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Membership of Research Grants Council
Member Title/Sphere of Interest
Chairman
Professor Roland TH Chin, BBS, JP Deputy Vice-Chancellor / Provost, The University of Hong Kong

Interests in image processing; machine vision; digital signal processing; pattern recognition; multimedia technology.
Members
Professor Terry K F Au

Chair Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong

Interests in language and conceptual development; childhood language experience and adult language acquisition; development of intuitive theories; language and cognition; mother-adolescent communication; health education

Professor Chris Berry*

Professor of Film and Television Studies, Goldsmiths College, Department of Media and Communications, University of London, U.K.

Interests in cinema role in the production of national, transnational, and local cultures and identities; the connection between cinematic forms and socio-political developments

Professor Michael K Chan*

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

Interests in chemical biology, proteiin crystallography, structural and biochemical studies of membrane proteins and bioinformatics

Professor Moses H W Chan*

Evan Pugh Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.

Interests in phase transition studies, particularly quantum fluids and solids at cryogenic temperatures, in reduced dimensionalities and in the presence of disorder and the physics of superconducting, magnetic and metallic nanowires

Professor Louis K C Chan* Professor of Finance and Hoeft Professor of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

Interests in empirical analysis of the behavior of stock returns; the impact of institutional equity trading; comparative analysis of stock market structures; risk and portfolio optimization

Dr Nim-kwan Cheung Chief Executive Officer, ASTRI

Interest in information and communications Technology

Professor Yip-wah Chung, BBS*

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, USA

Interests in physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces; fundamentals of tribology, surface texturing; thin films and hard coatings; alloy design for structural and infrastructural applications

Professor Anne Cooke*

Professor of Immunology, University of Cambridge, U.K.

Interests in regulation of the immune system with a particular interest in autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes. Associated interests include infection, immune tolerance and stem cell

Professor Albert Ha

Professor and Head, Department of Information and Systems Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Interested in stochastic models for production systems; incentives and pricing of queues; economics of operations; supply chain contracting, information sharing in supply chains

Professor Ronnie Hsia Po-chia* Edwin Earle Sparks Professor of History, Department of History, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.

Interests in history of the Protestant Reformation, Catholic Renewal, anti-Semitism, and the encounter between Europe and Asia
Professor Sun Kwok

Dean of Science and Chair Professor of Physics, The University of Hong Kong

Interests in stellar evolution, interstellar chemistry, space astronomy

Professor Sum-ping Lee Dean, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Interests in the structure and biology of cell membrances relating to the biochemistry and physical chemistry of lipids and protein; liver and biliary tract diseases
Professor Eddy F Y Liew* Professor, Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, U.K.

Interests in basic immunology; infection and autoimmune diseases; vaccine development
Professor Helen M Meng

Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management and Director, CUHK-MoE-Microsoft Key Laboratory on Human-centric Computing and Interface Technologies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Interests in spoken language as a human-centric interface; spoken language as conversational biometrics; spoken language as media content

Professor Meaghan Morris Chair Professor of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University

Interests in cinema studies; popular culture and social memory; popular historiography; international cultural studies; globalization, locality and national questions in cultural studies; film and media; historical cultural studies; gender, nationality and globalisation; action cinema; Australian and Asian-Pacific popular culture

Professor Ross Murch

Chair Professor and Head, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Interests in communications; electromagnetics; antennas and propagation; wireless

Professor Paul KH Tam

Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research), The University of Hong Kong

Interest in clinical research: clinical trials, surgery, paediatrics, gastroenterology; Basic research: developmental biology, transplantation immunology, molecular and genetic research relevant to above

Mr E. Anthony Tan, MH Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

Interests in commercialization of technology
Professor Judy S L Tsui Vice President (International and Executive Education) and Director, Graduate School of Business and Chair Professor of Accounting, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Interests in corporate governance, audit pricing, accounting and auditing ethics
Professor Michel A. Van Hove Chair Professor of Physics and Head, Department of Physics and Materials Sciences, City University of Hong Kong

Interested in computational surface science and nanoscience, including physics, chemistry and materials science
Professor Benjamin W Wah Provost, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Interests in nonlinear optimization; multimedia signal processing; artificial neural networks; computer networks; evolutionary computation; parallel and distributed processing
Professor Lynn T. White III* Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, U.S.A.

Interests in China, comparative revolutions and reforms, and comparative organization
Professor Henry NC Wong

Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President and Professor of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Interests in syntheses and studies of non-natural molecules and naturally occurring molecules; use of furans in organic synthesis

Professor Wing-hung Wong* Professor of Statistics, Stanford University, U.S.A.

Interests in computational biology and statistical inference
Professor Albert F Yee* Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A.

Interests in physics and mechanical properties of polymers, composites and soft materials; biomaterials; nanofabrication and nanopatterning of electronic and photonic devices; information technology
Professor Paul K L Yu* Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Initiatives and Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.

Interests in optoelectronic materials, devices and engineering; modern communication; microwave photonics (e.g. transmission of high frequency optical signals and signal processing)
Professor Peter Y Yu* Professor Emeritus of Physics, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Interests in condensed matter physics; materials science
Ex-officio Member
Professor On-ching Yue Science Advisor, Innovation and Technology Commission
Secretary
Miss Jenny Yip Deputy Secretary-General (2), UGC
Deputy Secretary
Mrs Alice Sham Assistant Secretary-General (Research)1, UGC
Mr Tin-yiu Li Assistant Secretary-General (Research)2, UGC

* members outside Hong Kong

Terms of Reference of RGC
Attendance Record of RGC Members in 2009