Curriculum Vitae

Name: LEONG Weng Kee
Present Appointment: Associate Professor
Contact Information:
Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
SPMS-04-01, 21 Nanyang Link, SPMS-CBC-06-07
Singapore 637371
Tel: 6592 7577
email: chmlwk@ntu.edu.sg

Research Areas:

Organometallic clusters
Bioorganometallic Chemistry
Bond activation

Academic Qualifications:

ScD Cambridge University, UK (2015)
PhD Simon Fraser University, Canada (1995)
MSc National University of Singapore (1992)
Dip Ed National Institute of Education, Singapore (1985)
BA, MA Cambridge University, UK (1982, 1986)

Professional Membership:

Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry

Visiting Scholarship:

JSPS Fellowship, Tohoku University, 5-26 Jun 2000, host: Professor Hiroshi Ogino
OAP (Outbound), ENSCP, Paris, 2-22 Dec 2002, host: Professor Gérard Jaouen
ENSCP, 3 May – 1 Jul 2005, host: Professor Gérard Jaouen
Cambridge University, 1 Jul – 22 Sep 2005, host: Professor Brian F.G. Johnson
NUS, Department of Pharmacy, 23 Sep – 2 Nov 2005, host: Professor Go Meilin
Kyoto University, Oct-Dec 2006, host: Professor Fumiyuki Ozawa
OAP (Outbound), ENSCP, Paris, 18-29 Jul 2008, host: Dr Siden Top
Imperial College London, 14-29 Jul 2011, host: Professor Peter Nixon
University of Zurich, 15 Jun - 12 Jul 2015, host: Professor Roger Alberto
Universität Ulm, 13 Jul - 16 Aug 2015, host: Professor Tanja Weil
Karolinska Institutet, 17 Aug to 20 Sep 2015, host: Professor Arne Holmgren
The University of Melbourne, 19 Oct - 13 Dec 2015, host: Professor Geoff McFadden

Career History:

2004-2009 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, NUS
1998-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, NUS
1996 -1998 Teaching Fellow, Department of Chemistry, NUS
1992 Development Chemist, Glaxo Development (Singapore) Pte Ltd
1985-1992 School teacher: Hwa Chong Junior College and River Valley High School