Wendy Wen Yi LEONG

Wendy Wen Yi LEONG

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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Research

 

Recognition and Achievements

• Singapore National Institute of Chemistry Merit Service Award, 2019
• Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys Book Prize for Paper B, 2017
• Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (Environmental Protection Agency, USA), 2011
• NTU Research Scholarship, 2009

 

Research Experience

Wendy has an extensive research experience covering polymer chemistry, pharmacokinetics, chemical biology, food science, and catalysis. Her PhD thesis was on the development of organo- and metal-catalyzed reactions using water as the solvent, for which she initiated an international collaboration between the Zhong group in the Nanyang Technological University and the Lipshutz group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her contributions as a member of the latter research group led to recognition in the form of the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

 

Work Experience

Wendy is currently an IP Business Partner at ResMed, a global leader in digital health and cloud-connected medical devices. ResMed designs innovative solutions to treat and keep people having sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or other chronic diseases out of the hospital, thereby empowering them to live healthier, higher-quality lives.

 

Select IP-related Experience

• Organize patent mining workshops, IP training workshops and global Hackathons to actively seek out patentable inventions
• Provide IP education and IP-related competitor intelligence
• Advise clients on their patent filing strategy, drafted patent specifications and assisted in worldwide prosecution of patent applications

Further information about what an IP professional does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZ-FdmNPP8

 

Teaching Contributions 

• CM5103 – Industry Practices in Chemistry
• CM5104 – Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship in Chemistry

 

Representative Publications 

• Flanigan, Y., Leong, W. 2019, Regulation and Patentability of Cannabis and Cannabis-related Compounds in Singapore. https://www.biotechconnection-sg.org/regulation-and-patentability-of-cannabis-and-cannabis-related-compounds-in-singapore/
• Collopy, D., Leong, W., Shaping Asia’s IP Landscape, Managing Intellectual Property, 2014, 243, 68.
• Fu, Z.; Xu, J.; Zhu, T.; Leong, W. W. Y.; Chi, Y. R., β-Carbon Activation of Saturated Carboxylic Esters through N-heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis. Nat. Chem. 2013, 5, 835-839. 
• Leong, W. W. Y.; Chen, X.; Chi, Y. R., NHC-catayzed Reactions of Enals with Water as a Solvent. Green Chem. 2013, 15, 1505-1508.
• Lipshutz, B. H.; Huang, S.; Leong, W. W. Y.; Zhong, G.; Isley, N., C-C Bond Formation via Copper-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition Reactions in Water at Room Temperature. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 19985-19988.
• Tan, B., Zeng, X.; Leong, W. W. Y.; Shi, Z.; Barbas III, C. F.; Zhong, G., Core Structure-Based Design of Organocatalytic [3+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions: Highly Efficient and Stereocontrolled Syntheses of 3, 3’- Pyrrolidonyl Spirooxindoles. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 63-67.
• Lipshutz, B.H.; Ghorai, S.; Leong, W. W. Y., Manipulating Micellar Environments for Enhancing Transition Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings in Water at Room Temperature. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 5061-5073.
• Fu, C.; Chen, W.; Quek, Y. L.; Ni, R.; Ghani, A. B. A.; Leong, W. W. Y.; Zeng, H.; Huang, D., Sustainability from Agricultural Waste: Chiral Ligands from Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins via Acid-Mediated Depolymerization.  Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 6322-6324.
• Lipshutz, B. H.; Ghorai, S.; Leong W. W. Y., Deprotection of homoallyl(^hAllyl) Derivatives of Phenols, Alcohols, Acids and Amines. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 2854-2857.
• Lin H. S.; Leong W. W. Y.; Yang J. A.; Lee P.; Chan S. Y.; Ho P. C., Biopharmaceutics of 13-cis-Retinoic Acid (Isotretinoin) Formulated with Modified β-Cyclodextrins. Int. J. Pharm. 2007, 341, 238-245.