Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - 2023

2023

Date Seminars and Talks Remarks
13 Oct 2023

Publishing in Wiley Materials Science Journals
By Dr. Guangchen XU (Director, Physical Sciences, Wiley China (Beijing))

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm 104, Y C Liang Hall, CUHK

Poster
6 Oct 2023

Prospects of Flavor Measurements of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos
By Dr. Qinrui LIU (Arthur B. McDonald Institute, Queen's University, Canada)

Time : 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: L4, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
6 Oct 2023

Build The Future: Design Concrete with Machine Learning
By Mr. Bogdan ZVIAZHYNSKI (TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK)

Time : 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
3 Oct 2023

Extensibility of Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem to General Quantum Systems
By Professor Zheng LIU (Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, China)

Time : 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Rm G26, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
29 Sep 2023

Modeling Rare Events: Discovering Reaction Pathways, Slow Variables, and Committor Probabilities with Machine Learning
By Professor Christophe CHIPOT (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
29 Sep 2023

Syntheses of Chiral Fluorinated Molecules Featuring Multiple Stereocenters
By Dr Dominique CAHARD (CNRS Research Director (1st class), Normandie Université, France)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: L1, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
27 Sep 2023

Carbones with its Elusive Bonding Description and Broad Implication Complementary to NHC-Carbenes
By Professor Tiow-Gan ONG (Academic Deputy Director Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica (AS), Taiwan)

Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm 101, Y C Liang Hall, CUHK

Poster
27 Sep 2023

Biogenesis of PI(3,4)P2 lipid regulates spatial-temporal membrane invagination and integrin trafficking
By Professor Cheng-Han YU (School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: LT2, Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK

Poster
27 Sep 2023

Evaluating Air Pollution Disparities to Inform Environmental Justice
By Dr. Kelvin FONG (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Canada)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
25 Sep 2023

Testing the General Relativity with Multi-Messenger Observations in the Era of LISA
By Ms. Kaye Jiale LI (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory)

Time :4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Venue: Rm 327, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
14 Sep 2023

Physiological Functions of the Tubular ER Network
By Professor Junjie HU (National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China)

Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm 297, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
8 Sep 2023

The Power of Symmetry in Quantum Matter through Defects
By Professor Meng CHENG (Department of Physics, Yale University, USA)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
7 Sep 2023

Constraining Neutron-Star Matter with Microscopic and Macroscopic Collisions
By Dr. Peter Tsun Ho PANG (Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Department of Physics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
29 Aug 2023

Computation-Guided Control of Peptide Self-Assembly
By Professor Wei HAN (Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University)

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
28 Aug - 1 Sep 2023

The Second HKSIAM Biennial Meeting
Hosted by Department of Mathematics

Time: TBC
Venue: Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Website
26 - 27 Aug 2023

The International Conference on New Trends in Computational and Data Sciences
Hosted by Department of Mathematics, HKUST, Department of Mathematics, CUHK and HKSIAM

Time:
Day 1: 9:15 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Day 2: 9:15 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Venue: 
Day 1: Kaisa Group Lecture Theatre, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST; Day 2: LT4, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

Website

Poster

24 Aug 2023

Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks and Implications for Urban Heat and Its Mitigation
By Professor Dan LI (Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, U.S.A.)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
18 Aug 2023

Murmuring of the Fabric of Our Universe
By Professor Achamveedu GOPAKUMAR (Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
18 Aug 2023

Construction of Exotic Electronic States in the Two- Or One-Dimensional Limit
By Professor Wei JI (Department of Physics, Renmin University, China)

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Venue: Rm G26, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
14 Aug 2023

How to Forecast the Fate of Vertically Propagating Dike from Geodetic Data
By Professor Yosuke AOKI (Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Time: 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
11 Aug 2023

Lake Changes and Impacts over the Tibetan Plateau
By Professor Guoqing ZHANG (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Time: 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
9 - 11 Aug 2023

International Symposium on Agricultural Genomics for Food Security and Plant-Environment Interaction in a Changing Climate
Joinly hosted by State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (CUHK), RGC-AoE Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security and Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability

Venue: LT1A, Henry Cheng International Conference Centre, CUHK

Website

Poster

10 Aug 2023

Predicting Long-Term Thermal Performance in Enhanced Geothermal Systems from Short-Term Tracer Tests
By Professor Hui WU (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, China)

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
9 Aug 2023

The 11th Traveler’s Eyes Presentation
Jointly hosted by Department of Mathematics and Qiuzhen College, Tsinghua University

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, G/F, Esther Lee Building, CUHK

Website

Poster

5 Aug 2023

Earth BioGenome Project Hong Kong (C4015-20EF): 2nd Virtual Training Workshop on PacBio Sequel IIe
Hosted by School of Life Science

Time: 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm297, Science Centre, CUHK and Zoom

Website

Poster

4 Aug 2023

Measurement of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations with Projected Three-dimensional Correlation Function
By Professor Kwan Chuen CHAN (School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-Sen University, China)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
1 Aug 2023

From Static to Dynamic: Rapid Mapping of Protein Conformational Transitions using DeepPath
By Mr. Yui Tik Andrew PANG (School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
31 Jul 2023

Sustainable Bio-Derived Chemicals and Nanomaterials
By Professor Ning YAN (Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Bioproducts, University of Toronto)

Time: 10:00 a.m.
Venue: LT5, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
28 Jul 2023

Quantum Matter Explored by Light Experiments
By Professor Johan CHANG (Department of Physics, University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm G26, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
24 Jul 2023

Phonon Engineering of TLS Defects in Superconducting Circuits
By Dr. Mo CHEN (Department of Applied Physics and The Institute for Quantum Information and Matter California Institute of Technology, USA)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
18 Jul 2023

Constraining the Millisecond Pulsar Population near the Galactic Centre Using High-Energy Neutrino Imaging
By Mr. Chong Wa LAI (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, UK)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
14 Jul 2023

Insights into Scientific Publishing and Writing Tips
By Dr. Natalie Lok Kwan LI (Associate Editor, Nature Communications)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
12 Jul 2023

The Unfolding Story of Multi-Omics Discovery for Precision TB Diagnosis
By Professor Tony HU (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Microbiology at Tulane University)

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: L3, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
7 - 9 Jul 2023

The 12th ICSA International Conference
Hosted by International Chinese Statistical Association and Department of Statistics, CUHK

Venue: Henry Cheng International Conference Center, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Website

Poster

7 Jul 2023

Advances in Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry - From Heteracalixaromatics and Coronarenes to Noncovalent Anion-pi Interactions
By Professor Mei-Xiang WANG (Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: L1, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
6 Jul 2023

Zigzag Hydrocarbon Belts and Beyond - An Organic Chemist's Perspective on Carbon Nanostructures
By Professor Mei-Xiang WANG (Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University)

Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm LG23, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
6 Jul 2023

Supervised Homogeneity Pursuit via Mixed Integer Optimization
By Prof. Peter SONG (University of Michigan)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: LT2, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
6 Jul 2023

De-confounding Causal Inference using Latent Multiple-mediator Pathways
By Prof. Annie QU (University of California, Irvine)

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: LT2, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
5 Jul 2023

Higher Berry Curvature and Its Quantization
By Professor Anton KAPUSTIN (Earle C Anthony Professor of Physics and Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, USA)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm G26, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
30 Jun 2023

Twisted Ribbons and other Curved Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
By Professor Michael MASTALERZ (Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: L1, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
26 Jun 2023

LHAASO and Outlook — Onset of the UHE γ-ray Astronomy and Future
By Professor Zhen CAO (LHAASO Collaboration, Institute of High Energy Physics, China)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
23 Jun 2023

Manipulating Quantum Fluids of Light at Room Temperature
By Professor Qihua XIONG (Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, China)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
23 Jun 2023

Publishing With Wiley
By Dr. Muxian SHEN (Deputy Editor / Senior Editor, Wiley)

Time: 10:30 a.m.
Venue: L3, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
19 Jun 2023

A temporal signaling code to specify innate immune responses
By Prof. Hoffmann ALEXANDER (University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, USA)

Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: L5, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
15 Jun 2023

Sensitivity on Two-Higgs Doublet Models from Higgs-Pair Production via Final State
By Professor Kingman CHEUNG (Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
14 Jun 2023

Conformal Sense Digitalization
By Professor Xiaodong CHEN (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University)

Time: 10:30 a.m.
Venue: L5, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
13 Jun 2023

Inhibition of IKappaB Kinase Activation for Therapy
By Prof. Gourisankar GHOSH (University of California San Diego)

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
13 Jun 2023

Enabling legume research: generation and application of Medicago truncatula mutant resources
By Prof. WEN Jiangqi (Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Department of Plant Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, USA)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
12 Jun 2023

Mechanistic Insight into the Role of the TPLATE Complex in Plant Endocytosis
By Professor Daniel Van DAMME (VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Belgium)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Rm 297, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
2 Jun 2023

When Gutzwiller Meets DMRG: A Microscopic-Wavefunction-Guided Approach to 2D Correlated Electrons
By Professor Yi ZHOU (Key Laboratory of Condensed Matter Theory and Computation, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
2 Jun 2023

Predicting Disease Risk from Genomics Data
By Professor Hongyu ZHAO (Ira V. Hiscock Professor of Biostatistics, Yale University)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Venue: LT3, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
1 Jun 2023

Phase Separation of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
By Professor Xiangze ZENG (Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University)

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
30 May 2023

Optimal Sparse Regression Learning and Model Compression
By Professor Yuhong YANG (School of Statistics, University of Minnesota)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: LT3, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
29 May 2023

Spin Scattering and Hall Effects in Monolayer Fe3GeTe2
By Professor Gen YIN (Department of Physics, Georgetown University, USA)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
29 May 2023

On Methods for Controlled Variable Selection in Linear, Generalized-linear, and Index Models
By Professor Faming LIANG (Department of Statistics, Harvard University)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: LT2, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
24 May 2023

Anatomy of a Laboratory Fault
By Dr. Qi ZHAO (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

Time: 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
23 May 2023

In-situ/Operando Characterization Techniques for Mechanism Studies of Material Growth and Catalytic Reactions
By Dr. Qiong LEI(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: L3, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
23 May 2023

A Stochastic Neural Network Bridging from Linear Models to Deep Learning
By Professor Faming LIANG (Department of Statistics, Purdue University)

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Poster
19 May 2023

Overcoming Losses in Superlenses with Synthetic Waves of Complex Frequency
By Professor Shuang ZHANG (Department of Physics & Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
15 May 2023

Advancements in Connecting the Composition and Physicochemical Properties of Traditional and Emerging Atmospheric Aerosols with Their Climate Effects
By Professor Yue ZHANG (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, U.S.A.)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
12 May 2023

Compositional Design and Surface Chemistry of Silicon-Based Nanomaterials
By Professor Zhenyu YANG (Department of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: L1, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
8 May 2023

Towards the Hyper-Kamiokande Experiment
By Dr. Ka Ming TSUI (Kavli Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo, Japan)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
5 May 2023

Liquid marble engineering: From nature to materials
By Professor Syuji FUJII (Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: L1, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
4 May 2023

Unconventional Superconducting and Normal States Near The Border of Magnetism in the Iron Germanides (Y/Lu)Fe2Ge2 and High-Pressure CeSb2
By Dr. Jiasheng CHEN (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK)

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
21 Apr 2023

The Rise and Fall of Star Formation in Galaxies
By Professor Allison MAN (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia, Canada)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
21 Apr 2023

Quantum Neural Networks: Unlocking New Possibilities in Quantum Information Theory
By Professor Bei ZENG (Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
20 Apr 2023

Bravo FIGARO, Bravo Bravissimo: Bayesian Non-Parametric Methods for Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics
By Mr. Stefano RINALDI (Physics Department, University of Pisa, Italy)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
19 Apr 2023

Cell size control by an algal tumor suppressor
By Dr. James Umen (Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm 297, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
18 Apr 2023

Stochastic Learning Dynamics and Generalization in Neural Networks: Can Statistical Physicists Help Understand AI?
By Dr. Yuhai TU (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA)

Time: 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Venue: L5, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
14 Apr 2023

Role of Water in Catalysis
By ProfessorTAN Choon Hong (The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
13 Apr 2023

Non-Hermiticity and Curved Spaces: Different Sides of the Same Coin
By Professor Qi ZHOU (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, USA)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm 311, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
13 Apr 2023

Diodic Order and Spontaneous Momentum Polarization in Two-Dimensional Flat Band Systems
By Dr. Jiang-Xiazi LIN (Department of Phyiscs, Brown University, USA)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Poster
12 Apr 2023

Exploring Emergent Quantum Phases in Two-Dimensional Flat Band Systems
By Dr. Jiang-Xiazi LIN (Department of Phyiscs, Brown University, USA)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Poster
12 Apr 2023

Photochemical Reactions Enabled by Graphitic Carbon Nitrides
By Dr. Oleksandr SAVATIEIEV (Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces)

Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
11 Apr 2023

Chiral Cation Catalysis
By Professor TAN Choon Hong (School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University)

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm 704, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK

Poster
3 Apr 2023

Towards Globally Consistent Impact Forecast for Tropical Cyclones-Related Human Displacement
By Ms. Mannie Pui Man KAM (Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Time: 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
31 Mar 2023

Multifunctional Quantum States in Kagome Lattices
By Professor Jun-Hyung CHO (Department of Phyiscs, Hanyang University, Korea)

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Rm C3, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
31 Mar 2023

The Link Between Galaxy Dynamics And Star Formation
By Professor Guang-Xing LI (South-Western Institute For Astronomy Research, Yunnan University, China)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
30 Mar 2023

Topological Bandgaps for Light and Sound
By Dr. Haoran XUE (School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Poster
29 Mar 2023

Fundamentals of Topological Phases in Classical-Wave Systems
By Dr. Haoran XUE (School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Poster
27 Mar 2023

Dynamics of Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Moving Optical Lattice
By Professor Qingze GUAN (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, USA)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm 311, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
24 Mar 2023

Machine Learning and Accuracy of Density-Functional Theory
By Professor Guanhua CHEN (Hong Kong Quantum AI Lab, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
22 Mar 2023

Engineering Next-generation Thermoelectrics for Sustainable Energy Applications
By Dr. Ady SUWARDI (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, National University of Singapore)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Poster
21 Mar 2023

Electronic and Thermal Transport Descriptors in Thermoelectrics
By Dr. Ady SUWARDI (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, National University of Singapore)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Poster
18 Mar 2023

Feathered Dinosaurs
By Prof. Xing XU (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Beijing, China & Yunnan University, Kunming, China)

Time: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1A, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Poster
17 Mar 2023

From gliding ants to Andean hummingbirds: the evolution of animal flight performance
By Dr. Theodore Robert DUDLEY (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: CYT202, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Poster
17 Mar 2023

Ensemble Refinement with Cryo-EM Data
By Dr. Wai Shing TANG (Flatiron Research Fellow Center of Computational Mathematics (CCM) and Structural Molecular Biophysics group (SMBp) Flatiron Institute, USA)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Poster
13 Mar 2023

Boarding Soon: Climate Change Impacts on Severe Thunderstorm-Related Delays in Aviation
By Professor Jason Chun Yu WONG (Occidental College, Los Angeles, U.S.A., and Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
7 Mar 2023

New Physics at the Forward Physics Facility (FPF)
By Professor Kingman CHEUNG (Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: L5, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
3 Mar 2023

Multi-Material Nanoscale 3D Fabrication Based on Femtosecond Projection Technology
By Professor Shih-Chi CHEN (Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
28 Feb 2023

Binary Black Holes at High-Redshifts: New Discoveries to Be Made By the Next-Generation GW Detectors
By Dr. Ken Kwan Yeung NG (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, USA)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
24 Feb 2023

Search for Cosmic Parity Violation
By Professor Kin-Wang NG (Institute of Phyiscs, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
23 Feb 2023

Recent Developments in Earthquake and Environmental Seismology
By Professor Zhigang PENG (School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)

Time: 9:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
17 Feb 2023

Structures and Dynamics of Topological Defects in Driven and Active Nematic Liquid Crystals
By Professor ZHANG Rui (The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
16 Feb 2023

Axion Inflation, Primordial Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves
By Professor Kin-Wang NG (Institute of Phyiscs, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Venue: L4, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
10 Feb 2023

Stochastic Quantization of General Relativity: Multiplicative Noise and Time-Intermittency at the Event Horizon
By Professor Matteo LULLI (Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
7 Feb 2023

Characterization and Optimized Engineering of Bosonic Quantum Interfaces under Single-Mode Operational Constraints
By Mr. Pak-Tik FONG (Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room G26, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
3 Feb 2023

In Situ Neutron Measurements in Materials Research
By Prof. Howard WANG (University of Maryland, College Park & Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
2 Feb 2023

The Roles of Stellar Feedback and Radiation in Cosmological Galaxy Simulations
By Dr. Tsang Keung CHAN (Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Poster
1 Feb 2023

How to Re-Create the Universe with Computers
By Dr. Tsang Keung CHAN (Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Poster
27 Jan 2023

The Dynamic Nature of High-Pressure Ice VII and A Theory for Dynamic Phases behind It
By Professor Xin-Zheng LI (School of Physics, Peking University, China)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Room G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
26 Jan 2023

On a New Model of Black Hole: Page Curve and Information
By Professor Chong-Sun CHU (Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Venue: Rm G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
20 Jan 2023

Prediction of Tropical Cyclogenesis Based on Machine Learning Methods
By Mr. LOI Chi Lok (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Time: 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
19 Jan 2023

Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
By Dr. Otto Akseli HANNUKSELA (Department of Physics, CUHK)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Poster
18 Jan 2023 Gravitational Waves As a Window to The Universe
By Dr. Otto Akseli HANNUKSELA (Department of Physics, CUHK)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Poster
17 Jan 2023

Synthesis and Biosensing Applications of Plasmonic Nanoparticles
By Professor Jwa-Min NAM (Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University)

Time: 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 158, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
13 Jan 2023

Gain by Strain: Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes to Access Carbo- and Heterocyclic Compounds
By Professor Dr. Daniel B. WERZ (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Germany)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Poster
13 Jan 2023

The Sub-Critical Illusion: Synthetic Zeeman Effect Observations from Galactic Zoom-In Simulations
By Mr. Zipeng HU (Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University, Australia)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Poster
13 Jan 2023

The Role of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones Represented by High-Resolution Earth System Model Simulations
By Dr. Jung-Eun CHU (School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong)

Time: 12:00 n.n. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
13 Jan 2023

A Better Future for the Next Generation: Carbon-Climate Feedback Research Based on Earth System Modelling
By Dr. Jin-Soo KIM (School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong)

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Poster
11 Jan 2023

Superconducting Diodes and Finite-Momentum Cooper Pairs
By Dr. Noah Fanqi YUAN (Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Poster
10 Jan 2023

Average Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases
By Professor Chong WANG (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Room G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Poster
10 Jan 2023

Intercalation Strategy for Material Synthesis, Application and Mechanism Study
By Dr. Zhiyuan ZENG (Department of Materials, Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong)

Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 401, William M. W. Engineering Building, CUHK

Poster
6 Jan 2023

A Brave Nu World
By Professor André Luiz Carvalho DE GOUVÊA (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University, USA)

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Poster
3 Jan 2023

Climate Change Impacts on Icy Mountain Landscapes and Infrastructure: The Case of High Mountain Asia
By Dr. Dongfeng LI (Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Poster
3 Jan 2023

Supermartingale Shadow Couplings
By Professor Dominykas NORGILAS (Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Poster