Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology

WENG KUNG, PENG
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BioSystems & Micromechanics IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

Education/Positions

2009-present Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BioSystems & Micromechanics IRG, SMART
2008-2009 Research Fellow, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2008 Consultant for Magnetic Resonance based biosensor device, nanoMR Inc. and New Mexico Resonance Institute, United State
2005-2008 PhD. in Science, Department of Advanced Electronic and Optical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
2007 Visiting Scholar, National Laboratory of Biophysics and Physics, Estonia
2003-2005 Master in Engineering Science, Department of Advanced Electronic and Optical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
1999-2002 Bachelor of Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Research Interests

Pneumatic actuator and sensing valve for feedback controlled system in microfluidic application
Fabrication and development of micro Magnetic Resonance system for single cell detection
Signal processing and real-time monitoring with feedback system

Awards/Research Grants

2009 Awarded Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Postdoctoral Fellows and Annual Research Grants
2009 Awarded NMR best technique by JEOL, Inc.
JEOL recognized and included my PhD work (NICP and SADIS CP pulse sequence) as part of their standard technique JEOL-NMR spectrometer
2008 49th Experimental NMR Conference Student Travel Award
2007 48th Experimental NMR Conference Student Travel Award
2006 47th Experimental NMR Conference Student Travel Award
2002-2008 Awarded Japanese Government Scholar- Monbukagosho Scholarship
2000-2002 Dean’s List for 4 consecutive semesters
1997 National Olympiad Physics Quiz (distinction)
1997 Australian National Chemistry Quiz (distinction)

Selected peer-reviewed publications / Patents

Weng Kung Peng (SMART), Chen Lan (SMART), and Jongyoon Han (MIT/SMART), “Development of miniaturized, portable Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry System for Point-of-Care Medical Diagnosis,” Review of Scientific Instruments, 83, 095115 (2012)
Tian Fook Kong (NTU/SMART), Weng Kung Peng (SMART), Trung Dung Luong (NTU), Nam-Trung Nguyen (NTU) and Jongyoon Han (MIT/SMART), "Adhesive-based liquid metal radio-frequency microcoil for magnetic resonance relaxometry measurement", Lab on a Chip,12, 287-294 (2012)
W. K. Peng (SMART), and J. Han (MIT/SMART), "Micro Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry for Label-free Rapid Malaria Diagnosis" Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) @ Connecticut, USA, Oct 2011.
W.K. Peng, K. Takeda, M. Kitagawa, A New Techniques for Cross Polarization Compatible with High Spinning Frequencies and High Magnetic Fields, Chem. Phys. Lett. 417 (2005) 58 (This worked was honored by JEOL, a Japanese Company, as the best methodology for Cross Polarization in Solid-State NMR and is included in their JEOL-NMR-SPECTROMETER as their standard technique.
W.K. Peng, K. Takeda, M. Kitagawa, A New Techniques for Cross Polarization Compatible with High Spinning Frequencies and High Magnetic Fields, JEOL Application Note NM080004
W.K. Peng, K. Takeda, Efficient Cross Polarization with Simultaneous Adiabatic Frequency Sweep on the Source and Target Channels, J. Magn. Reson., 188 (2007) 267
W.K. Peng, A. Samoson, M. Kitagawa, Simultaneous adiabatic spin-locking cross polarization in solid-state NMR of paramagnetic complexes, Chem. Phys. Lett., 460 (2008) 531
X.H. Wang, W.K. Peng, W.S. Lew, Flux-closure chirality control and domain wall trapping as observed in asymmetric magnetic ring, J. Appl. Phys., 106 (2009) 043905
W.K. Peng, W.S. Lew, Integrated Pocket-sized Lab-on-Chip Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy-Imaging, US Provisional Patent Application Filed (06/17/2009), 61/187,784

BioSystems and Micromechanics (BioSyM) Inter-Disciplinary Research Group