Ho Ki FUNG
Profile
SIT Appointments
- Associate Professor– Present
- Deputy Programme Director, SIT BEng (Hons) Pharmaceutical Engineering–
- Assistant Professor–
Education
- PhD (Chemical Engineering)Princeton University , United States
- Master of Philosophy (Bio-engineering)Hong Kong University of Science & Technology , Hong Kong SAR China
- Master of Science (Chemical Engineering)Hong Kong University of Science & Technology , Hong Kong SAR China
- Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering)University of California, Berkeley , United States
Achievements
- Singapore Food Story R&D Programme Industry Alignment Fund Pre-Positioning (IAF-PP) – Advanced Biotech-Based Protein Production (Co-PI)–
- Academic Supervisor of Industrial Masters Thesis Project (with SATS Catering Pte Ltd.)–
- SIT Ignition and Innovation Grant–
Professional Memberships
- Exco member (faculty advisor) of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Singapore Affiliate
Corporate Experience
- Procter & Gamble Far East Inc. (Japan)
- He-Ro Chemicals Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Research
Research Interests
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Computational Peptide and Protein Design
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Process Modeling, Simulation and Optimisation
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Data analytics and Machine Learning
Publication
Journal Papers
Zhang, L., Fung, K. Y., Zhang, X., Fung, H. K., and K. M. Ng. An integrated framework for designing formulated products. Comput. Chem. Eng., 107: 61-76 (2017). (2017 Best Paper Award)
Pan, S. J., Cheung, W. L., Fung, H. K., Floudas, C. A., and A. J. Link. Computational design of functional variants of the antimicrobial peptide microcin j25. Protein Eng. Des. Sel., 24:275-282 (2011).
Bellows, M. L., Taylor, M. S., Cole, P. A., Shen, L., Siliciano, R. F., Fung, H. K., and C. A. Floudas. Discovery of entry inhibitors for HIV-1 via a novel de novo protein design framework. Biophys. J., 99:3445-3453 (2010).
Bellows, M. L., Fung, H. K., Taylor, M. S., Floudas, C. A., Lopez de Victoria, A., and D. Morikis. New compstatin variants through two de novo protein design frameworks. Biophys. J., 98:2337-2346 (2010).
Fung, H. K., Floudas, C. A., Taylor, M. S., Zhang, L., and D. Morikis. Toward full-sequence de novo protein design with flexible templates for human beta-defensin-2. Biophys. J., 94:584-599 (2008).
Taylor, M. S., Fung, H. K., Rajgaria, R., Filizola, M., Weinsein, H., and C. A. Floudas. Mutations affecting the oligomerization interface of G-protein-coupled receptors revealed by a novel de novo protein design framework. Biophys. J., 94:2470-2481 (2008).
Fung, H. K., and C. A. Floudas. Computational de novo peptide and protein design: rigid templates versus flexible templates. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 47:993-1001 (2008).
Fung, H. K., Taylor, M. S., and C. A. Floudas. Novel formulations for the sequence selection problem in de novo protein design with flexible templates. Optim. Methods & Software, 22:51-71(2007).
Floudas, C. A., Fung, H. K., McAllister, S. R., Mönnigmann, M., and R. Rajgaria. Advances in protein structure prediction and de novo protein design: a review. Chem. Eng. Sci., 61:966-988 (2006).
Fung, H. K., Rao, S., Floudas, C. A., Prokopyev, O., Pardalos, P. M., and F. Rendl. Computational comparison studies of quadratic assignment like formulations for the in silico sequence selection problem in de novo protein design. J. Comb. Optim., 10:41-60 (2005).
Books
Bellows, M. L., Fung, H. K., and C. A. Floudas. Recent Advances In De Novo Protein Design. In Process Systems Engineering Vol. 6 Molecular Systems Engineering; Adjiman, C. S., Galindo, A., Eds.; Wiley-VCH, pp 207-232 (2010).
Fung, H. K., Wibowo, C., and K. M. Ng. Product-centered process synthesis and development: detergents. In Chemical Product Design: Towards a Perspective through Case Studies. K.M. Ng, R. Gani, and K. Dam-Johansen, Eds.; Elsevier (2007).
Floudas, C. A., Fung, H. K., Morikis, D., Taylor, M. S., and L. Zhang. Overcoming the Key Challenges in De Novo Protein Design: Enhancing Computational Efficiency and Incorporating True Backbone Flexibility. In BIOMAT 2006: International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology; Mondaini, R. P., Ed.; Springer, pp 133-183 (2007).
Floudas, C. A., and H. K. Fung. Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Methods for De Novo Protein Design. In Systems Biology; Rigoutsos, I., Stephanopoulos, G., Eds.; Oxford University Press, pp 42-66 (2007).
Teaching
Teaching Modules
Pharmaceutical Engineering, BEng (Hons)
- PHE1012 - Statistics
- PHE1021 - Engineering Mathematics II