Dr. Kunn Hadinoto Ong earned his bachelor degree in chemical engineering from the University of Washington (USA) in 2000 and his doctoral degree from Purdue University (USA) in 2004 under the tutelage of Prof. Jennifer Sinclair Curtis. He joined NTU's School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering in 2007. Prior to that, he worked as a research fellow at the Agency of Science Technology & Research (A*STAR) Singapore.