Patrick H.M. LOH HonDSc (Murdoch), BBM, PBM
Singapore Distinguished Professor (Murdoch University, Western Australia)
Chartered Horticulturist, C Hort (UK)
Member, Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia
Cofounder & Chairman
Professor Patrick H.M. Loh is Chairman and Co-Founder of SINGAPORE SCIENCES and SINOAGRO GROUP. Professor Loh’s distinguished and illustrious career spanned more than two decades both in the academic and corporate world, where he is a professor, chairman and advisor in many institutions and organisations.
In 2023, Professor Loh was conferred the inaugural Honorary Professor in Perpetuity (life-long) title by the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). The honorary title was awarded in recognition of Professor Loh’s outstanding and distinguished contributions to SUSS and for the leadership in advancing of the University on many fronts. The conferment of Professor in Perpetuity (life-long) title is especially significant as Professor Patrick Loh is the only senior SUSS faculty member to receive such an honour. In 2024, he has been bestowed Senior Fellow of the NUS-Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS), NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS), in recognition and appreciation of his contributions to thought and intellectual leadership, research activities and industry connections.
Professor Loh is also a Professor at Singapore University of Social Sciences’ College of Lifelong and Experiential Learning and the School of Science & Technology; as well as a Professor at WA State Agricultural & Biotechnology Centre, School of Agricultural Sciences, Crop Biotechnology Research Group – College of Environmental and Life Sciences at Murdoch University.
Board appointments include Advisory Board member at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability, National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Business; Board Director of Murdoch University in Singapore; and the Honorary Founding Member of College of Business, Murdoch Business School at Murdoch University; and Chairman, Science and Engineering Cluster in the School of Science & Technology at SUSS. In October 2021, he was appointed Research & Development Scientific Adviser at Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia-Pacific in Singapore. In 2024, he was appointed Co-Chairman and Board Director of Global Fintech Institute.
In addition to Professor Loh’s academic and corporate accomplishments, he is also a pioneering bio-entrepreneur as a practising plant scientist in Singapore, where he successfully established the commercial application of biological and molecular techniques to plant and crop improvements in the agro-based industries in the ASEAN region.
In recognition of his leadership to the community, Professor Loh was conferred the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (BBM – The Public Service Star) in 2006 and the Pingkat Bakti Masyarakat (PBM – The Public Service Medal) in 2001 by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Singapore.
HonDSc (Murdoch), BBM, PBM
Co-founder and Chairman
Distinguished Professor Loh is Co-founder and Chairman of SINGAPORE SCIENCES and SINOAGRO GROUP.
A practising plant scientist, Professor Loh is one of the early pioneering bio-entrepreneurs in Singapore who successfully established the commercial application of biological and molecular techniques to plant and crop improvements in the agro-based industries in the ASEAN region. In 1979 to 1984, he was engaged as Horticulturist to implement horticultural and landscaping work for the world’s largest palace (Istana Nurul Iman, Brunei), managing the regional sourcing, nursery propagation, and landscaping of its landmark 280-acre estate (Abstract from Booth, H.S. 1984, Testimonial for H.M. LOH). Professor Loh’s career has spanned almost three (3) decades across both the academic and corporate world, with numerous distinguished appointments and roles as professor, chairman and advisor for a range of institutions and organisations.
He is an alumnus of the world-renowned Rothamsted Experimental Station (estb. in 1843) United Kingdom and obtaining his advanced doctoral research training under the tutelage of the late Sir Leslie Fowden, FRS and the late Leverhulme Trust Distinguished Professor Edward C. Cocking, FRS in the 1990’s. Professor Loh belongs to a generation of scholar-practitioners and although trained in the classical plant sciences but his contributions were substantial and characterised by the interdisciplinary application of intersecting academic portfolio with interoperability involving innovative translational bio-technologies, agri-food biosecurity, cross-border strategic development and organisation governance in the ASEAN region.
Professor Loh filed a joint patent application in the United States titled “Method of Making a Red Yeast Rice Extract” (US Patent Application: US61/167543). This specific breakthrough focused on plant extracts containing natural statins and optimization techniques, matching his core profile as a pioneer in commercializing biological and molecular techniques for health and agro-based industries. The findings and novel discoveries related to this patent were accepted and published in March 2012 in Scientific Reports, which is a highly regarded peer-reviewed journal under the Nature Portfolio (Nature.com).
In November 2024, he is conferred the prestigious inaugural title of Singapore Distinguished Professor by Murdoch University, Australia in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of plant sciences and related disciplines, including achievements in bio-innovation, entrepreneurship, research & development and industry collaboration. In November 2025, he is appointed a Technical Committee Member of Complementary Medicine and Health Products-Singapore Standards Committee, EnterpriseSG to support and promotion of the internationalisation of the Singapore Standards (ISO).
Professor Loh is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. Advisory Board appointments include the Centre for Governance and Sustainability, National University of Singapore School of Business, and the Honorary Founding Member of College of Business, Murdoch Business School at Murdoch University. In May 2025, he is appointed Chairman of the Advisory Board, Murdoch University in Singapore.
In recognition of his leadership to the community, Professor Loh was conferred the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (BBM – The Public Service Star) in 2006 and the Pingkat Bakti Masyarakat (PBM – The Public Service Medal) in 2001 by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Singapore.
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