Kah Yean Lum

Kah Yean Lum is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), affiliated with the Section for Microbial and Chemical Ecology and the Bioactive Microbial Small Molecules Center for Microbial Secondary Metabolites.

Research focuses on microbial natural products, evidenced by fingerprint topics including NMR Spectroscopy, Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction, Enzymatic Hydrolysis, and Streptomyces metabolism. Work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and planetary protection.

Recent publications (2024–2025) in Nature Communications and ACS Omega demonstrate expertise in genome mining for novel antibiotics, structural characterization of macrolides, and biosynthesis of ansamycin derivatives.

No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials.

As a postdoctoral researcher, Lum collaborates within DTU's microbial chemistry ecosystem but no student advisement or grant leadership is specified. Research occurs through the Bioactive Microbial Small Molecules Center, focusing on secondary metabolite discovery from Streptomyces strains like S. hygroscopicus and S. rapamycinicus.