Rick Wong
Chair Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Disease
China
Biography
"Academic qualifications: 1970.09-1973.12 B.Sc. California State University, Long Beach, USA 1974.01-1978.05 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA 1982.10-1983.09 M.Sc. Imperial College of Science & Technology, London Postdoctoral Fellow UCLA; Imperial College (London) Previous academic positions held: 1974.01-1978.05 Teaching and Research Assistant University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA 1978.07-1979.07 Postdoctoral Research Associate University of California, Los Angeles, USA 1979.08-1984.08 Postdoctoral Research Associate Imperial College of Science & Technology, London 1984.09-1989.08 Lecturer Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom 1989.09-2005.10 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University 1997.09-2002.10 Associate Dean, Acting Dean Science Faculty, Hong Kong Baptist University 2002.11-2010.10 Dean, Faculty of Science Hong Kong Baptist University Present academic position: 2005.11- Chair Professor Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University 2010.11- Vice-President Hong Kong Baptist University"
Research Interest
"Organometallic synthesis, bioactivity of inorganic / organometallic compounds, luminescent materials and homogeneous catalysis"
Publications
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W.-X. Feng, Y. Zhang, X.-Q. Lu, Y. Hui, G.-X. Shi, D. Zou, J.-R. Song, D.-D. Fan, W. K. Wong and R. A. Jones, ""Near-infrared (NIR) Luminescent Homoleptic Lanthanide Salen Complexes Ln4(Salen)4 (Ln = Nd, Yb, or Er)"", CrysEngComm., 14, 3456-3463 (2012).
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H.-Z. Ke, W.-B. Li, X.-J. Zhu, H.-L. Tam, A.-X. Hou, D. W. J. Kwong, W. K. Wong, ""Acetylene Bridged Porphyrin-monophthalocyaninato Ytterbium Hybrids with Strong Two-Photon Absorption and High Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yield"", Dalton Trans., 41, 4536-4543 (2012).
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J. Zhang, F.-C. Zhao, X.-J. Zhu, W. K. Wong, D.-G. Ma and W. Y. Wong, ""New Phosphorescent Platinum(II) Schiff Base Complexes for PHOLED Applications"", J. Mater. Chem., in press (2012).
