Research @ Faculty of Science 2023

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED BIOLOGY & CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 52 Email kwok-yin.wong@polyu.edu.hk Qualification BSc (The University of Hong Kong) PhD (The University of Hong Kong) ORCID ID 0000-0003-4984-7109 Prof. WONG Kwok-yin Patrick S.C. Poon Professor in Applied Chemistry Chair Professor of Chemical Technology Vice President (Education) Research Areas Biosensors, Green Chemistry, Antibiotics Development Representative Publications • Kong, W.P.; Gong, F.; So, P.K.; Chen, Y.W.; Chan, P.H.; Leung, Y.C.; Wong, K.Y. The structural dynamics of full-length divisome transmembrane proteins FtsQ, FtsB, and FtsL in FtsQBL complex formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022, 298(8), 102235 • Zheng, G.; He, J.; Kumar, V.; Wang, S.; Pastoriza-Santos, I.; Perez-Juste, J.; Liz-Marzan, L. M.; Wong, K.Y. Discrete metal nanoparticles with plasmonic chirality. Chemical Society Reviews, 2021, 50(6), 3738-3754 • Yu, R.; Wang, J.; So, L.Y.; Harvey, P. J.; Shi, J.; Liang, J.; Dou, Q.; Li, X.; Yan, X.; Huang, Y.H.; Xu, Q.; Kaas, Q.; Chow, H.Y.; Wong, K.Y.; Craik, D. J.; Zhang, X.H.; Jiang, T.; Wang, Y. Enhanced Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria through Coapplication of an Analogue of Tachyplesin I and an Inhibitor of the QseC/B Signaling Pathway. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 63(7), 3475-3484 • Zhu, J.; Hu, L.; Zhao, P.; Lee, L. Y. S.; Wong, K.Y. Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Using Nanoparticles. Chemical Reviews, 2020, 120(2), 851-918 • Zheng, G.; Bao, Z.; Pérez-Juste, J.; Du, R.; Liu, W.; Dai, J.; Zhang, W.; Lee, L.Y.S.; Wong, K.Y. Tuning the morphology and chiroptical properties of discrete gold nanorods with amino acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57(50), 16452-16457 Patents • Wong, K.Y.; Leung, Y.C.; Chan, P.H.; Chung, W.H.; Chow, K.Y.; Chow, H.Y.; Leung, H.M. ‘Method and system for detection of chloramphenicol’. U.S. Patent 20120219978 (2012) • Wong, K.Y.; Ma, D.L.; Wong, W.L.; Chung, W.H.; Chan, F.Y. ‘Luminescent protein staining and method for detecting poly (amino acid) in a mixture’. U.S. Patent 20090093060 (2009) Awards and Achievements • Natural Science Award (Second Class), Ministry of Education, 2013 • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry since 1995 Gold nanoparticles with chiroptical properties A small molecule inhibitor targeting at the bacterial divisomal protein FtsZ The FtsQBL divisomal complex

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