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The CUHK Faculty of Science has launched the alumni publication Sci-by-side to strengthen our alumni’s connection with the Faculty. Each issue will feature a selection of alumni events and a column for our alumni to share their latest news and updates with fellow alumni.

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2023		Issue 3  Science Faculty 60th Anniversary Activities Alumni Sharing Session CUHK Alumni Homecoming 2023 Alumni reaped two medals at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China Chemistry Alumnus Professor Timothy TAM Puts CUHK Motto into Action Professor Kenneth LO shared knowledge about healthy breakfast in “Medicine Online” Dr. CHU Wai Kit and research team open up a new treatment direction for autoimmune eye inflammation Dare to Start from Scratch and Pursue Dreams - Physics Alumnus Mr. Eddie YU Alumni Update
2023		Issue 2  Science Faculty 60th Anniversary Activities Alumni Lunch Gatherings The CUHK Physics Alumni Association Statistics Alumni Activities Alumni Update
2022		Issue 1  Message from Dean of Science Message from Assistant Dean (Student Affairs) History of the Faculty Outstanding Alumni Service Award 2022 Reinstitution of the CUHK Chemistry Department Alumni Association Alumni Update CUHK Science 60th Anniversary Logo Competition

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In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Faculty of Science, the Science Faculty Distinguished Alumni Award is set up to recognise the exceptional achievements of our alumni in different professional fields worldwide.

Selection criteria:

The Award recognises alumni for their exceptional accomplishment in the professional fields such as academia, business sector, or industry, which brings distinction to themselves and honour to the university.

The Selection Committee, comprised of both internal and external members, will consider the suitability of the nomination based on one or more of the following criteria:

 

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Award Recipients:

The inaugural award recipients have been selected, and they are as follows:
* in alphabetical order by surname in each award category

 

Distinguished Alumni Award
recognises the exceptional achievement of our alumni with well-established career

	Prof. CHEN Xiao Ming School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University 92/GS/Ph.D. in Chemistry
	Prof. John S. TSE Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan 75/UC/Chemistry
	Prof. YAU Shing Toung Stephen Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA) 73/CC/Mathematics
	Mr. YU Chun Keung Leo, JP Commissioner for Census and Statistics Census and Statistics Department HKSAR 92/UC/Statistics

 

Alumni Achievement Award
recognises the exceptional achievement of our mid-career alumni

	Prof. TAM Tin Lok Timothy Adjunct Professor Department of Food and Health Sciences Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi) 99/NA/Chemistry 01/GS/M.Phil. in Chemistry
	Mr. YU Siu Lung Eddie Founder of ÖKOSIX 05/UC/Physics

 

Young Alumni Award
recognises the exceptional achievement of our early career alumni

Dr. CHOI Pui Wah Founder of WomenX Biotech 09/UC/Biochemistry 13/GS/Ph.D. in Biochemistry

Established in 1963, the Faculty of Science has nurtured generations of graduates who excel in a diverse range of professions. To recognize science alumni who have made great contribution to the Faculty’s career development, the Outstanding Alumni Service Award has been launched since 2020.

Nominations of prospective awardee must be made by the respective academic unit to the Science Faculty Office no later than 31 October each year. All nominations will then be considered by the Committee on Career Development for Science Students and results will be announced in December of that year.

List of Recipients

2022

Mr. LIT Chi Kai (Mathematics alumnus)
Mr. Lit is the Principal of Cheng Chek Chee Secondary School. He actively participates in the alumni activities organized by the Department of Mathematics. He has made great contributions to local mathematics education; he helped in the Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education (香港數學教育學會), organized materials of the history of mathematics for a project funded by the Quality Education Fund, and published paper and books on the topic to promote mathematics teaching and learning.

Mr. TSE Yiu Cho Joe (Statistics alumnus)
Joe is the President of the Alumni Association of Department of Statistics (STAAA). He leads the STAAA to organize a range of career support services to students and alumni including regular career talks and the StaR Mentorship Programme (中大統計學系學長計劃). He actively participates in managing the social media channels of the Association to disseminate information about the department and career opportunities and to share achievements of outstanding alumni. Apart from strengthening the connection between alumni and the Department of Statistics, he also took part in the Faculty’s Career Fair by serving as the guest speaker in the themed career talk to share his experience of working in the field of data analytics to students.

2021

Mr. HO Chun Yan (Physics alumnus)
Mr. Ho is a committed Physics alumnus who has been serving as a supervisor and mentor in the summer internship programme organized by the Department of Physics, namely the Summer Teacher AppRenticeship programme for over 20 years. With his experience in the education field, he has been generous in offering invaluable insight into being a good teacher to current physics students.

2020

Mr. WONG Chi Wai Tommy (Physics alumnus)
Tommy endeavours to provide his professional mentorship service by sharing with current students and apprentices the paths of becoming secondary school science teachers. He has initiated the Summer Teacher AppRenticeship in Department of Physics starting from 2013 and offers proper pre-training to students who aspire to be secondary teachers each year. He has also teamed up with other science alumni to share their teaching life since 2016, of which the sharing sessions have now become an annual event helping students to evaluate how much they are ready to become teachers.