Fook C. Cheong

Fook C. Cheong is the Chief Technology Officer at Spheryx. Dr. Cheong co-developed holographic techniques for particle tracking, manipulation and characterization while a Post-Doctoral Associate at New York University. Prior to joining Spheryx, Dr. Cheong was an advanced optics design engineer at Thorlabs. Inc. Prior to Thorlabs, he investigated biomechanics of cells and physical properties of colloidal systems at the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore and the Center for Soft Matter Research at New York University.

He has produced more than 30 international peer-reviewed publications, as well as numerous patent applications. A physicist trained in the areas of condensed matter, optics, nanoscience, and biophysics, he received both his B.S. (Honors) and Ph.D. in Physics from the National University of Singapore. His work on rheological measurements of dental biofilms, label-free binding assays of proteins, 3D tracking of nanowires and microorganisms, optical trapping of nanowires, laser writing of nanomaterials, and optical assembly of DNA colloids are highly regarded and frequently cited.