Assistant Professor
2023 - Present
Xiamen University Malaysia
Email: boonjunn.ng@xmu.edu.my
Personal Email: ng.boon.junn@gmail.com
Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
Graduate Engineer (Branch: Chemical)
IChemE
Associate Member
Guest Associate Editor
Frontiers in Nanotechnology, Frontiers in Fuels
Review Editor/ Reviewer
Advanced Materials, Frontiers in Chemistry, Applied Surface Science, Ultrasonic Sonochemistry, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Fuel
Monash University 2015 - 2019
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Monash University 2011 - 2014
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Major: Chemical Engineering)
Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia 2023 - Present
Assistant Professor
Research project on catalysis for energy sustainability
Research niche: (i) Electrocatalysis, (ii) Photo(electro)chemical, and (iii) Photocatalytic Fuel Production
Teaching course: (i) Fuel Cell Technology, (ii) Engineering Fluid Mechanics, (iii) Nature's Mysteries and Scientific Inventions
Main-supervising 2 master students in Xiamen University Malaysia
Co-supervising 1 master student in Xiamen University Malaysia
Co-supervising 2 Ph.D. students in Monash University Malaysia
Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia 2020 - 2023
Research Fellow (Level B)
Research project on Z-scheme device for solar hydrogen production
Research project on photocatalytic water splitting from seawater
Co-supervising 1 Ph.D. student in Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University Malaysia
Mentor for 3 Ph.D. students in the NanoPhotocatalysis Cluster (eRAP)
Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia 2019 - 2020
Research Fellow (Level A)
Research project on photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting
Mentor for 8 Final Year Project (FYP) students
Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia 2015 - 2019
Graduate Teaching Associate
Reaction Engineering
Chemistry & Chemical Thermodynamics
Bioprocess Technology
SunEdison, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia 2014
Intern
Three months internship involving process-line on semiconductor wafer manufacturing
Judge for Regional Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Conference (RCEUC) 2022
Judge for Regional Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Conference (RCEUC) 2021
Best Research Award for 1st International Conference (virtual) on Sustainable Energy and Catalysis (ICSEC), Malaysia 2021
Highly Commended Award for IChemE Malaysia Young Researcher Category 2021
Highly Commended Award for IChemE Malaysia Young Researcher Category 2020
Finalist for Mollie Holman Award (Thesis Excellence) 2019
Best Poster Award for 2nd International Workshop on Graphene and C3N4-based Photocatalyst (IWGCP2), China 2017
Merit Scholarship for Ph.D. from Monash University Malaysia 2016 - 2019
Best Teamwork Award for CHE4170 Design Project from Monash University Malaysia 2014
Referees
Prof. Ir. Dr. Siang-Piao Chai (email: chai.siang.piao@monash.edu)
Assoc. Prof. Pooria Pasbakhsh (email: pooria.pasbakhsh@monash.edu)
Dr. Lling-Lling Tan (email: tan.llinglling@monash.edu)