
DR. Soon Wei Chook
Registered Malaysian New Plant Variety and Grant of Breeder’s Right Agent
Dr. Chook holds a Bachelor's degree and a Ph.D in Materials Science, and has 4 years of experience as a postdoctoral researcher at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Malaya, both are primer Malaysian research universities.
During his time as a researcher, Dr. Chook focused on the research and development of nanomaterials for use in antimicrobial wound dressing and in other areas such as biomass utilizations, catalysis, wastewater treatment, spectroscopy, etc. He has developed a set of skills that allow him to analyse and tackle complex problems and find innovative solutions. Chook has various academic publications and served as a peer-reviewer in several established scientific journals.
He has co-invented inventions entitled "A method to produce silver nanomaterials using continuous segmented flow approach" and “Continuous flow photocatalytic wastewater treatment system” both of which have been patented in Malaysia. Additionally, Dr. Chook was awarded an ITEX Silver Medal for the invention of "Graphene Oxide Cellulose Beads".
In addition to his work in academic research, Chook has gained valuable experience through research collaborations with industrial partners in fields such as electronics conducting and latex manufacturing industry. Besides, Chook has also presented his works at several international conferences, both locally and abroad. This experience has given Chook the opportunity to share his research with a wider audience and to collaborate with researchers from a variety of backgrounds.
Despite his focus on academic research, Chook always believes in the importance of developing original ideas that potentially make significant impacts and has a strong interest in working in transferring technology from the laboratory to commercialization and real-life implementation. Because of this, he joined Adipven to assist our clients to protect their inventions and to help them to commercialize them.
In his free time, Dr. Chook is a curious and eager learner who is always looking to improve his knowledge and skills. Dr. Chook also has a strong interest in the latest development in technology, machine learning, and is an animal lover.
Dr. Chook speaks fluent English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese.