Rate My Professor Nicholas Khong

Dr. Nicholas Khong is a Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Technology in the School of Pharmacy at Monash University Malaysia. He earned a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry and Microbiology and a PhD in Medical Biotechnology from Universiti Putra Malaysia. His doctoral thesis, completed between 2010 and 2015, focused on the production and characterization of collagen and gelatin from edible jellyfish for the fabrication of biofunctional scaffolds. During his graduate studies, Dr. Khong received the Khazanah Watan Leadership Award in 2010 and the Kanazawa Research Fellowship Award in 2011, and he represented Malaysia at international presentations in China, Thailand, and Taiwan. A fully registered Traditional Chinese Medical Practitioner in Malaysia, he has consulted for several companies on product registration, halal certification, GMP, ISO 9001:2015, and ISO 17025:2017 standards.

Dr. Khong's research applies blue and white biotechnology to develop nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, and pharmaceutical solutions addressing real-world and one-health challenges. His expertise encompasses experimental dermatology and immunobiology for functional biomaterials, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory molecules, microbiological valorization of probiotic bacteria, fungi, and microalgae, analytical and biochemical method development, pilot production of active components, and stabilization of sensitive bioactive compounds. He has been recognized with the ASEAN-FEN Outstanding Young Scientist Award and the 13th National Academic Award in 2019, the WIPO Medal for Inventors in 2018 (shared with Lai, W. T. and Lai, O. M.), and the MSPP Young Teacher's Award in 2022. Since 2023, he has served on the editorial boards of Dermatology Research and Practice and Journal of Aging Research. Dr. Khong has produced 36 research outputs, including recent publications such as 'Assessing the impact of temperature, pH, light and chemical oxidation on fucoxanthin colour changes, antioxidant activity and the resulting metabolites' (2025, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture), 'Unveiling fucoxanthin's fate: In vitro gastrointestinal digestion effects on bioaccessibility, antioxidant potential, colour changes, and metabolite profiles' (2025, Food Chemistry), 'Biochemical trade-offs and opportunities of commercialized microalgae cultivation under increasing carbon dioxide' (2024, Bioresource Technology), 'Storage and degradation kinetics of physicochemical and bioactive attributes in microalgal-derived fucoxanthin-rich microcapsules' (2024, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research), and 'LC-MS/MS-QTOF dataset of compounds detected in kelulut honey of the stingless bees, Heterotrigona itama and Tetrigona binghami from Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia' (2023, Data in Brief). His work aligns with multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals, including Good Health and Well-being, Clean Water and Sanitation, and Life Below Water.