Ng Wei Beng joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering after more than 20 years of professional experience working in various industry. He has been with Sony for 10 years focusing on the R&D of consumer electronics before switching to biomedical research. He worked on impedance spectroscopy-based detection system for virus and graphene-based biotransistor sponsored by Keysight/Agilent Technologies for his industrial PhD at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. After PhD he has worked at Health Science Authority of Singapore, drug eluting cardiovascular stents manufacturer Biosensor followed by blood pressure monitoring transducers and catheter manufacturer Merit Medical. In recent years he founded a medtech startup focusing on anti-inflammatory biopolymers to improve surgical outcomes and has received the Johnson and Johnson Innovation Award.
Research Interests
Wei Beng is interested on the regulatory science of medical devices such as biocompatibility of materials, the interface between electronic and biological systems and the application of natural antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory biopolymers for biomedical devices and food packaging.
Selected Publications
- Modulation of human mesenchymal stem cells by electrical stimulation using an enzymatic biofuel cell. Won-Yong Jeon, Seyoung Mun, Wei Beng Ng, Keunsoo Kang, Kyudong Han, Sohyun Hwang, Hyug-Han Kim, Jae Ho Lee. Catalysts 11(1), 62 (2021).
- Validation of size estimation of nanoparticle tracking analysis on polydisperse macromolecule assembly, A Kim, WB Ng, W Bernt, NJ Cho, Scientific reports 9 (1), 2639 (2019)
- Fluorescence-based immunosensor using three-dimensional CNT network structure for sensitive and reproducible detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma biomarker. CK Song, E Oh, MS Kang, BS Shin, SY Han, M Jung, ES Lee, SY Yoon, Analytica Chimica Acta 1027, 101-108 (2018)
- Formulation and in vitro stability evaluation of ethosomal carbomer hydrogel for transdermal vaccine delivery, Y Zhang, W Ng, J Hu, SS Mussa, Y Ge, H Xu, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 163, 184-191 (2018)
- Lipid vesicular nanocarrier: Quick encapsulation efficiency determination and transcutaneous application. Y Zhang, W Ng, X Feng, F Cao, H Xu. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 516 (1-2), 225-230 (2017)
- Graphene-functionalized natural microcapsules: modular building blocks for ultrahigh sensitivity bioelectronic platforms. L Wang, WB Ng, JA Jackman, NJ Cho. Advanced Functional Materials 26 (13), 2097-2103 (2016)
- Flexible, graphene-coated biocomposite for highly sensitive, real-time molecular detection. L Wang, JA Jackman, WB Ng, NJ Cho. Advanced Functional Materials 26 (47), 8623-8630 (2016)
- Plasmonic nanohole sensor for capturing single virus-like particles toward virucidal drug evaluation. JA Jackman, E Linardy, D Yoo, J Seo, WB Ng, DJ Klemme, NJ Wittenberg, Small 12 (9), 1159-1166 (2016)
- Controlling the formation of phospholipid monolayer, bilayer, and intact vesicle layer on graphene. SR Tabaei, WB Ng, SJ Cho, NJ Cho. ACS applied materials & interfaces 8 (18), 11875-11880 (2016)