Dr. Boon attended Imperial College London under a highly competitive SAF scholarship where he completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Materials Science and Nuclear Engineering. After serving as a naval officer with the Republic of Singapore Navy for close to 6 years, Dr Boon embarked on and completed a PhD in Engineering with the National University of Singapore. As a PhD candidate, he was awarded the prestigious NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences & Engineering (NGS) PhD Scholarship for research of passivated contact solar cells supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office Singapore.

Dr. Boon has since joined the stellar team at Macro Academy. He leads the Science academic team in the planning and execution of the academy’s educational philosophies, pedagogy and curriculum.