Management Team

  • Eddie Yin Kwee Ng, PhD ()

    Assoc. Prof. Ng Yin Kwee joined IMR Press as Executive Editor in January 2022. He obtained a B.Eng (CL I) from Uni. of Newcastle upon Tyne; Ph.D at Cambridge Univ. with a Cambridge Commonwealth Scholarship; PG Diploma in Teaching Higher Edu., NIE-NTU.

    He is elected as Academician for European Academy of Sciences (EUAS, Greece); Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (FAIMBE, USA); Academician for European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA, EU); Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (FASME, USA); Fellow for the National Academy of Technology (FNAT, USA); Fellow of Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET, United Kingdom); Fellow of International Engineering and Technology Institute (FIETI, Hong Kong), Fellow of Asia-Pacific Technological Sciences Academy (FAPTSA, Hong Kong); Distinguished Fellow for Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, (DFIDSAI, China), and Academician for Academy of Pedagogy and Learning (USA).

    He co-edited 14 books in STEM areas. He is well-established in areas of research related to Biomedical engineering and Infrared physics & technology (with its application to clinical diagnosis of health abnormalities). The breadth of his activities includes AI in healthcare and infrared imaging. He is in the Stanford list of the World’s top 2% Scientists since 2019 (ranked 83 out of 64,425 as 0.001% in the field of Biomedical Engineering). He is also ranked # 6 (Worldwide) in Google Scholar under Biomedical, more than 18,700 (h-index: 71) with notable citations in BME-IRTP research.

    He is the Investigator & Awardee (2021) of HealthTEC Seed Grant from Singapore Health Technologies Consortium (NUS) and Principal Investigator & Awardee (2021) of International Healthy Longevity Catalyst Global Innovator by U.S. National Academy of Medicine, J&J and NRF. He is also an academic advisor to an open fund young individual researcher grants to Singapore NMRC grant. Eddie received 2022 Alumni Highly Commended Award from the VC of Newcastle upon Tyne University, UK for his contributions to the society and achievements as academia.

    Eddie was named the winner of the 2024 2nd IETI (International Engineering and Technology Institute) Ramesh Agarwal Lifetime Achievement Award in Science, Engineering or Technology. This award honors individuals with lifetime achievements in research, education, and service towards the advancement of any discipline of engineering and technology. The award committee quoted that the reason for his award is: For outstanding contributions in non-invasive, contactless, early detection of human health abnormality economically with infrared physics technology & advanced AI novel analysis (https://www.ieti.net/news/detail.aspx?id=351).

  • Guo-wei Tu, MD, PhD ()

    Prof. Dr. Guo-Wei Tu joined IMR Press in 2022. He obtained his MD degree in Medicine from Fudan University, China. In 2016, he was awarded the Chinese Young Investigator Award for research in critical care medicine. Dr. Tu was also awarded the titles of Excellent Academic Leader of Shanghai and Top Young Talent of Shanghai in 2020. He has published more than 70 articles in SCI-indexed journals and serves as a guest editor and editorial board member for many scientific journals, including BMC Medicine, Front Cardiovascular Medicine, , Cardiology Research and Practice et al.

  • Behrooz Astaneh, MD ()

    Experienced Head of Department with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Editing, Medical journalology, Public Speaking, Medical Publishing, Clinical Research, Workshop Presentation, and Copy Editing. Strong media and communication professional with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Medical Journalology degree from Westminster University, London, UK, and Health Research Methodology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Long-standing background and reputation in medical journal editorship at national and international level. Pioneer in academic medical journalology and publication by founding the first and unique Master of Science Program in medical publishing and journalology. Unique achievement by presenting more than 750 workshops on various aspects of medical jounalology, scientific writing, medical publishing, and publication ethics at national and international levels.

  • Kate Liu, MSc ()

    Ms. Kate Liu joined IMR Press as the Managing Editor of Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark in March 2021. She holds a Master degree in Environmental Engineering from Zhejiang University, P.R. China. She served as the Managing Editor of Journal of Personalized Medicine in 2019 and Journal of Clinical Medicine in 2020.

  • Hanrik (Weijian) Dong, MSc ()

    Hanrik Dong, an MSc graduate from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, joined IMR Press in 2019. He previously served as the managing editor for the 'Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark' and the 'Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine'. Hanrik has accumulated extensive experience in peer review, content acquisition, and publishing ethics.