Biography
Dr. Pak Kin Wong is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Mechanical
Dr. Wong’s research focuses on novel technologies for studying collective cancer invasion, rapid clinical diagnosis, and characterization of immune-microbiota interactions. He has pioneered single cell biosensing techniques and microfluidic devices for disease diagnostics and modeling. His laboratory has also developed data driven and artificial intelligence (AI) based workflows for biomedical analysis. For instance, his team has elucidated the formation of invasive leader cells is dynamically regulated by Dll4-Notch1 signaling and intercellular tension and has developed novel techniques for rapid infectious disease diagnostics. In collaboration with his industrial and clinical partners, Dr. Wong has established multiple single cell antimicrobial susceptibility testing and pathogen identification systems toward health, hygiene, and defense applications. These techniques have been adopting in various pre-clinical and clinical studies globally.
Dr. Wong is an advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion in the research and education communities. He promotes balanced, unbiased, and supportive environments in education programs and professional societies around the world. Dr. Wong is an editor of IEEE Transaction on Nanotechnology, IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology, SLAS Technology, and Scientific Reports. He serves in numerous steering and organizing committees in international conferences. He was the General Chair in IEEE NANOMED 2018 in Hawaii and General Co-chair in IEEE NEMS 2017 in Los Angeles. Among other honors, Dr. Wong was awarded the NIH Director's New Innovator Award in 2010, Arizona Engineering Faculty Fellow in 2011, AAFSAA outstanding Faculty Award in 2013, and JALA 10 – A Top 10 Breakthrough in Innovation in 2015. Dr. Wong is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening for his contributions in the research and education of biomedical engineering.
Selected honors and awards
2021 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2018 The 2018 SLAS Tech Ten, A Top-10 Breakthrough in Innovation 2017 Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering 2017 Fellow, Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK 2017 Solver, NIH Single Cell Analysis Program, "Follow that Cell" Challenge 2016 Best Paper Award, CM Ho Best Paper Award in Micro/Nano Fluidics, IEEE NEMS 16 2016 Best of Session Poster Award, American Urological Association Annual Convention 16 2015 The 2015 JALA 10 2014 Outstanding Alumni, CUHK, Mechanical and Automation Engineering 2014 Finalist, SLAS Innovation Award 2014 The 2014 JALA 10 2013 AAFSAA Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Arizona 2012 Winner, US Contest on Applications in Nano/Micro Technologies 2011 Arizona Engineering Faculty Fellow 2010 NIH Director's New Innovator Award
Contact Dr. Pak Kin Wong Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Surgery The Pennsylvania State University
Office: CBEB 516 Phone: 814-863-5267 Email: pak@engr.psu.edu
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