Kong Wong

2022-2023 Guest Lecturer, TRIO Scholars Course, Washington University in St. Louis. Description: TRIO is a federally funded U.S. Department of Education program focused on supporting first-generation, low income, and/or students with disabilities. Presented a 45-minute lecture on types of research, career paths within research, and advice on finding an undergraduate research position.

2018-2019 Grad Groups Leader, Georgia Institute of Technology Description: Grad Groups or GT6000 is a one-credit hour, pass-fail course for new graduate students during the first 8 weeks of the fall semester. I prepared discussion materials, such as articles, YouTube videos, and interactive activities, focused on topics including building community, mentor/advising relationships, professional development, stress/time management, resilience, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development.

2015-2016 Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology Courses: Unit Operations/Bioprocesses Laboratory, Separation Processes, Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering 

Wong, K.M.,* Griffiths, M.,* Moran, A., Johnston, A., Liu, A.E., Sellers, M., Topp, C.N. Cover crop cultivars and species differ in root traits potentially impacting their selection for ecosystem services. Plant and Soil. In press. *Invited Submission. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023- 06431-7

2. Liu, R., Dong, X., Seroski, D.T., Soto Morales, B., Wong, K.M., Robang, A.S., Melgar, L., Angelini, T.E., Paravastu, A.K., Hall, C.K., Hudalla, G.A. Side-chain chemistry governs hierarchical order of charge-complementary β-sheet peptide co-assemblies. Angewandte Chemie. In press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202314531 Kong M. Wong Page 2

3. Griffiths, M., Delory, B.M., Jawahir, V., Wong, K.M., Bagnall, G.C., Dowd, T.G., Nusinow, D.A., Miller, A.J., Topp, C.N. (2022) Optimization of root traits to provide enhanced ecosystem services in agricultural systems: a focus on cover crops. Plant, Cell & Environment, 45, 751-770. *Invited Review; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14247

4. Wong, K.M., Robang, A.S., Lint, A.H., Wang, Y., Dong, X., Xiao, X., Seroski, D.T., Liu, R., Shao, Q., Hudalla, G.A., Hall, C.K., Paravastu, A.K. (2021) Engineering β-Sheet Peptide Coassemblies for Biomaterial Applications. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 13599-13609. *Invited perspective; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04873

5. Xiao, X., Wang, Y., Seroski, D.T., Wong, K.M., Liu, R., Paravastu, A.K., Hudalla, G.A., Hall, C.K. (2021) De novo design of peptides that coassemble into β sheet-based nanofibrils. Science Advances, 7, eabf7668. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf7668

6. Wong, K.M., Shao, Q., Wang, Y., Seroski, D.T., Liu, R., Lint, A.H., Hudalla, G.A., Hall, C.K., Paravastu, A.K. (2021) CATCH Peptides Coassemble into Structurally Heterogeneous β-Sheet Nanofibers with Little Preference to β-Strand Alignment. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 4004-4015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c11645

7. Seroski, D.T., Dong, X., Wong, K.M., Liu, R., Shao, Q., Paravastu, A.K., Hall, C.K., Hudalla, G.A. (2020) Charge guides pathway selection in β-sheet fibrillizing peptide co-assembly. Communications Chemistry, 3, 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-020-00414-w

8. Tsoras, A.N., Wong, K.M., Paravastu, A.K., Champion, J.A. (2020) Rational Design of Antigen Incorporation into Subunit Vaccine Biomaterials Can Enhance Antigen-Specific Immune Responses. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 1547. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01547

9. Shao, Q.,* Wong, K.M.,* Seroski, D.T.,* Wang, Y., Liu, R., Paravastu, A.K., Hudalla, G.A., Hall, C.K. (2020) Anatomy of a selectively coassembled β-sheet peptide nanofiber. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 4710-4717. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1912810117

10. Wong, K.M., Wang, Y., Seroski, D.T., Larkin, G.E., Mehta, A.K., Hudalla, G.A., Hall, C.K., Paravastu, A.K. (2020) Molecular complementarity and structural heterogeneity within co-assembled peptide β-sheet nanofibers. Nanoscale, 12, 4506-4518. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr08725g

11. Roberts, E.K., Wong, K.M., Lee, E.J., Le, M.M., Patel, D.M., Paravastu, A.K. (2018) Post-assembly α-helix to β-sheet structural transformation within SAF-p1/p2a peptide nanofibers. Soft Matter, 14, 8985-8996. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01754a

12. Morris, J.D., Wong, K.M., Penaherrera, C.D., Payne, C.K. (2016) Mechanism of the biomolecular synthesis of PEDOT:PSS: importance of heme degradation by hydrogen peroxide. Biomaterials science, 4, 2, 331-337. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c5bm00399g * denotes equal contribution

Co-PD: Program: USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Topp, C.N. (PD), Guan, K. (co-PD), Peng, B. (co-PD), Wong, K.M. (co-PD), Wang, S. (co-PD), Griffiths, M. (co-PD) Enhancing cover crop foundational knowledge for soil dynamics and corn production through advanced root phenomics, species diversity, and agroecosystem modeling Pending (03/2024-02/2027) Award amount: $650,000

 PD: Program: USDA-NIFA AFRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Wong, K.M. (PI) Combining protein simulations and gene-editing for fine-tune modulation of Pennycress growth and development Pending (01/2024-12/2025) Award amount: $225,000

Contributor: Program: Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute Fund (Internal) Chris Topp (PI), Blake Meyers (co-PI), Doug Allen (co-PI), Kong Wong, Ryan DelPercio, Stewart Morley, Shayla Gunn Resolving spatial patterns in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis through an integrative phenotyping and biomolecular experimental pipeline Pending (1/2024-12/2024) Award amount: $100,000

Contributor: Program: NSF RAISE Hall, C.K. (PI), Paravastu, A.K. (co-PI), Hudalla, G.A. (co-PI) Design of Co-Assembling Peptides as Recombinant Protein Fusion Tags for Integrating Enzymes into Supra-molecular Hydrogels. Funded (10/2017- 07/2020) Paravastu’s portion of award: $300,000.