Prof. Dr. Kok-Keong Chong received B.Sc. (Hons) 1st class degree from University of Malaya in 1998 and Ph.D. (Optical Engineering) degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2002. He is also Fulbright visiting scholar in Princeton University, USA for the period of Sep-Dec 2015. Currently, he is full professor in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman teaching the subjects of solar cell technology, renewable energy, solar thermal and photovoltaic engineering, optoelectronics etc. He is a chartered engineer registered under the engineering council, United Kingdom and a certified HRDF trainer with certificate no. TTT/14963. For research experience, he has actively involved in the solar cell material research, concentrator photovoltaic system, solar thermal and photovoltaic system, and concentrating solar power. For recognition, he has been honoured to receive Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM) 2018, Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) Science & Technology Award 2017, JCI Ten Young Outstanding Malaysian (TOYM) Award 2013, Fulbright Scholar Award 2015-16, Gold Award in PECIPTA’17, as well as UTAR Research Excellence Award 2010 and UTAR Innovation Excellence Award 2012 & 2014. To honour his contribution in academics & research, he has been elected as Fellow of Academy of Science Malaysia 2019, Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (AAET) 2018, Associate Fellow of AAET 2013, Global Young Academy 2014, Young Affiliate Fellow for The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 2011, Young Scientist Network-Academy of Science Malaysia 2012, and Honorary Treasury of Fulbright Alumni Association Malaysia. In addition, he was invited to showcase research product in main exhibition hall of Malaysia Pavilion – World Expo 2017 Astana with theme “Future Energy”, which is the largest exhibition in the world. For the community services, he is appointed as sub-group leader of Working Group on Solar Photovoltaic System (WG/E/8-1), SIRIM, and Accreditation Committee Member of Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA). For editorial services, he is Associate Editor of Frontiers in Energy Research (Frontiers: a Swiss-based open access publisher part of the Nature Publishing Group) ISI indexed journal with Impact Factor 4.008. Besides, he is also appointed as member of editorial board in International Journal of Photoenergy (Hindawi) listed ISI indexed journal with Impact Factor 2.113.