Awards & Recognitions

2025

Minhua SHAO
The Electrochemical Society - 2026 Energy Technology Division Research Award
Head and Chair Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering|Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Energy Engineering and Environment|Director of HKUST Energy Institute|Director of Joint Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy
Prof. Junwei LIU
National Natural Science Foundation of China/RGC Collaborative Research Scheme 2025/26
Associate Professor, Department of Physics|Director of IAS Center for Quantum Matter
Prof. RAO Anyi
Assistant Professor of Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) and Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA)
Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK
Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Science (Research)|Professor, Division of Social Science, Division of Public Policy|Associate Director of Center for Aging Science|Associate Director of Leadership and Public Policy Executive Education
Prof. Alex HE Jingwei
Professor, Division of Public Policy (PPOL)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prof. Fumin ZHANG
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Acting Head and Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering|Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Ocean Science|Director of Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute|Director of HKUST-Bright Dream Robotics Joint Research Institute|Director of HKUST-Wuxi Joint Laboratory for Robotic Embodied Dexterity and Intelligence|Associate Director of Low Altitude Economy Research Center
Prof. YU Jianzhen
Chair Professor, ENVR; Discipline(s): Chemistry (#2365 globally; #423 nationally) and Environmental Sciences (#604 globally; #55 nationally)
Prof. Kar Yan TAM
World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists 2025 by Stanford University
Vice-President for Administration and Business and Chair Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management|Chair Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management|Acting Director of HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies|Associate Director of Institute for Financial Research