Biography
Dr. Tan Chu Shan (PhD, ChM) is an Assistant Professor at Xiamen University Malaysia with multidisciplinary expertise spanning pharmacology, analytical chemistry, laboratory medicine, and healthcare research. She earned her PhD in Pharmacology from Universiti Sains Malaysia, where she investigated antihypertensive herbal formulations, vascular pharmacology, and mechanisms of vasodilation in natural products. Her doctoral and postdoctoral work contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications, international awards, and collaborative research projects.
Before returning to academia, Dr. Tan accumulated substantial industrial experience in scientific instrumentation and analytical sciences. She served as Application and Product Specialist and have many years experience in supporting advanced analytical platforms. These experiences strengthened her expertise in laboratory workflow optimization, method development, quality assurance, and translational research applications.
Her research interests mainly focus on natural products and traditional medicine, cardiovascular pharmacology, metabolomics, analytical method development, pharmaceutical quality evaluation, and AI-assisted healthcare analytics. She is particularly interested in integrating advanced analytical technologies with biostatistical approaches to advance precision medicine, and enhance pharmaceutical quality assessment. With experience spanning both academia and industry, she has authored more than 30 scientific publications and actively promotes industry-academia collaboration while mentoring the next generation of scientists in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9176-9661
SCOPUS ID: 5718-9310-0591
Researcher ID: S-8560-2019
Research Interest
Natural Products and Herbal Medicine Research
• Pharmacological evaluation of medicinal plants
• Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) standardization
• Bioactive compound identification
• Evidence-based herbal medicine developmentCardiovascular and Vascular Pharmacology
• Hypertension and cardiovascular diseases
• Vasodilation and endothelial function
• Mechanistic pharmacology of natural compounds
• Translational cardiovascular researchAnalytical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Chromatographic and spectroscopic method development
• Pharmaceutical quality control and quality assurance
• Fingerprinting and characterization of herbal products
• Regulatory science and product authentication
Educational Background
PhD (Major in Pharmacology), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, (graduation year 2018)
BSc (Industry Biotechnology), Universiti Malaysia Pahang (2014)
Working Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, (2018-2020)
Materials Characterization /Inorganic Product, Application Specialist at Perkin Elmer, Malaysia (2020-2024)
Application and Chemistry Specialist at Waters , Malaysia (2025)
Laboratory Solution Specialist at Agilent Technologies , Malaysia (2026)
Research Experience / Grants
Malaysia Toray Science Foundation, Science and Technology Grant Award (2015)
Representative Publications
YEAR 2026
CH Ng., ZX Chim., CS Tan., WY Tew., Q Qiu., I Kusumawat., Y Chen., S Wu., and MF Yam. (2026). Integration of an iterative factor into a validated HPTLC method for quantification of koumine in the toxic plant Gelsemium elegans Benth. Front. Pharmacol. 17:1779290. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1779290. IF: 5.4
YEAR 2025
MF Yam., WY Tew., CS Tan., HW Loh., Q Qiu., CS Yan., X Xu., L Ouyang., R Zhou., YP Yap., W Xu., W Xu., LK Teh. (2025). Mechanistic insights into the synergistic vasodilatory actions of eupatorin, sinensetin, and 3'-hydroxy-5,6,7,4'-tetramethoxyflavone in ex vivo aortic ring model and their antihypertensive efficacy in in vivo rat model. Hypertens Res., 48(11):2897-2910. doi: 10.1038/s41440-025-02298-6. IF:5.0
YEAR 2024
MF Yam, WY Tew, CS Tan, Q Qiu, R Zhou, X Wang, YP Yap, W Xu, W Xu. (2024). Investigation of synergistic interaction of sinensetin, eupatorin, and 3′-hydroxy-5, 6, 7, 4′-tetramethoxyflavone in vasodilation efficacy. Hypertension Research, 47 (11), 3193-3199. IF:5.0
WY Tew, CS Tan, CS Yan, HW Loh, X Wang, X Wen, X Wei, MF Yam. (2024). Mechanistic study on vasodilatory and antihypertensive effects of hesperetin: ex vivo and in vivo approaches . Hypertension Research, 47 (9), 2416-2434. IF:5.0
YEAR 2023
Tew, WY. Tan CS, Chong SY, Loh HW, Xu W, Xu W, Yam MF. (2023). Evaluation of vasodilatory effect and antihypertensive effect of chrysin through in vitro and sub-chronic in vivo study. Biomedicine & Pharmacolotherapy., 157 , 114020. IF:7.5
YEAR 2022
Application note: Rapid Chinese Medicine Authetification using TCM Materia Medica Digital Library . Perkin Elmer.
Yoon, TL., Yeap, ZQ., Tan, CS., Chen, Y., Chen, J., Yam, MF. (2022). A novel machine learning scheme for classification of medicinal herbs based on 2D-FTIR fingerprints. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc., 266:120440. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120440. Epub 2021 Sep 27.
Honors / Awards
- International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (Pecipta), Gold Medal. (2019)
- Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE), Silver Medal. (2019)
- International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition, Malaysia (ITEX 2018), Silver Medal. (2018)
- Hadiah Sanjungan, for Journal Publication Award, USM. (October 2018)
Title: Vasorelaxation effect of Glycyrrhizae uralensis through the endothelium-dependent pathway. Journal of Ethnopharmacology - Hadiah Sanggar Sanjung (Journal Publication), USM, October 2018.
Title: Vasodilatory effects of combined traditional chinese medicinal herbs in optimized ratio. Journal of Medicinal Food - Hadiah Sanggar Sanjung (Journal Publication), USM, October 2018.
Title: Overview of signaling mechanism pathways employed by BPAid in vasodilatory activity. Journal of Medicinal Food - Hadiah Sanggar Sanjung (Journal Publication), USM, , October 2018.
Title: Vasorelaxant properties of Vernonia amygdalina ethanol extract and its possible mechanism. Pharmaceutical Biology. - Hadiah Sanggar Sanjung (Journal Publication), USM, October 2018.
Title: Mechanism actions of Uncaria rhynchophylla ethanolic extract for Its vasodilatory effects. Journal of Medicinal Food - Sanggar Sanjung, for Journal Publication Award, USM. (2016)
- Majlis Persada Kencana 2017, Publication Award. (2016)
Professional Memberships & Certifications
- Active member of Malaysia Society of Pharmacology and Physiology (MSPP).
No. of member: MSPP/M/0042/2018 - HRD Corp Accredited Trainer | Trainer ID: 25142
- IKM Registered Chemist : L/2716/8049/18
- Certified Digital Marketing Specialist