Cheong Xin Chan

Cheong Xin Chan is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland's School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, with affiliations to the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics and Centre for Marine Science. His research deciphers genome evolution in microbial eukaryotes, particularly coral symbionts, using scalable bioinformatic approaches.

Recent work explores genomic adaptations underpinning coral-algal symbiosis and heat resilience. He develops phylogenomic tools for large-scale evolutionary analyses.