects and published 38 papers in international scientific journals and 28 patents.