Rate My Professor Benjamin Heng

Benjamin Heng is a Research Fellow in the School of Medical Sciences within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. He completed his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of New South Wales in 2011, followed by postdoctoral training at UNSW in 2012. His research specializations include the kynurenine pathway in human breast cancer immunobiology, tryptophan metabolism, cancer biology, and neuroinflammatory disorders such as multiple sclerosis and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). He has contributed to studies mapping the complexity of ME/CFS and exploring shared mechanisms with long COVID.

Heng holds an additional affiliation as Honorary Research Fellow at Macquarie Medical School. He serves as Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Tryptophan Research and has editorial roles including Associate Editor for Breast Cancer. His work has been published in journals such as Oncotarget and Cell Reports Medicine, with a 2025 publication on abnormal kynurenine pathway metabolism in ME/CFS. Heng maintains an active research profile with contributions to funded projects and service leadership in his field.