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Professor Jerry Heng is a Professor in Particle Technology at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, and serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies. He holds affiliations with the Centre for Structural Biology, Electron Microscopy Centre, Energy Futures Lab, Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering, and the Vaccine Research Network. His expertise spans crystallization engineering, surface properties of powders, and biopharmaceutical purification. He earned a B.Eng from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and a PhD from Imperial College London, focusing on pharmaceutical solid surfaces.
Research interests include controlling nucleation in small molecule crystallization, developing biocrystallisation for bioseparations, studying surface anisotropy in powders, and surface energy heterogeneity analysis. Notable contributions include the TiPOD concept for polymorphic control and selective nucleation in proteins. He leads the Surfaces and Particle Engineering Lab and has secured EPSRC funding for early career research.
His work integrates experimental and computational approaches, addressing challenges in pharmaceutical manufacturing, sustainable materials, and protein purification. Recent articles focus on cocrystallization of natural products, silica nanoparticle applications, and peptide crystallization modeling. Awards include the EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Early Career Fellowship (2016-2021).
Professor Heng emphasizes sustainability in chemical engineering education and has pioneered hybrid labs for experiential learning. His research extends to superhydrophobic surfaces for wastewater treatment and environmental impacts of bio-derived materials.
