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.
2023
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics
Named 2022 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
New Bright Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Received the IEEE Communications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award
Received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of Johannesburg
Received major funding support from the RGC Areas of Excellence Scheme 2022/23
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Awarded the Asian Young Scientist Fellowship 2023
Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Received major funding support from the RGC Strategic Topics Grant 2023/24
Dr William M W Mong Professor of Nanoscience and Chair Professor in the Department of Physics
Elected RGC Senior Research Fellow 2023/24
Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Awarded the Xplorer Prize 2022 supported by Tencent Foundation
Awarded the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2022
Chair Professor in the Division of Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Mathematics
Received the Gold Award in the Public Sector and Social Innovation category of the Asia Smart App Awards 2022/23
Chair Professor in the Department of Ocean Science, the Department of Mathematics, and the Division of Environment and Sustainability
Received major funding support from the RGC Areas of Excellence Scheme 2023/24
Assistant Professor in the Department of Ocean Science
Named 2022 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fung Term Professor of Accounting and Chair Professor in the Department of Accounting
Elected Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research
Chair Professor in the Division of Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Received the Gold Award in the Public Sector and Social Innovation category of the Asia Smart App Awards 2022/23
Yan Ai Foundation Professor of Social Science and Chair Professor in the Division of Social Science and the Division of Humanities
Awarded the RGC Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme 2023/24
Chair Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management and the Department of Finance
Elected RGC Senior Research Fellow 2023/24
IAS Paul C W Chu Professor and Chair Professor in the Department of Physics
Awarded the 2023 European Physical Society High Energy and Particle Physics Prize
Hari Harilela Assistant Professor of Physics and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics
Received the 2023 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Elected RGC Research Fellow 2023/24
Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Received major funding support from the RGC Strategic Topics Grant 2023/24
Chair Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management
Received major funding support from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 2023/24
Assistant Professor of Engineering Education and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Awarded the 2022 Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching
IAS Senior Member
Elected to the US National Academy of Sciences
IAS Si Yuan Professor and Chair Professor in the Department of Mathematics
Elected to the US National Academy of Sciences
Assistant Professor in the Division of Life Science
Received the 2023 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture and Chair Professor in the Division of Humanities
Awarded the 6th Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace in 2022
Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Received major funding support from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 2023/24
2022
New Bright Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Elected International Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2021, and awarded Tunisia’s national accolade for the Best Tunisian Researcher or Inventor Abroad in 2020
Daniel C K Yu Professor of Science and Chair Professor in the Department of Physics
Elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences in 2021
Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Department of Chemistry
Named 2020 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Chair Professor in the Division of Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Mathematics
Recipient of the George Stephenson Medal (Second Best Paper Overall) in the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Publishing Awards 2020
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
Recipient of the 2021 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics
Recipient of the Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award in 2022
Associate Professor of Business Education and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management
Awarded the 2021 Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching
Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics
Named 2021 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Hari Harilela Associate Professor of Physics and Associate Professor in the Department of Physics
Elected RGC Research Fellow 2021-2022 by Research Grants Council
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Recipient of the 2020 J. J. Thomson Medal for Electronics by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Recipient of the 2021 Avram Bar-Cohen Memorial Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Recipient of the Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer Award by the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), and the Geotechnical Research Medal 2022 by Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Publishing
Professor in the Department of Physics
Awarded the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship in 2022
Chair Professor in the Department of Mathematics
Recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (First Class) by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Received the UGC Teaching Award 2021 under the category of Early Career Faculty Members by the University Grants Committee
Chair Professor in the Department of Mathematics
Awardee of the RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme 2022-2023 by the University Grants Committee
IAS Paul C W Chu Professor and Chair Professor in the Department of Physics
Awarded the Global STEM Professorship 2021-2022 by the Innovation and Technology Bureau and the Education Bureau, HKSAR Government
Chair Professor in the Division of Life Science
Awarded the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2021
David von Hansemann Professor of Science and Chair Professor in the Department of Ocean Science and the Division of Life Science
Awarded the 2020 Oceanic Engineering Science and Technology Award by the China Association of Oceanic Engineering
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Department of Physics
Recipient of the 2022 IEEE Magnetics Society Early Career Award at the 2022 Joint MMM-Intermag Conference
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Bestowed with the distinction of Officer in the National Order of the Legion of Honour, conferred on behalf of the President of the French Republic
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Named 2021 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
IAS Si Yuan Professor and Chair Professor in the Department of Mathematics
Recipient of the 2021 AMS-SIAM George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics jointly awarded by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Assistant Professor in the Division of Environment and Sustainability
Named 2021 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Recipient of 2021 Slottow-Owaki Prize awarded by the Society for Information Display (SID)
Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Awarded the 2020 Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching
Kerry Holdings Professor of Science and Chair Professor in the Division of Life Science
Awarded the Global STEM Professorship 2021-2022 by the Innovation and Technology Bureau and the Education Bureau, HKSAR Government, and received major funding support from the 11th Round of the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2021-2022 organized by the Research Grants Council
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture and Chair Professor in the Division of Humanities
Awarded as one of the 12 Inaugural RSL International Writers by the Royal Society of Literature (RSL), and recipient of the 2021 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature awarded by the Institute for US-China Issues of the University of Oklahoma
Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Recipient of 2021 Francis C. Turner Award presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Chair Professor in the Department of Finance
Received major funding support from the 11th round of the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2021-2022 organized by the Research Grants Council
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics
Named 2021 Excellent Young Scientist by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
2021
Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19
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
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)
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
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
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Outstanding contribution to the development of online education
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
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
Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Received the 16th China Youth Science and Technology Award
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
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)
Visiting Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Received the 2019 Jan Rajchman Prize by the Society for Information Display
Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Received the 2020 Nick Holonyak Jr. Award presented by the Optical Society of America
Professor in the Department of Physics
Elected RGC Research Fellow 2020-21 by Research Grants Council
Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Received the 2019 Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award by IEEE Electronics Packaging Society
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
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
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
Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing
Received the 2020 Weitz-Winer-O’Dell Award presented by the American Marketing Association
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
Professor in the Division of Humanities
Received the Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship 2020/21
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Professor in the Department of Physics
Outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19
Professor in the Division of Life Science
Recipient of the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Award for 2019-20
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
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
Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Division of Environment and Sustainability
Outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19
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
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
2018
Lecturer II in the Department of Chemistry
Awarded the 2018 University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award under the category of Early Career Faculty Members
Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Awarded the 2017 IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award
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
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"
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
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
Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Received the 2019 IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award
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)
Assistant Professor, Division of Life Science
Received the Croucher Innovation Award 2018
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry
Received the Croucher Innovation Award 2018
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
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)
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
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"
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
Chair Professor, Department of Social Science
Elected as Inaugural President of the International Chinese Sociological Association
Kerry Holdings Professor of Science and Chair Professor in the Division of Life Science
Received the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Award for 2018-19
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"
2017
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
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
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"
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"
Assistant Professor, Division of Life Science
Received the Croucher Innovation Award 2017
David von Hansemann Professor of Science; Chair Professor, Division of Life Science
Received the Second-class State Natural Science Award 2016
Stephen Kam Chuen Cheong Professor of Science; Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry
Recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher 2016 by Thomson Reuters
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
Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Received the National Innovation Pioneer Award 2017
Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Received the 2017 Outstanding Women Professionals and Entrepreneurs Award
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)
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)"
Fang Professor of Engineering; Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Received the IEEE Photonics Society (IPS) 2017 Aron Kressel Award
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"
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
Elected as a 2017 Fellow of American Statistical Association (ASA)
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
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
Professor, Division of Social Science
Named as a Changjiang Scholar for 2017-2019
Associate Professor, Division of Humanities
Honored as an Andrew Carnegie Fellow for 2017-2019
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)