The Ng Lab brings together synthetic chemistry, chemical biology, protein science and disease biology to create new ways of interrogating and controlling biological systems. Our work spans fundamental technology development through mechanistic biology and therapeutic discovery, with collaborations across chemistry, medicine and translational science.

Lab Members

Billy Wai-Lung Ng
吳濰龍教授

Associate Professor

B.Sc. & Ph.D. in Chemistry, CUHK
Postdoc, Oxford & Harvard

Yvonne Ngar Woon Kam

甘雅媛

Research Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Immunology, William Harvey Research Institute, London, UK
B.Sc. (Pharm.) (Hons.),
University College London

Stephan Scheeff

Postdoctoral Fellow

(RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Dr. rer. nat. (equiv. to PhD) in Chemistry,
University of Bonn,
GermanyDiplom (equiv. to M.Sc.) in Chemistry,
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Chanin Sillapachaiyaporn

Postdoctoral Fellow

(CUHK Faculty Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Ph.D. & M.Sc in Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
B.Sc. in Medical Technology, Chulalongkorn University

Bowen Ma
馬博文

Postdoctoral Fellow​

Ph.D. in Pharmacy,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
M.Res. in Drug Discovery and Development,
Imperial College London
B.Sc. in Chemistry, 
Univerisity of Sheffield

Yalun Xie
谢亚伦

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.Sc. & Ph.D. in Chemistry,
Wuhan University

Lili Yan

嚴莉莉

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. in Biochemistry,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Master in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Zhejiang University
B.Sc. in Animal Science,
Jilin University

Khadija
Shahed Khan

Ph.D. Student

M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine,
University of Nottingham​

Yao Qin

覃瑶

Ph.D. Student

B.Sc. in Preventive Medicine,
Jilin University
Master of Pharmacy,
Xiamen University

Josefina Xeque Amada

Ph.D. Student

(HKPFS Scholarship)

Master of Pharmacy,

Durham University

Tongyang Xu

徐同炀

Ph.D. Student

(CUHK VC PhD Scholarship)

B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Science,
Fudan University
M.Sc. in Drug Discovery and Translational Biology,
The University of Edinburgh

Yunpeng Huang

黄云鹏

Ph.D Student

(CUHK VC PhD Scholarship)

B.Sc. in Biological Engineer (Pharmaceutical),
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
Master of pharmacy,
Zhejiang University

Haixing Xu

徐海兴

Ph.D Student

(CUHK VC PhD Scholarship)

B.Sc. in Pharmacy,
Sichuan University
M.S. in Pharmacy,
Sichuan University

Jiajun Wu

吴嘉珺

Ph.D. Student

(CUHK VC PhD Scholarship)

B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Analysis
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
Master of Pharmacy
Sichuan University

Wenjing Wang

王文静

Ph.D. Student

(HKPFS Scholarship)

B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University

M.Sc in Medicinal Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Daixuan Zhang

张代萱

Ph.D. Student

B.Sc. in Biological Science,

Shanxi University
M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,

Fudan University

Hao Chen

陈昊

Ph.D. Student

(HKPFS Scholarship)

B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry,

University of Manchester
M.Res. in Chemical Biology,

Imperial College London

Weicheng Fu

傅薇澄

Ph.D. Student

B.Sc. in Science,
China Pharmaceutical University

M.Sc in Pharmacy,
Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Richard Lo

羅卓賢

MPhil Student

B.Sc. in Cell and Molecular Biology,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Yu Jin

金昱

Research Assistant

B.Sc. in Pharmacy,
Shandong Medical and Pharmaceutical University
M.Sc. in Medicinal Chemistry,Shandong University

Moses Lee

李皓山

Research Assistant

BS Biochemistry (Cancer Biology), Case Western Reserve University

Former Group Members

NamePrevious PositionCurrent Position
Zhihao Guo 郭志浩Ph.D. StudentResearcher, Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group
Yoyo Cho Yiu Lau 劉楚瑤Ph.D. StudentN/A
Chunbin Gu 谷春斌Postdoctoral FellowPostdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CUHK
Hean Liu 刘合安Research AssistantResearch Assistant, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, CUHK
Yuanpei Li 李元培Postdoctoral FellowPostdoctoral Fellow, HKSTP
Koey Sin-Yi Yu 余倩兒Research AssistantMSc Pharmaceutical Science, Trinity College Dublin 
He Xu 何珝Ph.D. StudentPostdoctoral Fellow, CUHK
Bowen Ma 馬博文Ph.D. StudentPostdoctoral Fellow, CUHK
Yating GuoResearch AssistantPh.D. student, University of St Andrews
Tiffany ChowUndergraduate ResearcherPharmacy Intern, Ruttonjee Hospital
Miaomiao Zhang 张苗苗Visiting StudentPh.D., Fudan University
Jonathan WongPostdoctoral FellowN/A
Jiatong Wang 王佳同Postdoctoral FellowPostdoctoral Fellow, CUHK
Yu Yan 闫雨Postdoctoral FellowSenior Consultant, Bank of Communications
Dicky Wong Tak Hin 黃德軒Research AssistantPh.D, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Haohua LiSummer intern (Virtual)B.Sc. Honours in Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia
Jackie ManSummer intern (Virtual)B.Sc. Medical Biosciences, Imperial College London
Mia Mingxia Wu 吳明霞Ph.D. Student (Co-supervise)Medical Science LiaisonMedical Science Liaison, Novartis Oncology
Shih YirahVisiting StudentB.Sc. Medical Biosciences, Imperial College London
Peter CheungUndergraduate ResearcherMB.ChB., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Cheuk Yiu Kasy CheuVisiting StudentB.Sc. Durham University
Winkie WongVisiting StudentUniversity of Nottingham
Xinze LiVisiting StudentPh.D., Fudan University
Xiaoding Jiang 蔣曉丁Postdoctoral FellowPostdoc in Chemical Biology, University of Virginia (As of 2021)
Maoyun Lyu 呂茂雲Research AssociatePostdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University (As of 2021)
Lo Tsz Kin, JoeUndergraduate ResearcherN/A
Christy Wing Sum Tong 唐詠芯Ph.D. Student (Co-supervise)Scientific Officer, HKU (As of 2021)
Lo Ho Sing, FredUndergraduate ResearcherM.Sc., KU Leuven (As of 2020)
Au Yuen Ping, PenceUndergraduate ResearcherN/A
Paco ChowVisiting StudentB.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences, University of Oxford  (As of 2020)
Mody YimVisiting StudentGeelong Grammar School (As of 2019)​
Chris Chung 鍾毅霖Visiting StudentM.Sc. in Biochemistry,  University of Oxford (As of 2019)

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