Matt Tan

Experience

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  National Parks Board

  Jul 2008 - Sept 2009

  Manager

  •Orchestrated events to facilitate sharing of community gardeners with the public•Participated in the set-up of award winning community gardens in Singapore•Facilitated the planning and implementation of the CIB Ambassador Award•Created new programmes such as CIB Friends•Implemented the planting of 1,000,000 native plants at South West Programme•Participated in the Garden Festival 2008 (Singapore) set up for CIB

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  Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore

  May 2012 - Jul 2013

  Scientist

  •Introduced non-destructive DNA extraction for insects which facilitated classical identification.•Introduced one-step PCR for Phytoplasma detection that led to time efficiency•Established molecular detection method based on DNA sequencing of parasitic weed(Cuscuta sp.) instead of using classical taxonomical method for identification•Assessed the efficacy of different lures from India and Singapore to successfully capture Plutella xylostella (Diamond Back Moth) at two vegetable farms in Singapore•Conducted library talks on Plant Pathology subjects Show less

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  National Parks Board

  Aug 2013 - Jul 2014

  Researcher

  •Identified the causal agent of Twig Dieback disease on Samanea saman (Raintree) in Singapore and provided a recommendation to internal stakeholder to prevent the spread of the disease•Provided plant protection advisory services to both internal and external clients•Conducted courses on Plant Pathology subjects to Singapore landscape industry players

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  Syngenta

  Aug 2014 - now

  •Speared APAC region on developing new active ingredients (ais)•Championed key projects such as ADEPIDYN (MIRAVIS), REFLECT (isopyrazam),ORONDIS (oxathiapiprolin) and AMISTAR Technology to shape APAC fungicide portfolio•Guided on Syngenta fungicide products and design trials to improve efficiency and performance.•Identified potential formulation suitable for Fungicide Labour Saving project for Ricethrough exploring different application methods including drone technology•Managed stakeholders across Global and Country to conduct early to late stage trials and Performance Enhancement Research for AMISTAR Technology and pyroquilon projects.•Coordinated APAC Fungicide resistance monitoring programme and provide guidance on high resistance risk ai.•Identified and develop the benefit map of products to assist Commercial on product positioning.•Provided GAP and use pattern to assist registration and support IT/MRL•Mastered the use of statistic programmes such as JMP and Spotfire. Show less

  • AMEA Project Manager

    Jul 2024 - now

  • APAC Project Manager

    Aug 2018 - Jul 2024

  • APAC Fungicide Lead

    Aug 2014 - Jul 2018