Associate Professor Michael S. Wong
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Dr. Michael S. Wong, Principal Investigator
Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Associate Professor in Chemistry (Joint Appointment)
Email: mswong(at)rice(dot)edu
- AIChE South Texas Section Best Fundamental Paper in 2008 Award (2009)
- IBB Hamill Innovations Award (2009)
- IBB Medical Innovations Award (2008)
- Smithsonian Magazine "37 Under 36" Young Innovator Award
(2007)
- 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award (2006, 2007)
- GOLD 2006 Conference Best Presentation Award, for "best new
idea in gold catalysis" (2006)
- AIChE South Texas
Section Best Applied Paper in 2005 Award (2006)
- AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Young Investigator Award (2006)
- MIT Technology Review's TR35 Young Innovator Award (2006)
- Hershel M. Rich Invention Award (2006)
- National Academy of Engineering Indo-America Frontiers of Engineering
Symposium, Invited Speaker (2006)
- Smalley/Curl Innovation Award (2005)
- National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) Symposium, Invited Participant (2004)
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2003)
- National Academy of Engineering Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE) Symposium, Invited Participant (2002)
- Rice Quantum Institute (RQI), Fellow (2002)
- Robert P. Goldberg Grand Prize, MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition
(2001)
- Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award (2000)
- MIT Chemical Engineering Edward W. Merrill Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (1997)
- Faculty advisor for Phi Lambda Upsilon, chemical sciences honorary society (2003 - present)
- Southwest Catalysis Society, Chair (2008 - present)
- AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum, Chair (2009 - present) (link)
Dr. Michael S. Wong joined the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2001, and received a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry in 2002. Before coming to Rice University, he did post-doctoral research with Dr. Galen D. Stucky of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California, Santa Barbara. Michael’s educational background includes a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering Practice (“Practice School”) from MIT, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT (under the supervision of Dr. Jackie Y. Ying, “Supramolecular Templating of Mesoporous Zirconia-Based Nanocomposite Catalysts”). With the underlying theme of designing and engineering novel materials for catalytic and encapsulation applications, his research interests lie in the areas of nanostructured materials (e.g. nanoporous materials, nanoparticle-based hollow spheres, and quantum dots), heterogeneous catalysis, and bioengineering applications. He is particularly interested in developing new chemical approaches to assembling nanoparticles into functional macrostructures.