TEL
03-5712121 ext 56501
Student Affairs
蒙國光 Kwok Kong Tony Mong
Professor
TEL | 03-5712121#31521
Office |R533, SCBII
Email | tmong@nycu.edu.tw
Lab TEL | 03-5712121#56586
Education
2000-2002
Postdoctoral research associate, The Scripps Research Institute, California, U.S.A., (Prof. Chi-Huey Wong, advisor)
1997-2000
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Prof. Hak-Fun Chow, advisor)
1991-1995
B.S., Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Experiences
Academic Positions and other Experiences
2/2021-present
Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
8/2014-1/2021
Professor, National Chiao Tung University
8/2010-7/2014
Associate Professor, National Chiao Tung University
8/2005-7/2010
Assistant Professor, National Chiao Tung University
7/2004-7/2005
Senior scientist, Ilypsa Inc.,California, U.S.A.
2/2003-7/2004
Scientist, Symmx Inc, California, U.S.A.
Editorial Board Members
Editorial broad member of the Journal of Carbohydrate Research, Elsevier
Honors
- 2024 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (from Hong Kong), The New Phase Asian Core Program On Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia
- 2013 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (from Shanghai), The New Phase Asian Core Program On Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia
- 2012 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (from Japan), The New Phase Asian Core Program On Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia
- 2010 The outstanding research award for young scholar, the college of science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
Publication
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Xin-Ru Li, Janet Jia-Yin Tan, Chiao-Wen Chen, Jhen-Yan Huang, Hsien-Ya Lin, Boon Hee Goh, Keng-Chang Tsai, Chun-Hung Lin & Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “Synthesis of Acinetobacter baumannii Lipid A(s) and derivatives and their structure-immunostimulatory activity relationships” Communications Chemistry, volume 8, Article number: 234 (2025)
- Lihlih Ong; Hau-Ming Jan; Hong-Hanh Thi Le; Tsai-Chen Yang; Chou-Yu Kuo; Ai-Feng Feng; Kwok-Kong Tony Mong*; Chun-Hung Hans Lin* “Membrane Lipid Remodeling Eradicates Helicobacter pylori by Manipulating the Cholesteryl 6′-Acylglucoside Biosynthesis”, Journal of Biomedical Science, 2024, volume 31, Article number: 44 (2024)
- Cheng-Hsin Chiu, De-Yi Huang, Wei-Hsiang Ma, Yu-Xun Chen, Sih-Yu Yang, Yu-Chie Chen,* Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “Chemical Approach for Investigation of the Structure-Activity Relationship of Salmycin and Identification of a Glycan-based Analogue for Drug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus”, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2024, 366, 101–113
- Cheng-Hsin Chiu, Janet Jia-Yin Tan, Soumik Mondal, Chun-Hung Lin, Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “Sulfoglycolipids and Related Analogues of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Chemical Synthesis and Immunological Studies”, ChemMedChem., 18, 2023, e202300399
- I-Chen Lu, Kuang-Chun Cheng, Yi-Fang Wang, Chia-Wei Pan, Jan-Siang Hung, Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “Orthogonal Glycosylation with Phosphate Acceptors for Expeditious Synthesis of Bacterial Inner Core Oligosaccharides”, Chem.–Asian. J., 2023, 18 (15), e202300424
- Soumik Mondal, Chieh-Jen Tseng, Janet Jia-Yin Tan, Ding-Yuan Lin, Hsien-Ya Lin, Jui-Hsia Weng, Chun-Hung Lin*, and Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “Tunable Strategy for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Sulfoglycolipids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis To Elucidate the Structure and Immunomodulatory Property Relationships”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2023, 62, e202212514
- Chia-Chen Chang, Hau-Ming Jan, Chieh-Jen Tseng, Soumik Mondal, Andualem Bahiru Abera, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Tsai-Chen Yang, Sasikala Muthusamy, Sheng-Cih Huang, Chun-Hung Lin*, and Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “Metabolic Isolation, Stereochemical Determination, and Total Synthesis of Predominant Native Cholesteryl Phosphatidyl-α-glucoside from Carcinogenic Helicobacter pylori”, Org Lett, 2022, 24 (28) 5045–5050.
- Sasikala Muthusamy, Hau-Ming Jan, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Soumik Mondal, Wen-Chun Liu, Yi-An Ko, Wei-Yuan Yang, Kwok-Kong Tony Mong, Guang-Chao Chen, Chun-Hung Lin* “Enhanced enzymatic production of cholesteryl 6’-acylglucoside impairs lysosomal degradation for the intracellular survival of Helicobacter pylori” Journal of Biomedical Science, (2021) 28:72
- Kwok-Kong Tony Mong,* Kuang-Chun Cheng,† I-Chen Lu,† Chia-Wei Pan, Yi-Fang Wang, Li-Ching Shen“Cascade In Situ Phosphorylation and One-Pot Glycosylation for Rapid Synthesis of Heptose-Containing Oligosaccharides” The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 85, 24, 16060–16071. (This article is part of the A New Era of Discovery in Carbohydrate Chemistry special issue.)
- Kwok-Kong Tony Mong,* Tapan Kumar Pradhan,† Cheng-Hsin Chiu,† Wei-Cheng Hung,† Chao-Ju Chen, Yi-Fang Wang “(2-Ketulosonyl)onate 2,3-O-Thionocarbonate Donors for Synthesis of KO and KDO α-Glycosides and the One-Pot Glycosylation Method for 2-Keto Acid Donors” Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020, 7, 2179-2186
- Hau-Ming Jan, Yi-Chi Chen, Tsai-Chen Yang, Lih-Lih Ong, Chia-Chen Chang, Sasikala Muthusamy, Andualem Bahiru Abera, Ming-Shiang Wu, Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* and Chun-Hung Lin* “Cholesteryl α-D-glucoside 6-acyltransferase enhances the adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to gastric epithelium” Communications Biology, 2020, 3:120
- Cheng-Jhe Sie, Venukumar Patteti , Yi-Ru Yang and Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “General Strategy for the Diverse Syntheses of Anhydrolandomycinone, Tetrangulol, and Landomycinone” Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 1885-1888
- Yen-Chu Luke Lu, Bhaswati Ghosh, Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “Unusually Stable Picoloyl-protected Trimethylsilyl Glycosides for Non-symmetrical 1,1′-Glycosylation and Synthesis of 1,1′-Disaccharides with Diverse Configurations” Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 23(28), 6905-6918
- Hau-Ming Jan, Yi-Chi Chen, Yu-Yin Shih, Yu-Chen Huang, Zhijay Tu, Arun B. Ingle, Sheng-Wen Liu, Ming-Shiang Wu, Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, Kwok-Kong Tony Mong, Yet-Ran Chen and Chun-Hung Lin * “Metabolic labelling of cholesteryl glucosides in Helicobacter pylori reveals how uptake of human lipids enhances bacterial virulence”, Chemical Science, 2016, 7, 6208-6216
- Shaheen K. Mulani, Kuang-Chun Cheng, Kwok-Kong Tony Mong* “General Homologation Strategy for Synthesis of L-glycero- and D-glycero-Heptopyranoses”, Org Lett, 2015, 17 (22), 5536–5539
- Shao-Ru Lu, Yen-Hsun Lai, Jiun-Han Chen, Chih-Yueh Liu, and Kwok-Kong Tony Mong,* “Dimethylformamide: An Unusual Glycosylation Modulator” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2011, 50, 7315-7320
PATENT
- K.-K. T. Mong*, C.-S. Chao, S.-R. Lu, C.-Y. Liu, “a-Selective Glycosylation Method”a- 選擇性醣基化反應之方法 Pat. Appl. Publ. (2013) Taiwan 418563
BOOK CHAPTERS
- Kwok-Kong Tony Mong*, Toshiki Nokami, Nhut Thi Thanh Tran, and Pham Be Nhi, “Solvent Effects in Stereoselective Glycosylations”, Chapter 3. P.55-77, Selective Glycosylations – Synthetic Methods and Catalysts., First Edited by Clay S. Bennett, Publication Date: Febuary 2017, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA ISBN: 9783527339877 Number of Pages: 378
- Chih-Wei Chang, Chin-Sheng Chao, Chang-Ching Lin, Kwok-Kong T. Mong,* “Preparation of glycosyl chlorides from Glycopyranoses/Glycofuranoses under mild conditions”, Chapter 7 P.73-82 Carbohydrate Chemistry: Proven Synthetic Methods, Volume 1, Paul Kováč, Ed.; CRC Press, Publication Date: September 22, 2011 Cat. #:K12999 ISBN: 9781439866894 Number of Pages: 468
