Meet the lab

Dr. Felix Chan was originally from Padang, Indonesia. He completed his undergraduate in medical sciences at Universitas Indonesia; before moving to the UK to pursue his M.Res in Neuroscience degree at Newcastle University. Felix fell in love with neuroscience so much that he decided to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience at Newcastle University. His PhD thesis is on creating the first in vitro brain slice model of mitochondrial epilepsy and the importance of glutamine metabolism in this type of epilepsy.

Dr. Chan then moved to Brown University in the USA to undertake a postdoctoral training in cellular and molecular neuroscience. Here, Dr. Chan started his work on pediatric focal epilepsy and characterized the importance of lysine metabolism in various pediatric epilepsy like tuberous sclerosis complex. In September 2022, Dr. Chan moved back to the UK to Aston University to establish his independent research group continuing to work on metabolism in epilepsy. In November 2024, Dr. Chan and his group relocated to University of Birmingham; where he is currently based.

Dr. Chan and his research group has a wide range of interests in studying metabolism and mitochondrial biology.

Dr. Chan loves baking (ask him for his signature chocolate brownie) and also have unparalleled love for Taylor Swift musics.