X. W. Ng graduated with First-Class Honors from the University of Cambridge, UK, with a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and Bachelor of Arts in 2011, and was subsequently conferred a Master of Arts in 2014. She was ranked second in her graduating class and was the recipient of a series of college scholarships including the Samuel Taylor Marshall Memorial Scholarship, Thomas Ireland Scholarship, and British Petroleum Prize in Chemical Engineering for top performance in consecutive years of academic examinations. Ng was also one of two students from Cambridge University selected for the Cambridge-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) exchange program in Chemical Engineering, which she completed with Honors with a cumulative GPA of 4.8 (5.0). Since graduation, Xian Wen Ng has been keenly involved in teaching across various academic levels. Her areas of specialization include advanced level Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, as well as tertiary level Engineering.