Dr. Woo is an academic and researcher who currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Universiti Malaya. He received his B.Sc. (First Class Honours), M.Sc. and Ph.D in Advanced Materials from Universiti Malaya (UM). Prior to joining UM in 2014, Dr. Woo gained valuable experience in industry, teaching, and research through his work in the private sector and two private universities in Malaysia.

His primary research interests focus on the design and development of functional materials, which includes batteries (LIBs, SIBs), supercapacitors (EDLC, hybrid supercapacitors, Sodium-ion capacitors), polymer electrolytes, solar cells (DSSCs, QDSSCs), plasma technology and radiation. Dr. Woo's scholarship record is impressive, with over 2500 citations and an h-index of 23 (Google Scholar). He has published over 70 research papers such as Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Energy Chemistry and ACS Materials Letters, and has secured 22 research funds from University of Malaya (RU grant), Malaysian government funding agencies (FRGS, PRGS), international fund from Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development (AOARD), Japan and Southeast Asia and Taiwan Universities (SATU) JRS, as PI and Co-PI. Moreover, he has successfully supervised the completion of 6 Ph.D. and 4 Master's Degree research candidates.

Owing to his expertise in the field, he has served as a Visiting Professor to Harbin Engineering University, Universitas Sebelas Maret and Sharda University. Dr. Woo is the winner of many awards such as best flash-talk presenter of ICFMD2015, diamond award of I-Idea 2016, gold medal of Iiidjohor 2017, gold medal of Indes 2017, gold medal of Iriise 2018, gold medal of ITEX2023 and silver medal of MTE2024. In addition to his research work, Dr. Woo is also an active member of the academic community. He has delivered more than 35 keynote/invited/oral talks at international conferences, serving as reviewer for over 40 international journals, treasurer of Institut of Physics, Malaysia (2017-present), External Assessor (EA) for Physics Academic Program at private university. and has been involved in organizing international conferences such as ICFMD 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2024; Solar Asia 2013; APPC 2019, ICFPAM 2019 & AAPPS-DPP2024.