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Andrew Glen COHEN 高漢安
Department of Physics

IAS Professor
Chair Professor

Tel:
(852) 2358 5060
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Particle physics
Electroweak superconductivity
Charge parity (CP) violation
Symmetries of nature
Angela Ruohao WU 吳若昊
Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Associate Professor
Associate Director of Center for Epigenomics Research

Tel:
(852) 3469 2577
Area of Expertise:
Genomics
Cancer genomics
Systems biology
Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Single particle / molecule / cell studies
Beifang CHEN 陳北方
Department of Mathematics

Professor

Tel:
(852) 2358 7449
Area of Expertise:
Combinatorics
Graph theory
Geometry
Topology
Can YANG 楊燦
Department of Mathematics

Dr Tai-chin Lo Associate Professor of Science
Associate Professor
Associate Director of Big Data for Bio Intelligence Laboratory

Tel:
(852) 2358 7462
Area of Expertise:
Statistical machine learning
Applied statistics
Che Ting CHAN 陳子亭
Department of Physics

Interim Director of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
Daniel C K Yu Professor of Science
Chair Professor
Director of Research Office

Tel:
(852) 2358 7487
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Theoretical physics
Metamaterials
Material simulations
Photonic crystals
Computational physics
Chun LIANG 梁純
Division of Life Science

Associate Professor

Tel:
(852) 2358 7296
Area of Expertise:
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication
Cell cycle control
Cancer
Biotechnology
Danny Chi Yeu LEUNG 梁子宇
Division of Life Science

Associate Professor
Director of Center for Epigenomics Research

Tel:
(852) 3469 2494
Area of Expertise:
Cancer genomics
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
Genome biology
Chromatin structure
Henry He YAN 顏河
Department of Chemistry

Chair Professor
Director of HKUST-Kaisa Joint Research Institute
Associate Director of HKUST Energy Institute

Tel:
(852) 2358 7366
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Polymer chemistry
Perovskite solar cell
Organic chemistry
Organic solar cells
Renewable energy
Ho Bun CHAN 陳浩斌
Department of Physics

Professor
Director of Materials Characterization and Preparation Facility

Tel:
(852) 2358 7493
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Nanomechanical systems
Ho Yi MAK 麥晧怡
Division of Life Science

Associate Dean of Science (Student Recruitment)
Associate Professor
Director of Biosciences Central Research Facility

Tel:
(852) 2358 8785
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Cell biology
Fat storage
Organelle structure and function
Metabolic diseases
Caenorhabditis elegans
Hongbin LIU 劉紅斌
Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science

Chair Professor
Program Director of MSc in Environmental Health and Safety

Tel:
(852) 2358 7341
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Marine plankton ecology
Microbial food web dynamics
Biodiversity
Global change biology
Jianfeng CAI 蔡劍鋒
Department of Mathematics

Professor

Tel:
(852) 3469 2248
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Computational harmonic analysis
Image processing
Data analysis
Optimization
Numerical linear algebra
Jianping GAN 甘劍平
Department of Mathematics, Department of Ocean Science, Division of Environment and Sustainability

Head and Chair Professor
Chair Professor
Director of Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macau
Director of Joint Lab for Coastal Observation and Modeling
Director of Ocean Dynamics and Modeling Program

Tel:
(852) 2358 7421
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Ocean circulation and ecosystem modeling
Computational fluid dynamics
Physical oceanography
Ocean circulation and ecosystem
Regional climate change modeling
Jianzhen YU 郁建珍
Department of Chemistry, Division of Environment and Sustainability

Chair Professor
Director of Atmospheric Research Center

Tel:
(852) 2358 7389
Area of Expertise:
Aerosol chemistry
Analytical chemistry
Atmospheric applications
Environmental analysis
Atmospheric science
Environmental chemistry/instrumentation
Urban ozone formation chemistry
Jimmy Chi Hung FUNG 馮志雄
Division of Environment and Sustainability, Department of Mathematics

Associate Provost (Teaching & Learning)
Chair Professor
Program Director of MSc in Mathematics for Educators
Associate Director of Atmospheric Research Center
Associate Director of Institute for the Environment

Tel:
(852) 2358 7419
Area of Expertise:
Atmospheric science and weather prediction
Regional climate change and variability
Multi-scale air quality modeling
Computational fluid dynamics
Environmental sustainability
Jinqing HUANG 黃晉卿
Department of Chemistry

Associate Professor

Tel:
(852) 3469 2627
Area of Expertise:
Single molecule manipulation
Raman spectroscopy
Protein folding
Biophysical chemistry
Kai LIU 劉凱
Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Cheng Professor of Science
Professor
Associate Director of HKUST-Nan Fung Life Sciences Joint Laboratory
Associate Director of Laboratory Animal Facility

Tel:
(852) 2358 7277
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Molecular mechanisms regulating axon regeneration
Kam Sing WONG 黃錦聖
Department of Physics

Professor

Tel:
(852) 2358 7475
Area of Expertise:
Spectroscopy
Nonlinear optics
Nanostructures
Photo-physics of organic and inorganic materials
Kam Tuen LAW 羅錦團
Department of Physics

Associate Dean of Science (Research & Graduate Studies)
Chair Professor
Associate Director of Center for Quantum Materials
Associate Director of Center for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Tel:
(852) 2358 7970
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Condensed matter physics
Electronic structure
Superconductors
Quantum states
Karl Wah Keung TSIM 詹華強
Division of Life Science

Chair Professor
Director of Center for Chinese Medicine Research and Development
Director of HKUST Shenzhen Center for Chinese Medicine
Program Director of MSc in Drug Regulatory Affairs and Policy

Tel:
(852) 2358 7332
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Agricultural and domestic animal services
Cellular and molecular mechanisms
Food science and technology
Molecular and cellular neuroscience
Kin Yin LI 李健賢
Department of Mathematics

Senior Lecturer

Tel:
(852) 2358 7420
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Complex function theory
Hilbert space operator theory
Functional analysis
King Lau CHOW 周敬流
Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Public Policy

Acting Dean of Students
Professor
Director of the Center for the Development of the Gifted and Talented
Program Director of BSc in Individualized Interdisciplinary Major Program

Tel:
(852) 2358 7342
Area of Expertise:
Genetics
Evolutionary biology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms
Developmental biology
Sensory organ differentiation
Kun XU 徐昆
Department of Mathematics, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Head and Chair Professor
Stephen Kam Chuen Cheong Professor of Science
Chair Professor

Tel:
(852) 2358 7433
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Computational fluid dynamics
High-order compact schemes for Navier-Stokes equations
Multiscale modeling and gas-kinetic schemes
Non-equilibrium transport and rarefied flow
Ning WANG 王寧
Department of Physics

Chair Professor
Director of Center for Quantum Materials

Tel:
(852) 2358 7489
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Nanostructures
Electron microscopy
Peiyuan QIAN 錢培元
Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science

David von Hansemann Professor of Science
Chair Professor
Director of Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Lab (Guangzhou)

Tel:
(852) 2358 7331
Area of Expertise:
Omics of deep-sea marine invertebrates
Marine molecular ecology
Marine nature products (genome mining-based)
Qinglu ZENG 曾慶璐
Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science

Associate Professor
Director of Center for Evolution and Health
PG Programs Coordinator (Ocean Science)

Tel:
(852) 2358 8701
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Cyanobacteria
Virology
Marine bacteria
Environmental microbiology
Marine microbial ecology
Sai Kit YEUNG 楊世傑
Division of Integrative Systems and Design, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Ocean Science

Professor
PG Programs Coordinator (Integrative Systems and Design)

Tel:
(852) 3469 2796
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Computer vision
Computer graphics
Computational design
Computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD / CAM)
Shing Yu LEUNG 梁承裕
Department of Mathematics

Professor

Tel:
(852) 2358 7414
Area of Expertise:
Applied mathematics
Computational mathematics
Nonlinear partial differential equations
Scientific computation
Stanley Chun Kwan LAU 劉振鈞
Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science, Division of Environment and Sustainability

Associate Professor
Director of Ocean Research Facility
UG Programs Coordinator (Ocean Science)
Program Co-Director of MSc in Global Marine Resources Management

Tel:
(852) 2358 7329
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Marine bacteria
Environmental microbiology
Marine pollution
Marine microbial ecology
Tom CHEUNG 張曉東
Division of Life Science

Associate Head and Professor
Director of Biotechnology Research Institute
Director of HKUST-MGI Joint Research Center
Director of HKUST-Nan Fung Life Sciences Joint Laboratory
Associate Director of Biosciences Central Research Facility
Associate Director of HKUST-Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Joint Research Center for Brain Science

Tel:
(852) 2358 7306
Area of Expertise:
Aging
Muscle stem cells
Single particle / molecule / cell studies
Muscular dystrophy
Stem cell biology
Tsz Ho Frederick FONG 方子豪
Department of Mathematics

Associate Professor
UG Programs Coordinator (Mathematics)

Tel:
(852) 3469 2243
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Differential geometry
Geometric analysis
Geometric flows
Complex geometry
Xi DAI 戴希
Department of Physics

Dr William M W Mong Professor of Nanoscience
Chair Professor
Senior Fellow

Tel:
(852) 2358 7479
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Strongly correlated materials
Computational materials science
Quantum magnetism
Superconductors
Unconventional superconductors
Yan WANG 王岩
Department of Ocean Science

Assistant Professor

Tel:
(852) 3469 2801
Area of Expertise:
Geophysical fluid dynamics
Physical oceanography
Turbulence
Computational fluid dynamics
Nonlinear dynamics
Yi WANG 王一
Department of Physics

Professor
PG Programs Coordinator (Physics)
Associate Director of Space Science and Technology Institute

Tel:
(852) 3469 2430
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Cosmology
High energy physics
Yuan YAO 姚遠
Department of Mathematics, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Professor

Tel:
(852) 2358 7461
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Statistical machine learning
Applied mathematics