KONG, Kien Voon
Associate Professor
Room B580, Chemistry Building
Fax: +886-2-3366-8671
Research Interest
- Chemistry of metals in medicine - Design of various classes of nanomaterials and organometallic compounds, and studying their mechanism of action in biological systems, leading to novel platforms for the next generation of molecular therapeutics.
- Chemistry of metals in biosensing and bioimaging - Design of novel sensing and imaging probes for Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensing and photoaocustic imaging which can potentially be used as diagnostic tools.
Career and Service Experiences
- B.Sc. (Hons), 2004, University of Malaya
- Ph.D., 2009, National University of Singapore
- RadioChemist, Singapore Radiopharmaceuticals, 2009-2009
- Scientist, Institute Materials Research and Engineering, 2009-2011
- Research Fellow, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, 2011-2014 Senior Research Fellow, 2014-2015
- National Taiwan University, Assistant Professor, 1st August 2015-30th July 2020.
- National Taiwan University, Associate Professor, 1st August 2020-Present.
Honors and Awards
- Undergraduate Scholarship: Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) Scholarship. Postgraduate Scholarship: NUS Research Scholarship.
Selected Publications
- Lin, D. Hsieh, C-L. Hsu, K-C. Liao, P-H. Qiu, S. Gong, T. Yong, K-T. Feng, S. Kong, K. V.* Geometrically encoded SERS nanobarcodes for the logical detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma-related progression biomarkers. Nature communications 2021, 12, 1-16.
- Hsu, K-C. Hsieh, C-L. Kong, K. V.* Probing Molecular-Scale Oxidative Generation of Quinone Methides and Their Transformation Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2021, 12, 1110-1115.
- Tan, M.J. Hong, Z-Y. Chang, M-H. Liu, C-C. Cheng, H-F. Loh, X.J. Chen, H. Liao, C-D. Kong, K. V*. Metal carbonyl-gold nanoparticle conjugates for highly sensitive SERS detection of organophosphorus pesticides. Bioelectron. 2017, 96, 167-172.
- Gong, T-X. Hong, Z-Y. Chen, C. Tsai, C-Y. Liao, L-D. Kong, K.V.*. Optical Interference-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering CO-Nanotags for Logical Multiplex Detection of Vascular Disease-Related Biomarkers. ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 3365–3375.
- He, Y-J. Tu, T-H. Su, M-K. Yang, C-W. Kong, K. V. Chan, Y-T.* Facile Construction of Metallo-Supramolecular P3HTb-PEO Diblock Copolymers via Coordination and Their Self- Assembled Nanostructures. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4218–4224.
Patents
- SERS marker conjugates and methods of their preparation. (International Patent. WO 2013180652 A1).
- SERS marker conjugates and methods of their preparation. (US patent. 20150126388).
- Photoacoustic Imaging Contrast Agent Composition. (International Patent. WO/2015/038066).
- Method of Detecting Analysis Having a Thiol Functional Group. (International Patent. WO/2015/041607).
- Photoacoustic Imaging Contrast Agent. (International Patent. WO/2015/088444).
- Method of detecting Hydrogen Peroxide. (International Patent. WO/2015/038077).
- Method for detecting Analyte using SERS and Method of Manufacturing Thereof (International Patent. WO/2014/137291).
- SERS marker conjugates and methods of their preparation. (China Patent. CN104507871A).
- SERS marker conjugates and methods of their preparation (European patent EP2855360A4).
- Photoacoustic Imaging Contrast Agent Composition. (European patent EP3043829 A1).
Update: 2022-01-26