Prof. Fun Hoong-Kun
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Prof. Fun Hoong-Kun Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia E-mails: (i) [email protected] (ii) [email protected] Fields of Specialization : X-Ray Crystallography Personal Details : Position : Professor at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. : Emeritus Professor of Crystallography, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Fellow of Academy of SciencesMalaysia. : Honorary Professor, Anhui University, P.R. China. : Advisory Professor, NanjingUniversity of Science and Technoloy, P. R. China. : Honorary Professor, Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology, P. R. China : Honorary Professor, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, P. R. China. : Honorary Guest Professor, Guangxi Normal University, P.R China. : Honorary Research Advisor for Crystal Material Research Unit - (CMRU), Prince of SongklaUniversity, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand. : Fellow of Malaysian Scientific Association(MSA) : Visiting Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Address : Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia E-mail: [email protected] : School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, MALAYSIA. Telex: MA40254 Cable: UNISAINS E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] 1 Telephone: (604) 6535115 or (966) 14677335 Telefacsimile:(604) 6579150 or (966) 14676220 Education: (1) Penang Free School, Penang,Malaysia. (2) University of Malaya, Malaysia: B.Sc. (Hons., 1st Class) 1969 (3) Purdue University, U.S.A.: M.S. (1971); Ph.D. (1974) Scholarships & Fellowships & Awards: (1) Federation of Malaya Teaching Scholarship (1966 - 1969) (2) Fulbright Scholarship (1969 - 1974) (3) Universiti Sains Malaysia Academic Staff Training Scheme Fellowship (1970 -1974) (4) Purdue University Teaching Assistantship (1969 - 1971) (5) Purdue University David Ross Research Fellowship (1971 - 1974) (6) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (October 1979 - June 1980) (7) The Royal Society, London, Developing Country Fellowship (March 1987 - December 1987) (8) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (2 -16 September 1996). (9) Grant from The Ministry of University Affairs, Thailand (August 15 - December 15, 1997). (10) Honorary Professorship, Anhui University, P.R. China (Appointed on April 14, 1998) (11) Advisory Professorship, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, P.R. China (Appointed October 20, 1999) (12) Honorary Professorship, Qingdao Insitute of Chemical Technology, P.R. China (Appointed April 27, 2000) (13) Honorary Professorship, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, P. R. China (Appointed 10 July 2003) (14) Honorary Guest Professor, Guangxi Normal University, P. R. China (Appointed 25 October 2003). (15) XAPP-MNS 2008 Award. Best Malaysian X-Ray Researcher. Award presented during ICXRI 2008, 4th Internation Conference On X-Rays and Related Techniques In Research and Industries 2008, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (2nd-6th June 2008) (16) Fellow of Academy of Sciences Malaysia (Appointed on 25th April 2009). (17) Honorary Research Advisor for Crystal Material Research Unit (CMRU), Prince of SongklaUniversity, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand (Appointed on 15th November 2010) (18) Fellow of Malaysia Scientific Association (MSA) (Elected on 16th November 2011) 2 (19) Visiting Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (2011) (20) Recipient of Rotary Research Gold Medal Award 2012 (21) Emeritus Professor of Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012 (22) Evaluator, The Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique 2012 (23) Awarded "Top Malaysia Research Scientist" status by Malaysian Academy of Sciences on December 17th, 2013 Employment and Honors: (1) Demonstrator, Physics Department, University of Malaya, Malaysia (1968 - 1969). (2) Tutor, Physics Department , University of Malaya , Malaysia (June 1969 - September 1969). (3) Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Purdue University, U.S.A. (1969 - 1971). (4) David Ross Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Purdue University, U.S.A. (1971 - 1974). (5) Lecturer, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (September 1974 - June 1988). (6) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, Department of Applied Physics, Fukui University, Japan (October 1979 - June 1980). (7) The Royal Society Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University College of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom (March 1987 - December 1987). (8) Associate Professor, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (July 1988 - September 1997). (9) Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China (18 September 1992 - 14 September 1993). (10) Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand (August 15 - December 15, 1997). (11) Visiting Professor, Coordination Chemistry Institute and The State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, People’s Republic of China (December 15, 1997 - May 15, 1998). (12) Professor of Crystallography, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (since October 1997). (13) Honorary Professor, AnhuiUniversity, P. R. China, April 14, 1988 onwards. (14) Advisory Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, October 20, 1999 onwards. (15) Honorary Professor, Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology, April 27, 2000 onwards. (16) Honorary Professor, Qingdao Universirty of Science and Technology, July 10, 2003 onwards. (17) Honorary Guest Professor, Guangxi Normal University, 25 October 2003 onwards. (18) Editor-in-Chief, The Open Crystallography Journal, May 2008 to October 2009. (19) Fellow ofAcademy of SciencesMalaysia, April 2009 onwards. (20) Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, Course conducted: X-Ray Structure Determination (27th Mac – 25th April 3 2010) (21) Honorary Research Advisor for Crystal Material Research Unit (CMRU), Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, 15th November 2010 onwards. (22) Fellow of Malaysia Scientific Association (MSA) (Elected on 16th November 2011). (23) Visiting Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (2011). (24) Recipient of Rotary Research Gold Medal Award 2012. (25) Professor at King Saud University (30 August 2012). (26) Awarded "Top Malaysia Research Scientist" status by Malaysian Academy of Sciences on December 17th, 2013. Consultancy Work: (1) Testing and Performance Evaluation of "Pulzertronic Electronic Car Gadget" for Inventor-Engineer, Mr. Kam Ewe Kian & Co., Penang, Malaysia (1975). (2) Noise Pollution Investigation at Palm Beach Hotel, Penang, Malaysia (1975 - 1976). (3) Detection of Different Phases in Steel using X-Ray Techniques for Micro-Machining Sdn. Bhd., Penang, Malaysia (1985). (4) X-ray Powder Diffraction Analysis on Purity of Magnesium Sulphate for Schott Glass (M) Sdn. Bhd., Penang (1988). (5) X-ray Powder Diffraction Analysis on Purity of Tin-coated Leads to Integrated Circuits for Intel Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Penang (1990). (6) X-ray Powder Diffraction Analysis on Cephalexin for UPHA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd., Kajang, Selangor (1990). (7) X-ray Powder Diffraction Analysis on Sample E562 for Fatty Chemical (M) Sdn. Bhd., Penang (1991). (8) Expert Witness for UPHA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd., Kajang Selangor, 1996. (9) X-Ray Structure Determination Course conducted for Academic Staff and Students, Beijing Normal University, PR China (RMB 3,000 stipend was given and air tickets were paid by host, 25th March to 27th April 2010) (10) Honorary Research Advisor for Crystal Material Research Unit (CMRU), Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand (15th November 2010 onwards). (11) International Advisory Committee of International Conference on Synthetic and Structural Chemistry ICSSC-2011, Mangalagangotri-574 199, Mangalore, Karnataka, India (8th to 10th December 2011). (12) International Advisory Committee of International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Science & Technology 2013, (ICRAMST – 13) Department of Chemistry National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, Srinivasnagar-575 025, Mangalore, India (17th-19th Jan 2013). Appointed Principal Supervisor for the following candidates: (1) Mr. Chan Boon Teong: Single Crystal Structure Determination by X-Ray 4 Crystallography (1986-1988), M.Sc. candidate. (2) Mr. Yeoh Teong San: X-Ray Structural Determination of Some Degenerate Semiconductors and Organometallic Compounds (1986-1989) , M.Sc. candidate. (3) Dr. Kandasamy Chinnakali, Ph. D. (Anna University, India), Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Single Crystal X-ray Structural Determination of Organometallic Complexes (January 1992 - July 1992). (4) Mr. Yip Boon Chuan: Struktur Dan Ciri-ciri Elektronik Bagi Beberapa Pencelup Organik (1992 - ), M.Sc. candidate but did not complete his studies. (5) Dr. Yang Ping, Ph.D. (Nanjing University, People's Republic of China), Post-doctoral Research Fellow in X-ray Powder Rietveld Analysis of High Tc Superconductors (January 1993 - January 1994). (6) Dr. K. Sivakumar, Ph.D. (Anna University, India), Post-doctoral Research Fellow in X-Ray Crystallography Laboratory, School of Physics. (March 1994 - February 1996) (7) Dr. Kandasamy Chinnakali, Ph.D(Anna University, India), Post Doctoral Research Fellow in X-Ray Crystallography Laboratory, School of Physics (March 1997 - March 1999). (8) Dr. Sema Ozturk, Ph.D. (Erciyes