dr.ing. S.Y. Wong (Albert)

I am fascinated with the idea that networks of chemical reactions operate in harmony to govern living system, at all scales. I obtained my PhD degree cum laude from Radboud University under supervision of prof. Huck in 2017. The excellence of my PhD is underlined with the Backer-KNCV prize for the best thesis in organic chemistry in the Netherlands. In the same year, I received a Rubicon grant, which provided me with the opportunity to work with prof. Whitesides at Harvard University. This postdoctoral experience enabled me to deepen my knowledge in chemical origin of life and strengthen my expertise in out-of-equilibrium reaction networks before starting my tenure track in the Molecular Nanofabrication group at University of Twente in 2020. For more information, please visit my group website: Chemical Reaction Networks @ UT.

Professional Experience

2020-Present	Tenure Track Assistant Professor, University of Twente, The
	Netherlands
2017-2020	Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, The United States of
	America. Advisor: George Whitesides

Education

2013-2017	Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry, Radboud University, The Netherlands. Supervisor: Wilhelm Huck
2010-2013	MSc. in Chemistry, Radboud University, The Netherlands

Acknowledgements

IMM Award for best Ph.D. thesis in Chemistry at the Institute of Molecular Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. (2018)
Backer-KNCV Prize, best Ph.D. thesis in the field of organic chemistry and catalysis in the Netherlands. (2017)
PhD cum laude. Top 5% of all Dutch theses; the highest possible grade in the Netherlands. (2017)

Research Grants

Open Competition Domain Science M20-5. Grant (660 kEUR) for curiosity-driven, fundamental research, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO. Co-applicant: Dr. Clara Stegehuis. (2022)
Veni Research Grant. Personal grant (250 kEUR) funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO. (2020)
Rubicon Research Grant. Personal grant (137 kEUR) funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO. (2018)

Our goal is to create specialized chemical computers, using chemical reaction networks (CRNs). Molecules are inherently dynamic in nature and, therefore, are an obvious choice for creating intelligent systems that may sense, adapt, and learn. We aim to provide a foundation for the development of fundamentally different hardware and software architectures, based on non-binary, non-linear, and non-electric properties intrinsic to networks of chemical reactions.

see CRN (utwente.nl)

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UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS

2020 - LECTURER

Physical Organic Chemistry (M.Sc. level, quarterly course)
Nanochemistry (B.Sc. level, quarterly course)

2021 - TUTOR

Project Chemistry & Food (B.Sc. level, practical course)
Project AAM Inorganic Materials (M.Sc. level, practical course)
Project CTO (B.Sc. level, literature assignment)

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, U. S. A.

2019-2020 - TEACHING FELLOW

Physical Sciences 11 (B.Sc. level, semester course)

RADBOUD UNIVERSITY, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS

2015-2016 CO-LECTURER

Physical Organic Chemistry (B.Sc. level, quarterly course)
Mathematics 1 (B.Sc. level, quarterly course)
Mathematics 2 (B.Sc. level, quarterly course)

2011-2017 TEACHING ASSISTANT

Mathematics 1-3 (Bsc level, quarterly courses)
Physical Organic Chemistry (Bsc level, quarterly courses)
Metal Organic Chemistry (Bsc level, quarterly courses)
Reaction and Kinetics (Practical course, quarterly courses)

see TEACHING (utwente.nl)

Bachelor

Chemical Science Engineering

Master

Chemical Science & Engineering

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