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Distinguished Professors

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 
Research Professor of Biology, 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
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