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New York, NY-based Spheryx Appointed Fook Cheong as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Spheryx, Inc. is a privately held analytical services and instruments company providing Total Holographic CharacterizationTM of colloidal materials. Spheryx’s breakthrough proprietary technology uses holographic video microscopy to characterize each particle in colloidal dispersions and multi-component colloidal mixtures, thereby offering unprecedented insights into these materials’ characteristics. Applications include research and development, quality assurance and manufacturing process control across a broad spectrum of industries, where characterization of colloids can enhance innovation, improve safety and reduce costs.
About the Person
Fook Chiong Cheong is 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. At New York University, he co-developed holographic optical techniques for particle tracking, manipulation and characterization. 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.
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