Jan 2025 – Present       : Director, Centre of Excellence for Green and Advanced Technologies in Efficient Separations (GATES), XMUM

Jan 2024 – Present       : Professor, Chemical Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, XMUM

Jan 2019 – Present        : Head of Postgraduate Programmes (Chemical Engineering)

Jan 2019 – Dec 2023     : Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, XMUM

Sep 2017 – Dec 2018 : Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, XMUM

Aug 2017 – Sep 2017 : Visiting Scholar, Inorganic Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany

Jan 2014 – Aug 2017      : Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Aug 2010 – Dec 2013 : Research Engineer, National University of Singapore (NUS)

May 2006 – July 2010 : Senior R&D Engineer, Carsem Technology Centre Carsem (M) Sdn Bhd– S-site,  (Hong Leong Group Malaysia)

2010 – 2014 : Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS)

2002 – 2006 : B. Eng. (Hons.), Chemical Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) (1st class honor)

1.  Professional Engineer (PEng) of  Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM).

2.  Member of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM).

3.  Senior Member of International Association for Carbon Capture (IACC).

4.  Chartered Engineer (CEng) of Engineering Council UK.

5.  Associate Member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) (AMIChemE).

6.  Alumnus of Green Talents, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Sep 2025 : 2025 World's Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University, US.

Jul 2025 : 2025 National Outstanding Researcher Award by the Private Education Cooperative of Malaysia (EduCoop), Malaysia.

Nov 2024 : 2024 IChemE & Carbon Capture Science & Technology (CCST) Young Investigator Award, Elsevier.

Sep 2024  :  2024 World's Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University, US.

Jul 2024  :  International Congress on Separation and Purification Technology (ISPT) 2024 Distinguished Women Scientist Award, Elsevier, China. 

Apr 2024  :  Best reviewer award, Advanced Membranes Editorial Office, China. 

Oct 2023   :  2023 World's Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University, US.

Jul 2023   :  Finalist of Carbon Capture Future Leader Award, Carbon Capture Science and Technology, Ireland.

Oct 2019 : Top 50 outstanding Green Talents alumni, Green Talents Networking Conference 2019, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany.               

Oct 2017   : Finalist of the Energy Award, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Singapore.

                  : Finalist of the Sustainability Award, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Singapore.

Aug-Sep 2017 : Fully funded research stays at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany.

Oct 2016  : Green Talents Award - International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany.

Jun 2016  : Emerging Polymer Technologies Summit (EPTS) Travel Grant Award, The International Innovative Research Network and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia.

May 2014   : North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Elias Klein Travel Award, USA.

Mar 2010    : 2nd runner up in Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) convention, Carsem (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia.

    Dec 2009    : General Manager (GM) Award, Carsem (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia.

Oct 2009    : Carat Award in Technical Symposium, Carsem (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia.

2002 – 2006    : Scholarship from the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) for 1st class honour students, Malaysia.

1. Wai Fen Yong, Seang Uyin Hong, Leong Sing Soh, Sustainable and green fabrication of polyimide membranes, Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) Application No. PI2023005027 (22 August 2023). 

2. Martin Weber, Kai-Uwe Schoening, Christian Maletzko, Wai Fen Yong, Tai-Shung Chung, Ali Naderi, New membrane polymer and membranes, US Patent Application No. 16/625,326, US Patent Application Publication No. US 2023/0090902 A1 (23 March 2023). Read more

3. Martin Weber, Kai-Uwe Schoening, Christian Maletzko, Wai Fen Yong, Tai-Shung Chung, Ali Naderi, New membrane polymer and membranes, European Patent PCT No. 17177933.3 (26 June 2017), PCT/EP2018/066996 (25 June 2018); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Publication No. WO2019002226A1 (3 January 2019). Read more 

4. Can Zeng Liang, Martin Weber, Wai Fen Yong, Christian Maletzko, Tai-Shung Chung, New process for the separation of propylene from a gas mixture (GM) comprising propylene and propane, European Patent Application No. 21151175.3 (21 January 2021); International Application No. PCT/EP2022/050132; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Publication No. WO 2022/152604 A1 (21 July 2022). Read more

5. Martin Weber, Claudia Staudt, Christian Maletzko, Wai Fen Yong, Tai-Shung Chung, Method for preparation of membranes which comprising an organic polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) and a sulfonated polyarylenesulfone polymer, European Patent Application No. 16157896.8 (2016); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Publication No. WO 2017/148850 A1 (8 September 2017). Read more

6. Wai Fen Yong and Tai-Shung Chung, Hollow fiber membranes consisting of polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas separation, US Provisional Patent Application No. 61/815848 (2013).

1.  Feb 2025 – present : Editorial Board Member of Separation and Purification Technology.

2.  Apr 2023 – Jan 2025    : Early Career Editorial Board (ECEB) of Separation and Purification Technology.

3.  Jan 2023 – present       : Youth Editorial Board Member of Nano Research Energy.

4.  Feb 2022 – present      : Early Career Editorial Board (ECEB) of Results in Engineering.

5.  Jan 2022 – present       : Youth Editorial Board Member of Advanced Membranes.

6.  Jul 2021 – Mar 2022 : Guest Editor of Special Issue of Membranes entitled “Hollow Fiber Membranes: Past, Present and Future”.

7.  May 2021 – Mar 2022 : Guest Editor of Special Issue of Chemical Engineering Research and Design entitled “Development and Application of Membranes for Challenging Environments”.

8.  May 2020 – present : Editorial Board Member of Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering.