His laboratory is focused on microscale technologies and 3D printing for drug delivery and tissue engineering. Dr. Kang has published 3 books, 5 book chapters, 68 peer-reviewed papers (54 as the main author), 81 abstracts and filed 7 patent applications (2 granted and 3 licensed). His work has been published in leading journals such as Advanced Drug Delivery Review, Journal of Controlled release, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Advanced Functional Materials, Biofabrication, Biomaterials Science. He has been awarded A$21 million in research grants.

He is highly interested in innovation. Three of his patents have been licensed to 3 companies, including 2 start-ups, for drug testing (skinetrate.com ) and drug delivery (nusmetics.com), led by his doctorate students and postdoctoral researchers. In addition, another doctorate student also started his own company on pharmaceutical 3D printing (crafthealth.me). He is committed in training students. He has supervised 11 postgraduate students. He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.