Selected Faculty Achievements

HKUST’s scholars are recognized by globally accredited institutions for their seminal contributions in research discoveries or knowledge transfer activities. Since 2017, HKUST has organized an annual Faculty Recognition Ceremony to honor and celebrate the achievements of our faculty in the previous academic year. 

Prof Benzhong Tang

Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering

Prof Tang received the State Natural Science Award (First Class) in recognition for his outstanding achievements in research on aggregation-induced emission. His discovery has significantly contributed to life science, medicine and applied science. The State Natural Science Award, First Class, is the highest honor in China’s natural science community. Prof Tang is the first recipient of the First Class award at HKUST and the second Hong Kong scientist who has earned the honor since Hong Kong’s participation in SNSA in 1989.

Prof Mingjie Zhang

Adjunct Professor, Division of Life Science

Prof Zhang received the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Award for 2018-19. He will dedicate the reward to the study of the formation mechanism of synapses, the basic unit of neuronal circuits in the brain, that could pave the way for future drug development in curing mental illnesses. The Croucher Senior Research Fellowships scheme was first introduced in 1997 and is awarded to local academics who have excelled in scientific research work. Funds are awarded to the universities of the fellowship recipients, enabling the university to recruit replacement teachers to take over the award winner’s duties for the period of the fellowship. This enables the awardees to devote more time and effort to research work.

2018/19 - 2019/20
2017/18
2016/17

  • Prof Gary Chan

    Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    Outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19

  • Prof Guanghao Chen

    Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Received a large-scale grant from RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 9th Round (2019/20), the Bronze Medal of the 2018 International Water Association Project Innovation Awards in the category of Breakthroughs in Research and Development, and the Gold Award of the 2018 Hong Kong Green Innovations Awards

  • Prof Kai Chen

    Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    Received a large-scale grant from RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 10th Round (2020/21)

  • Prof Ying Ju Chen

    Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management and the Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

    Appointed as Senior Editor of the Production and Operations Management Society in 2018

  • Prof Tim Cheng

    Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    Received a large-scale grant from InnoHK Clusters Program to establish the AI Chip Center for Emerging Smart Systems, and the Pan Wen Yuan Foundation Award for Outstanding Research in 2020

  • Prof Roger Cheng

    Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Outstanding contribution to the development of online education

  • Prof Xi Dai

    Chair Professor in the Department of Physics

    Received the 2019 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials; identified as 2018 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics, and elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018

  • Prof Julian Mcallister Groves

    Associate Professor of Social Science Education and Senior Lecturer in the Division of Social Science

    Awarded the 2019 Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching

  • Prof Xuhui Huang

    Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Received the 16th China Youth Science and Technology Award

  • Prof Pan Hui

    Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    Elected International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2020, and Member of Academia Europaea (the Academy of Europe) in 2019

  • Prof Nancy Ip

    The Morningside Professor of Life Science and Chair Professor in the Division of Life Science

    Received the 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Professional Validation Council of Hong Kong Industries; elected Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in 2019; received a large-scale grant from InnoHK Clusters Program to establish the Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, and 2019 AmCham Women of Influence Awards in the category of “Leading Women in STEM” presented by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham)

  • Prof Hoi Sing Kwok

    Visiting Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Received the 2019 Jan Rajchman Prize by the Society for Information Display

  • Prof Kei May Lau

    Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Received the 2020 Nick Holonyak Jr. Award presented by the Optical Society of America

  • Prof Kam Tuen Law

    Professor in the Department of Physics

    Elected RGC Research Fellow 2020-21 by Research Grants Council

  • Prof Ricky Lee

    Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Received the 2019 Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award by IEEE Electronics Packaging Society

  • Prof Anthony Leung

    Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Awarded the 2019 Excellent Young Scientists Fund by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; received the Bright Spark Award presented by the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in 2019

  • Prof Yingying Li

    Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management and the Department of Finance

    Awarded the 2019 Excellent Young Scientists Fund by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

  • Prof Zexiang Li

    Collin Lam Ko Yin Professor of Engineering and Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Received a large-scale grant from InnoHK Clusters Program to establish the Hong Kong Center for Construction Robotics

  • Prof Song Lin

    Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing

    Received the 2020 Weitz-Winer-O’Dell Award presented by the American Marketing Association

  • Prof Jia Liu

    Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing

    Received the 2018 John D.C. Little Award presented by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

  • Prof Jianmei Liu

    Professor in the Division of Humanities

    Received the Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship 2020/21

  • Prof Ming Liu

    Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    Outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19

  • Prof Charles Ng

    CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability and Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Received a large-scale grant from RGC Areas of Excellence Scheme 8th Round (2018/19); elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2020

  • Prof Ping Sheng

    Dr William M W Mong Professor of Nanoscience and Chair Professor in the Department of Physics

    Elected Member of Hong Kong Academy of Sciences in 2019, and Honorary Member and Fellow of Physical Society of Hong Kong in 2020

  • Prof Richard So

    Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19

  • Prof Shenghui Song

    Assistant Professor in the Division of Integrative Systems and Design and the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Received the 2018 Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching

  • Prof Benzhong Tang

    Stephen Kam Chuen Cheong Professor of Science and Chair Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Selected as CCTV Innovation and Technology Person of the Year 2018 by the Chinese Central Television (CCTV); identified as 2018 and 2019 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics; awarded the 2018 CASNN Lifetime Award by the Chinese American Society of Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (CASNN); elected 2020 Class of Fellow (Chemical Sciences) of World Academy of Sciences

  • Prof Ching Tang

    IAS Bank of East Asia Professor and Chair Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Physics

    Received the 2019 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology presented by The Inamori Foundation, the 2018 C&C Prize presented by NEC C&C Foundation, and Progress Award for 2019 presented by the Photographic Society of America

  • Prof Jiguang Wang

    Assistant Professor in the Division of Life Science and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Recognized as contributor to one of China’s Top 10 Advances in Life Sciences in 2018 by the Chinese Union of Life Science Societies; awarded the 2019 Excellent Young Scientists Fund by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; selected as Asian Universities Alliance Scholar for the year 2020-21

  • Prof Weijia Wen

    Professor in the Department of Physics

    Outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19

  • Prof Zilong Wen

    Professor in the Division of Life Science

    Recipient of the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Award for 2019-20

  • Prof Henry Yan

    Professor in the Department of Chemistry

    Elected RGC Research Fellow 2020-21 by Research Grants Council; received the 2020 Xplorer Prize by Tencent Foundation; identified as 2019 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics

  • Prof Hai Yang

    Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Received the 2020 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award presented by American Society of Civil Engineers

  • Prof King Lun Yeung

    Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Division of Environment and Sustainability

    Outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19

  • Prof Mingjie Zhang

    Adjunct Professor in the Division of Life Science

    Recognized as contributor to one of the Best of Cell articles in 2018; received a highly competitive three-year grant from the Human Frontier Science Program based in France to investigate the molecular mechanism

  • Prof Tianshou Zhao

    Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering and Environment and Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Awarded the 2018 Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Scientific and Technological Advancement, and the 2018 Best Paper Award presented by the Chinese Academy of Sciences; appointed as Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer; identified as 2018 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics; elected Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2019

  • Dr Jason Chan

    Lecturer II in the Department of Chemistry

    Awarded the 2018 University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award under the category of Early Career Faculty Members

  • Prof Man Sun Chan

    Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Awarded the 2017 IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award

  • Prof Simon Chan

    Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Division of Environment and Sustainability

    Awarded the 2017 Research Article of the Year in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. He was also the recipient of the 2018 Chemical Research in Toxicology Young Investigator Award

  • Prof Nancy Ip

    The Morningside Professor of Life Science; Chair Professor, Division of Life Science

    Received a large-scale grant from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 8th Round (2018/19) for the proposal of "A Stem Cell Approach to Dissect the Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases"

  • Prof Joseph Lee

    Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, Division of Public Policy and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Received the First Prize of 2017 Hong Kong Construction Industry Council (CIC) Innovation Award in the Construction Sustainability Category; also elected as one of seven Invisible Silent Superheroes by the Institution of Civil Engineers Hong Kong Association

  • Prof Yingying Li

    Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management and Department of Finance

    Elected as a Fellow of the Society for Financial Econometrics in 2017

  • Prof Zexiang Li

    Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Received the 2019 IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award

  • Prof Charles W W Ng

    CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability; Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Elected as President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) in 2017; and also recipient of the 2017 Telford Premium Award and 2017 Prix R M Quigley Award (Honorable Mention)

  • Prof Tuan Anh Nguyen

    Assistant Professor, Division of Life Science

    Received the Croucher Innovation Award 2018

  • Prof Ding Pan

    Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry

    Received the Croucher Innovation Award 2018

  • Prof David Paul Rossiter

    Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    Awarded the 2017 Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching

  • Prof Ping Sheng

    Dr William M W Mong Professor of Nanoscience; Chair Professor, Department of Physics

    Awarded the 2018 Rolf Landauer Medal, awarded by the International Association for the Science of Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media (ETOPIM)

  • Prof Benzhong Tang
    Stephen Kam Chuen Cheong Professor of Science and Chair Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

    Received the First-class State Natural Science Award 2017 and 2017 Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation

  • Prof Kar Yan Tam
    Chair Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

    Elected as President of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools; also received a large-scale grant from the RGC Themed-based Research Scheme 8th Round (2018/19) for the proposal of "Contributing to the Development of Hong Kong into a Global Fintech Hub"

  • Prof Ching Tang
    IAS Bank of East Asia Professor; Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics

    Inducted to the US National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2018; recipient of the 2018 Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from the University of Hong Kong

  • Prof Xiaogang Wu

    Chair Professor, Department of Social Science

    Elected as Inaugural President of the International Chinese Sociological Association

  • Prof Mingjie Zhang

    Kerry Holdings Professor of Science and Chair Professor in the Division of Life Science

    Received the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Award for 2018-19

  • Prof Tianshou Zhao

    Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering and Environment; Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Received a large-scale grant from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 7th Round (2017/18) for the proposal of "Creation of Rechargeable Electron-fuels for Stationary Power Supplies and Electric Vehicles"

  • Prof Ching Tang

    IAS Bank of East Asia Professor; Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics

    Received the IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal 2017

  • Prof Shengwang Du

    Professor, Department of Physics

    Awarded Second Prize (Entrepreneurial Category) in the 5th China Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition (Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Regions) in October 2016

  • Prof Jianping Gan

    Chair Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability and Department of Mathematics

    Received a large-scale grant from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 6th Round (2016/17) for the proposal of "Diagnosis and prognosis of intensifying eutrophication, hypoxia and the ecosystem consequences around Hong Kong waters: Coupled physical-biogeochemical-pollution studies"

  • Prof Nancy Ip

    The Morningside Professor of Life Science; Chair Professor, Division of Life Science

    Received a large-scale grant from the RGC Area of Excellence Scheme 7th Round (2016/17) for the proposal of "Cellular mechanisms of synaptic functions and plasticity in health and neurodegenerative diseases"

  • Prof Danny Leung

    Assistant Professor, Division of Life Science

    Received the Croucher Innovation Award 2017

  • Prof Peiyuan Qian

    David von Hansemann Professor of Science; Chair Professor, Division of Life Science

    Received the Second-class State Natural Science Award 2016

  • Prof Benzhong Tang

    Stephen Kam Chuen Cheong Professor of Science; Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry

    Recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher 2016 by Thomson Reuters

  • Prof Mingjie Zhang

    Kerry Holdings Professor of Science; Chair Professor, Division of Life Science

    Received the Sing Tao Daily's 2016 Leader of the Year Award in the Education / Professors / Technology and Innovation Category

  • Prof Guanghao Chen

    Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Received the National Innovation Pioneer Award 2017

  • Prof Pascale Fung

    Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Received the 2017 Outstanding Women Professionals and Entrepreneurs Award

  • Prof Guillermo Gallego

    Crown Worldwide Professor of Engineering; Chair Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management

    Awarded the 2016 Impact Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

  • Prof Mohamed Ghidaoui

    Chinese Estates Professor of Engineering; Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Received a large-scale grant from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 5th Round (2015/16) for the proposal of "Smart Urban Water Supply Systems (Smart UWSS)"

  • Prof Kei May Lau

    Fang Professor of Engineering; Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

    Received the IEEE Photonics Society (IPS) 2017 Aron Kressel Award

  • Prof Charles W W Ng

    CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability; Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Received a large-scale grant from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 5th Round (2015/16) for the proposal of "Understanding Debris Flow Mechanisms and Mitigating Risks for a Sustainable Hong Kong"

  • Prof Fugee Tsung

    Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

    Elected as a 2017 Fellow of American Statistical Association (ASA)

  • Prof Tianshou Zhao

    Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering and Environment; Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher 2016 by Thomson Reuters

  • Prof James Thong

    Michael Jebsen Professor of Business; Chair Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

    Received the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Fellow Award 2016

  • Prof Cameron Campbell

    Professor, Division of Social Science

    Named as a Changjiang Scholar for 2017-2019

  • Prof Jenny Leigh Smith

    Associate Professor, Division of Humanities

    Honored as an Andrew Carnegie Fellow for 2017-2019

  • Prof Alexis Lau

    Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Received a grant award from PRAISE HK - Personal Air Quality Solutions of HSBC 150th Anniversary Charity Program (announced in September 2016)

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