Wenzhou-Kean UniversityOur faculty (partially)

Our faculty (partially)

Dr. Choo Siew Who, Associate Professor, College of Science and Technology, Ph.D. in Genetics, the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Dr. Choo built and led a research team of more than 40 people and participated in the world ‘s first international human ENCODE project of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is the Suzhou SEID Excellent Scientific and Educational Talent, a member of the Experts Committee of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), the Council member and Director of China Pangolin Research Centre (CPRC), and a visiting professor at the Management and Science University. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in the internationally renowned journals including 1《Nature》 and 3 《Genome Research》 with a total of 5,800 citations. Among these papers, he has published more than 42 papers in the internationally renowned journals as the first or corresponding author. He has independently conducted a number of research projects, including the China Natural Science Foundation's International Young Scientist fund, the Malaysian High Impact Research (HIR) grant, and the Malaysian National HIP2 Program (CCGF Fund), and the National Cradle Seed Fund.

Dr. Aloysius Wong,Assistant Professor, College of Science and Technology at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Biological Science, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology.

Dr. Wong receives grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China: A functional genomics guided phenotypic approach. Dr. Wong has published more than 10 papers in the SCI, including Assessing the Risk of Probiotic Dietary Supplements in the Context of Antibiotic ResistanceAn Arabidopsis clathrin assembly protein with a predicted role in plant defense can function as an adenylate cyclase, etc.

Dr. Meng Yu, Assistant Professor, College of Science and Technology at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clemson University.

Dr. Meng receives grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China: Mechanism of a novel and efficient in-trans drug carrier K16ApoE across the blood-brain barrier, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China: Study on the mechanism of new peptide carriers mediating drug crossing the blood-brain barrier, and Wenzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau: Construction of the Chimera by Polypeptide K16ApoE and Lysosomal Enzyme TPP1 and Its Effect on Conquering Blood-Brain Barrier. She has published many papers in internationally renowned journals.

Dr. Pinata Winoto, Assistant Professor, College of Science and Technology at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan.

Dr. Winoto receives a grant from Wenzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau: Primary Exploration on A Mobile Application System for Smart Care of the Aged: Highly Customized and Individualized Cloud Computing Based Spatial Memory Training Mobile Application System to Improve Functional Independence of the Aged. WKU Weetap group is mentored by Dr. Pinata Winoto won the first prize in the 2017 Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition. He has published more than 20 papers in internationally renowned journals.  His major achievement is developing a highly customizable spatial memory training application for senior citizens (especially those with mild cognitive impairment and dementia).

Dr. Tiffany Tang, Assistant Professor, College of Science and Technology at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan.

Dr. Tang receives grants from Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China: Computational Behavioral Analysis for Intelligent Early Screening and Personalized Intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorder based on Computational Sensing and Deep Learning Technologies for Tele-Health, and Wenzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau: The Design of a Personalized and Configurable Intelligent Tutoring System for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder using Eye Tracking based Behavioral Data for User Modeling. She obtained the sponsorship of the annual science and technology plan by Wenzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau.  She is devoted to WKU – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Autism Research Center. Shas published more than 30 papers in internationally renowned journals.  His major achievement is developing the Intelligent Interactive Assistant Learning Software Development for Autistic Children.

Dr. Toby Michelena, Assistant Professor, College of Science and Technology at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Michelena receives a grant from Wenzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau: Wen-Rui Tang Revitalization Assessment Project. Dr. Toby Michelena becomes “the Greatest Contributor to Water Harnessing” in Wenzhou

Dr. Jeonghwan Choi, Assistant Professor, College of Business and Public Management at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research achievement is the motivation of sustainable business and social innovation.

Dr. Rob Kim Marjerison, Assistant Professor, College of Business and Public Management at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in International Business from the International School of Management in Paris France. His research achievement is Sino-US Trade, Assessment of International Business and Entrepreneurial Business Proposals, Sustainable/Social Entrepreneurship and Cross-Cultural Negotiation.

Dr. Han-Chiang Ho, Assistant Professor, College of Business and Public Management at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Business Administration and Quantitative Methods at the Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain. His research achievement is luxury brand marketing, the study of international marketing strategies, co-branding marketing strategies, and brand equity issues.

Dr. Fa-Hsiang Chang, Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Economics State University of New York at Buffalo. His major research field is international economics and regional development.

Dr. Raquel Stuart, Acting Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Human Services/ specialization in Counseling. She is currently working on the following research: does grit and mindset impact student motivation.

Dr. Candy Lim Chiu, Assistant Professor, College of Business and Public Management at Wenzhou-Kean University, Ph.D. in Kyoto University. Her research areas are in marketing, operations management, automotive industry, online banking, and entrepreneurship.

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