Designation: Senior Professor Faculty / Institute / Centre : Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Department / Unit: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Telephone No: +603-90860288 ext Fax: +603-90193886 Email Address: chongkk@utar.edu.my Webpage Extension URL: http://staff.utar.edu.my/chongkk Scopus Profile : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25934082000 Google Scholar Profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=dCIwyWwAAAAJ Orcid ID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7350-597X
Qualification:	Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ( Optical Engineering ) Bachelor of Science (Hons), Universiti Malaya ( Physics )
Professional Qualification:	SMIEEE, FAAET, FASc

Prof. Dr. Chong Kok-Keong received B.Sc. (Hons) 1st class degree from University of Malaya in 1998 and Ph.D. (Optical Engineering) degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2002. He is also Fulbright visiting scholar in Princeton University, USA in 2015. Currently, he is Senior professor in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. For research experience, he has been working in the field of solar energy engineering for more than 25 years and his research interest including emerging solar cell technologies, concentrating solar power, nanomaterials, and green technologies.

For publication, he has published more than 133 articles in high impact journals including Nature, which has made him in Stanford University’s list of top 2% rank worldwide. Up to today, he has been principal investigator for ten external grants with total amount of RM 7 million including multi-disciplinary research fund. For consultancy work, he has completed more than 32 consultancy projects, including principal consultant for State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) China and Ecosys Group Sdn Bhd etc.

For recognition, he has been honoured to receive Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM) 2018, Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) Science & Technology Award 2017, JCI Ten Young Outstanding Malaysian (TOYM) Award 2013, Fulbright Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative, Gold Award in PECIPTA’17, as well as UTAR Research Excellence and UTAR Innovation Excellence 2012 & 2014. To date, he has been elected as Fellow of Academy of Science Malaysia 2019, Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (AAET) 2018, Global Young Academy 2014, Young Affiliate of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 2011, Young Scientist Network Malaysia 2012, and Honorary Treasury of Fulbright Alumni Association Malaysia. For editorial services, he is Associate Editor of Frontiers in Energy Research and International Journal of Photoenergy (Hindawi).