About Siu Hong Dexter Wong
Dr. WONG Siu Hong Dexter is currently a professor of Ocean University of China. He was a Research Assistant Professor joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2020-2024). He received a B.Eng and Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He was a visiting scholar in Stanford University (Bianxian Cui's group). Dr. Wong’s research interests focus on novel nanomaterial and nano-composite hydrogel to investigate the nano-bio interface and harness ligand-receptor interaction for cellular mechanotransduction, tissue engineering, and immunotherapy. Moreover, he is also interested in exploring nanoprobes for imaging, biosensing, and therapy in the current study, especially viral detection, to address the current COVID-19 pandemic issue. He has published over 60 journal papers with corresponding, first- and co-authorships, including Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, Theranostics, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Small, Biomaterials, etc. He is also the Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM), and the member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MSRC), American Chemistry of Society (MACS), IAAM (MIAAM) and a senisor member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE).