Pei Yuin Keng

Pei Yuin Keng obtained her bachelor degree in Chemistry at Lewis Clark State College, Idaho and continued to pursue her Ph.D degree in Chemistry at University of Arizona, Tucson under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Pyun. Upon obtaining her Ph.D degree in 2010, she was awarded with the UCLA Scholars in Oncologic Molecule Imaging (SOMI) to pursue her postdoctoral training under the guidance of Prof. R. Michael van Dam. 

In 2011, Dr. Keng was appointed as a tenured-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles where she developed microfluidic devices and radiochemical methods for on-demand production of diverse radiotracers. She has extensive experience in designing microdroplet radiochemistry protocol, including synthesis, purification and characterization of microliter droplet volume of product that is sufficient for preclinical and clinical imaging. In collaboration with faculties at UCLA, her team also worked very closely with the industry partner in commercializing this microdroplet radiochemistry technology. Her research was supported by National Institute of Health (NIH), and Department of Energy (DOE) during her tenure-track career at UCLA. 

Dr. Keng’s independent research at UCLA has also resulted in the publication of research articles in highly reputable journals including (Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Chemistry Communication, NPG Communication Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B, Lab on Chip) in the field of nuclear medicine and catalysis. She has also filed two patents, wrote two book chapters and has been invited to speak at international conferences. 

Dr. Keng started her academia career again at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the National Tsing Hua University in 2019, which her research program focuses on developing boron-based nanomaterials for catalysis and biomedical applications. Her research group have extensive experience in preparation, functionalization and characterization of boron nanomaterials. Her research laboratory is currently also active in academia-industry project in developing surface functionalization chemistry and engineering interface methodology for microelectronic devices.