BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Fun Man Fung is a trained Analytical Chemist. He earned his postgraduate degrees from NUS and Technische Universität München (TUM). As a passionate educator and aspiring change-maker, he has contributed articles for CNA Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, The Conversation, and the World Economic Forum. His research centers on STEAM Education, EdTech, Science of Learning, and 21st Century Skills.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
In 2022, Fun Man was elected council member of the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC), and he served on the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education since 2020. Since 2021, Fun Man served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board at the Journal of Chemical Education, ACS Publications. He is the founding chair of the ACS International Chemical Sciences Chapter Singapore.
Membership:
- WLA Young Scientists, World Laureates Association
- YSEALI Professional Fellows Program
- ASEM-DUO Wallonia-Brussels Fellowship Program
- Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Scholars Award Program
- CAS Future Leaders Program
Leadership:
- International Younger Chemists Network (Elected Secretary, 2019—2021).
- International Chemistry Olympiad steering committee (Elected member, 2014—2018 for two terms).
- ChemVoices, affiliated with the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry IUPAC, (Founding member).
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PUBLICATIONS
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2021
Teaching in Virtual Environments: Global Educational Development to Respond to Challenges and Opportunities of the COVID-19 Pandemic., Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal
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2021
Coding a Telegram Quiz Bot to Aid Learners in Environmental Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Education
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2021
University-wide chronotyping shows late-type students have lower grades, shorter sleep, poorer well-being, lower self-regulation, and more absenteeism, BioRxiv
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2020
Building an Interactive Immersive Virtual Reality Crime Scene for Future Chemists to Learn Forensic Science Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Education
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2020
A diverse view of science to catalyse change, Nature Chemistry
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2019
Bridges to the Future: Toward Future Ready Graduates in Chemistry Laboratories, Journal of Chemical Education
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2016
Seeing through my lenses: A GoPro approach to teach a laboratory module, Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Additionally, Dr Fung has co-edited two books on Chemistry Education:
- 10 Things You Must Know About the International Chemistry Olympiad (World Scientific) and
- Technology-Enabled Blended Learning Experiences for Chemistry Education and Outreach (Elsevier).
