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Faculty Office

Faculty Secretary Ms. Jorine LAM
Executive Officer Ms. Christine LING
Mr. Jacky YAU
Scientific Officer Dr. Angela HUNG 
Project Coordinator Ms. Megan CHAN
Mr. Rayven CHAN
Ms. Trista CHIU
Ms. Winnie LAM
Ms. Annie LAW
Ms. Ripley LIU
Ms. Cally PAK
Personal Secretary to Faculty Dean Ms. Yammi MA
General Clerk  Ms. Mic KWAN (SCMO)
Ms. Kayan SIU
Project Assistant Ms. Fiona NG
Learning Enhancement Officer Ms. Michele LEUNG (OSA)

 

Centre for Promoting Science Education

Project Coordinator Ms. Yannie KWONG
Project Assistant Mr. Handkie MAK

 

The following distinguished scientists actively participate in our Faculty, contributing towards the advancement of science and human knowledge:

Prof. MAK Chung Wai Thomas 
Wei Lun Research Professor, CUHK 

Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
Honorary Fellow, CUHK

Prof. SUN Sai Ming Samuel 
Emeritus Professor, CUHK

Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering 
Academician, International Eurasian Academy of Sciences 
Honorary Fellow, CUHK

Prof. WONG Nai Ching Henry
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, CUHK

Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fellow, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (1999-2000)
Founding Member, Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong

Prof. WU Chi 
Emeritus Wei Lun Professor of Chemistry, CUHK 

Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
Fellow, American Physical Society
Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (2001-2002)

Prof. YANG Chen Ning 
Distinguished Professor-at-Large, CUHK

Nobel Prize in Physics, 1957 
Rumford Prize, 1980 
United States National Medal of Science, 1986 
Benjamin Franklin Medal, 1993 
Bower Award, 1994 
N. Bogoliubov Prize, 1996 
Lars Onsager Prize, 1999 
King Faisal International Prize, 2001

Prof. YAU Shing Tung 
Distinguished Visiting Professor-at-Large, CUHK

John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences, 1981 
Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry, 1981 
Fields Medal, 1982 
Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1991 
Crafoord Prize, 1994 
United States National Medal of Science, 1997 
China International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award, 2003 
Wolf Prize, 2010
Marcel Grossmann Award, 2018
Shaw Prize in Mathematics, 2023

The Faculty of Science is proud to forge and maintain close ties with world-renowned scientific leaders, as part of our efforts to enhance the academic aspirations of our students and faculty members. Below are six distinguished scientists who are Honorary Professors of our Faculty: 

Prof. Sir Tom BLUNDELL 
Director of Research and Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge
Prof. MA Zhiming 
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. QIU Yong
President of Tsinghua University
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Richard J. ROBERTS 
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1993)
Prof. Kurt WÜRTHRICH  
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2002)
Prof. XU Zongben 
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

School Director

Life Sciences Prof. WONG Kam Bo

 

Department Chairpersons

Chemistry Prof. KWONG Fuk Yee
Mathematics Prof. ZOU Jun
Physics Prof. WANG Jianfang
Statistics Prof. SONG Xinyuan 

 

Programme Directors

Aerospace Science and Earth Informatics and X Double Major Programme Prof. YANG Hongfeng
Biochemistry Prof. CHAN Ho Yin Edwin
Biology Prof. HUI Ho Lam Jerome
Biotechnology, Entrepreneurship and Healthcare Management Prof. WONG Wing Tak Jack
Cell and Molecular Biology Prof. KANG Byung Ho
Earth System Science Prof. TAI Pui Kuen Amos
Earth and Environmental Sciences Prof. CHOW Tat Shing Alex
Environmental Science Prof. TSUI Tsz Ki Martin
Food and Nutritional Sciences Prof. TSANG Suk Ying Faye
Interdisciplinary Data Analytics and X Double Major Programme Prof. CHAN Kwok Wai
Molecular Biotechnology Prof. LAM Hon Ming
Natural Sciences Prof. KWAN Kin Ming
Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Science Prof. YAM Sheung Chi Phillip
Risk Management Science Prof. YAU Chun Yip