Awards & Recognitions
2025
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
National Natural Science Foundation of China/RGC Collaborative Research Scheme 2025/26
Associate Professor, Department of Physics|Director of IAS Center for Quantum Matter
Assistant Professor of Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) and Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA)
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
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Chair Professor, ENVR; Discipline(s): Chemistry (#2365 globally; #423 nationally) and Environmental Sciences (#604 globally; #55 nationally)
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