OUR TEAM

Dr Tan Wee Kee
Ceo / Founder

Dr Tan Wee Kee obtained her Bachelor of Science and doctorate from NUS in 1999 and 2008, respectively. She is currently a Research Fellow at NUS. She had previously worked on aquaporins for water treatment and more recently, she has turned her attention to the use of soy waste for agriculture.

Dr Zhu JingLing
CTO / Founder

Dr Zhu Jingling graduated from Wuhan University in China in 2008 and obtained her doctorate from NUS in 2012. She was awarded the NUS President Graduate Fellowship from 2011 to 2012 and is currently a Research Fellow at NUS.

 

Founders of NUsoil

Picture of the founders taken at the National University of Singapore.

OUR STORY

The Singapore government has been launching multiple initiatives and sponsorships to tackle the challenges of sustainability and to convert the republic into a more livable and sustainable city.

Part of their plan in growing these initiatives has been leveraging on expertise from the nation’s leading research and educational institution, the National University of Singapore. What has resulted was an innovation that advances agriculture technology.

The Nusoil startup is part of fifteen other startups under the new graduate innovation program(GRIP) and has been identified as a strong market and business potential and has received seed funding received seed funding from the National University of Singapore.

Dr Tan Wee Kee and Dr Zhu Jingling are both founding members and creators of the patented superabsorbent hydrogel – InnoGro. The product is a gel like substance that is made from okara, the by-product of the soy food industry. It acts as a reservoir to retain water and nutrients for delivery to the plants over a longer and sustained period of time, before biodegrading, thereby helping the plants thrive and even flourish in drought conditions.

 

With Heng Swee Kiat – Singapore’s Minister of Finance

Picture of the founders taken at National University of Singapore at the Nusoil booth, presenting their discovery to Mr Heng Swee Kiat ( Singapore’s Minister of Finance ).

OUR SKILLS