Dr. Eng-Poh Ng received his BSc. (Ind. Chem.) degree in 2004 from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He obtained his MSc. (Chem.) degree in 2006 and under the supervision of Datuk Prof. Dr. Halimaton Hamdan. Then, he received his PhD degree in 2009 from University of Upper Alsace, France under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Svetlana Mintova. He joined Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2010 as a Senior Lecturer before being promoted to Associate Professor in 2016. Currently, he has published more than 170 indexed journals including top-tier Q1/Q2 journals like Science, Chemistry of Materials, Green Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Journal, etc. His current H-index is 53 with a total citation of 9100. He is one of the World's Top 2% Scientists in his research field listed by Stanford University. He was also crowned with many prestigious academic and research awards, such as Top Research Scientist Malaysia, National Akademic Award, IKM Outstanding Young Chemist, VIRA Outstanding Young Scientist, Breakthrough of the Year 2011 (Runner-up), Innovation Awards and many more. His main research interests are synthesis, investigation and application of nanoporous silica-based materials for adsorption, catalysis and other advanced applications.