Professor Lim is a Professor of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). She is the Deputy Director, Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research, UTAR. She was the Founding Chairperson, and Chairperson of Centre for Cancer Research, FMHS UTAR (2011 – 2020). She was the President (2017-2021) and Immediate Past President (2021 – 2023) for the Malaysian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MSBMB). Currently, she is the Executive Committee of the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), the Chair of the Education and Training Committee, IUBMB, the Member of the Fellowship Committee of IUBMB. She was the Founding & Honorary Secretary and currently the Chair for the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World, Malaysia National Chapter.

In March 2014, she was appointed as an accreditation panel member under the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), Ministry of Higher Education. In 2020, she was appointed as ASM Associate for Academy of Sciences Malaysia, and subsequently appointed as the member for Academy of Sciences Malaysia Publication Committee, the Session Editor for Academy of Sciences Malaysia Science Journal. In 2021, she was appointed as the Country Representative from Malaysia to the Federation of Asian Biotech Association (FABA). In April 2022, she was appointed as the member for Medical Research Ethic Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health. She received several professional certificates and fellowships such as she was elected as the Associate Fellow (2013) and Fellow (2015) for the Asean Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET), respectively, Certificate Professional (CP) In Biorisk Management and Biosecurity from International Federation Biosafety Association (2017), Professional Technologist (BT) and Graduate Technologist from Malaysian Board of Technologist (2018), and the HRD Corp Accredited Trainer (2022) from Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp). In 2023, she received the Biosafety Heroes award from IFBA for her significant contribution in promoting biorisk management.

For the past 24 years, she has been greatly involved in R&D in the fields of phytochemistry, cancer chemoprevention, herbal medicine, and syndrome differentiation study in Chinese Medicine, as well as the medicinal properties of edible bird’s nest. The current focused studies are to identify specific target genes that are regulated by 2-Methoxy-1,4-Naphthoquinone (MNQ) and Maslinic Acid (MA) and ultimately could be applied in precision treatment of cancer. And, to study the Traditional Chinese Medicine Zheng (Syndrome Differentiation) in understanding the mechanism of actions of Chinese herbal medicine in controlling and treating cancer from the holistic approach. Thus far, she has received numerous research grants, research awards, travel grants and fellowships nationally and internationally.

• Professor, Preclinical Sciences, M. Kandiah Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
• Director, Institute Postgraduate Studies and Research, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman