Dr. Balamurugan Ramalingam obtained his PhD in Bioinorganic Chemistry from Bharathidasan University, India, under the supervision of Prof. M. Palaniandavar. After completing postdoctoral training in asymmetric catalysis at the University of Basel, Switzerland, under Prof. Andreas Pfaltz, he has been working at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, since 2007. He is currently a senior scientist at the Institute of Sustainability for Chemistry, Energy and Environment (ISCE2) and the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), focusing on flow chemistry, catalysis, green and sustainable chemical processes, high throughput experimentation, and data-driven reaction optimization.