Richard M.W. Wong
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Biography
Richard M. W. Wong received his Ph.D. degree from Australian National University (1989). Subsequently, he held postdoctoral position at IBM Kingston and Yale University. In 1992, he took up an Australian Research Fellowship, hosted in University of Queensland. He joined the National University of Singapore in 1997 and is currently a full professor and head of department. He was the recipient of Fukui Award recently on his outstanding work in theoretical and computational chemistry. Prof. Wong has published about 200 scientific publications, which received over 9000 citations and H-index of 42. His research interests include application of computational quantum chemistry to a range of chemical problems, reactive intermediates, catalysis, materials design, chemical sensors, weak intermolecular interactions and drug design.