Name

WONG Ka Lun

Current Position

Assistant Professor

Head of Programme (Chemistry)

Room No.

A4 # 422

Programme

Chemical Engineering (Chemistry)

Telephone

+60 3 8705 5113

Email

kalun.wong@xmu.edu.my


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sustainable syntheses and applications of nanoporous materials


EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  • PhD (Material Chemistry), Laboratoire de Catalyse et Spectrochimie, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen - Université de Caen Normandie, France (2010)

  • MSc (Chemistry), Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2007)

  • BSc Ed (Hons) (Chemistry), Faculty of Science and Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2004)


WORKING EXPERIENCE  

  • Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2011-2017)

  • Part-time Lecturer, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2011)

  • Research attachment at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France (2007-2009)

  • Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2007)


HONORS/AWARDS

  • X-Awards (Outstanding Advisor), Xiamen University Malaysia (2019)  

  • NIE Excellence in Service Award (Individual Category), National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2016)

  • Nanyang Award for Teamwork, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2013)

  • Best Communication Award (2nd Prize), 26th Congress of the French Group of Zeolites, France (2010)


LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  • Alhassan Auwal, I., Mintova, S., Ling, T. C., Khoerunnisa, F., Wong, K.-L., Ng, E.-P. (2020). Crystallization Profile and Morphological Study of SAPO-5 Templated by Imidazolium Cations of Different Functional Groups.  Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 308, 110514.

  • Ng, E.-P., Abdullahi, H., Khoerunnisa, F., Maireles-Torres, P., Lee, H. L., Adam, F., Ling, T. C., Wong, K.-L. (2020). Mineralizer Effects on the Physicochemical and Catalytic Properties of AlMCM-41 Mesoporous Materials. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 297, 110016.

  • Alhassan Auwal, I., Wong, K.-L., Ling, T. C., Ooi, B. S., Ng, E.-P. (2020). Metal Chlorides Grafted on SAPO-5 (MClx/SAPO-5) as Reusable and Superior Catalysts for Acylation of 2-Methylfuran under Non-microwave Instant Heating Condition. Processes, 8(5), 603.

  • Cheong, Y.-W., Wong, K.-L., Ooi, B.S., Ling, T. C., Khoerunnisa, F., Ng, E.-P. (2020). Effects of Synthesis Parameters on Crystallization Behavior of K-MER Zeolite and Its Morphological Properties on Catalytic Cyanoethylation Reaction. Crystals, 10, 64.

  • Ng, E.-P., Abdullahi, H., Khoerunnisa, F., Maireles-Torres, P., Lee, H. L., Adam, F., Ling, T. C., Wong, K.-L. (2020). Mineralizer Effects on the Physicochemical and Catalytic Properties of AlMCM-41 Mesoporous Materials. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 297, 110016.

  • Ng, E.-P., Abdullahi, H., Wong, K.-L., Ginés-Molina, M. J., Maireles-Torres, P., Rigolet, S., Jean Daou, T., Chia, S., Lee, H. L. (2019). Ultrasmall Cs-AlMCM-41 Basic Catalysts: Effects of Aluminum Addition on Their Physico-chemical and Catalytic Properties. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 288, 109599.

  • Ali Ghrear, T. M., Wong, K.-L., Tan, S. H., Ling, T. C., Awala, H., Ng E.-P. (2019). Organotemplate-free Cs-ABW Nanozeolite as Highly Reactive and Recyclable Catalyst for Henry Reaction between Benzaldehyde and Nitroethane. Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 43, 568-581.

  • Abdullahi, H., Wong, K.-L., Lim, G. K., Awala, H., Vicente, A., Ling, T. C., Mintova, S., Ng, E.-P. (2019). Effects of Various Alkali Metal Cations on the Synthesis, Crystallization and Catalytic Properties of NKX-2 Aluminophosphites. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 222, 81-86.  

  • Cheong, Y.-W., Wong, K.-L., Ling, T. C., Ng, E.-P. (2018). Rapid Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Zeolite W with Hierarchical Mesoporosity as an Efficient Solid Basic Catalyst for Nitroaldol Henry Reaction of Vanillin with Nitroethane. Materials Express, 8(5), 463-468.

  • De Waele, V., Souici, A., Wong, K.-L., Mintova, S., & Mostafavi, M. (2018). γ-Radiolysis Preparation of Nanometer-sized Cadmium Sulphide Quantum Dots Stabilized in Nanozeolite X and ZSM-5. New Journal of Chemistry, 42, 5465-5470.

  • Ng, E.-P., Chow, J. H., Mukti, R., Muraza, O., Ling, T. C., Wong, K.-L. (2017). Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zeolite A from Bamboo Leaf Biomass and Its Catalytic Activity in Cyanoethylation of Methanol under Autogenic Pressure and Air Conditions. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 201, 78-85.

  • Ng, E.-P., Mukti, R., Muraza, O., Ling, T. C., Wong, K.-L., Chow, J. H., Wong, S.-F. (2017). Alkali Metal Ions Exchanged Zeolite X from Bamboo Leaf Biomass as Base Catalysts in Cyanoethylation of Methanol Enhanced by Non-microwave Instant Heating. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 70(12) 1239-1246.

  • Ng, E.-P., Wong, K.-L., Ng, D. T.-L., Awala, H., Mukti, R. R., Adam, F., Mintova, S. (2017). AlPO-5 Nanocrystals Templated by 1-Ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium Hydroxide and Their Textural and Water Sorption Properties. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 188, 49-57.

  • Tan, K.-H., Awala, H., Mukti, R. R., Wong, K.-L., Ling, T. C., Mintova, S., Ng, E.-P. (2016). Zeolite Nanoparticles as Effective Antioxidant Additive for the Preservation of Palm Oil-based Lubricant. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 58, 565–571.

  • Ng, E.-P., Lim, G. K., Khoo, G.-L., Tan, K.-H., Ooi, B. S., Adam, F., Ling, T. C., & Wong, K.-L. (2015). Synthesis of Colloidal Stable Linde Type J (LTJ) Zeolite Nanocrystals from Rice Husk Silica and Their Catalytic Performance in Knoevenagel Reaction. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 155, 30-35.

  • Tan, K.-H., Awala, H., Mukti, R. R., Wong, K.-L., Rigaud, B., Ling, t. C., Aleksandrov, H. A., Koleva, I. Z., Vayssilov, G. N. Mintova, S., Ng, E.-P. (2015). Inhibition of Palm Oil Oxidation by Zeolite Nanocrystals. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 63(18), 4655–4663.

  • Tan, K.-H., Cham, H. Y., Awala, H., Ling, T. C., Mukti, R. R., Wong, K.-L., Mintova, S., Ng, E.-P. (2015). Effect of Extra-Framework Cations of LTL Nanozeolites to Inhibit Oil Oxidation. Nanoscale Research Letters, 10, 253.

  • Ng, E.-P., Ng, D. T.-L., Awala, H., Wong, K.-L., & Mintova, S. (2014). Microwave Synthesis of Colloidal Stable AlPO-5 Nanocrystals with High Water Adsorption Capacity and Unique Morphology. Materials Letters, 132, 126–129.

  • Souici, A., Wong, K.-L., De Waele, V., Marignier, J.-L., Metzger, T.-H., Keghouche, N., Mintova, S., & Mostafavi, M. (2014). Capturing the Formation of Sub-Nanometer Sized CdS Clusters in LTL Zeolite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(12), 6324–6334.

  • Wong, K.-L., El Roz, M., Tosheva, L., Goupil, J.-M., Mintova, S. (2013). MFI-type Materials Prepared by Co-condensation Synthesis Approach. Catalysis Today,204, 66-72.

  • Zou, X., Wong, K.-L., Thomas, S., Metzger, T. H., Valtchev, V., Mintova, S. (2011). Platinum Clusters Confined in FAU-LTA Hierarchical Porous Composite with a Core-shell Structure. Catalysis Today, 168(1), 140-146.

  • Wong, K.-L., Souici, A., De Waele, V., Mostafavi, M., Metzger, T. H., Mintova, S. (2009). Subnanometer CdS Clusters Self-Confined in MFI-Type Zeolite Nanoparticles and Thin Films. Langmuir, 26(6), 4459-4464.

  • Endud, S., Wong, K.-L. (2007). Mesoporous Silica MCM-48 Molecular Sieve Modified with SnCl2 in Alkaline Medium for Selective Oxidation of Alcohol. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 101(1-2), 256-263.  

  • Ng, E.-P., Nur, H., Wong, K.-L., Muhid, M. N. M., Hamdan, H. (2007). Generation of Brönsted Acidity in AlMCM-41 by Sulphation for Enhanced Liquid Phase tert-Butylation of Phenol. Applied Catalysis A: General, 323, 58-65.


Dr. WONG Ka Lun