Dr. Ng is a Professor at the Department of Biomedical Imaging, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is certified by the American Board of Medical Physics, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK, the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), and the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. He is also a member of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia. Prof. Ng Kwan Hoong is widely regarded as the pioneer of medical physics in the country, having served at the Universiti Malaya’s Faculty of Medicine for more than 30 years. He publishes and presents scientific papers prolifically, being cited by more than 6,000 academics. He also founded a number of academic programs, and regional medical physics organisations. He mentors young and upcoming scientists, both locally and abroad. In 2013, Prof. Ng was named as one of top 50 medical physicists in the world. And in 2018, he became the only Malaysian in history to receive the prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award in 2018, given by the UK-based International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), which represents 25,000 medical physicists worldwide. And in 2020, Prof. Ng Kwan Hoong was awarded the highest accolade for a scientist in the country, the Merdeka Award, for his life-long contributions to the country and beyond.