Assessment Panel for Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector
| Panel Member | Sphere of Interest |
|---|---|
| Chairman | |
| Professor Julie Juan Li | Marketing Strategies in China, Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Marketing Channels, Social Networks and Interorganizational Relationships in Marketing Channels |
| Members | |
| Professor Kalok Chan (Subject Convenor (Business Studies)) |
Dynamics of Asset Prices, Derivatives, Market Microstructure, Market Volatility, International Finance Markets, Emerging Financial Markets |
| Professor Ngai-hang Chan (Subject Convenor (Physical Sciences)) |
Time Series, Finance and Econometrics, Risk Management and Statistical Finance, Oceanography, Statistical Inference for Stochastic Processes |
| Professor Cecilia Ka-wai Chun (Subject Convenor (Humanities and Social Sciences)) |
Second Language Reading, Using English as a Medium of Learning, English Across the Curriculum, Academic Literacy in a Second Language, Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Teachers of English and Second Language Teacher Education, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Professional Development of Teachers in Higher Education |
| Professor Wilson Weisheng Lu (Subject Convenor (Engineering)) |
Construction Management with Two Directions, including (i) Construction Informatics (Building Information Modelling (BIM), Smart Construction, Big Data and Blockchain); and (ii) Construction Waste Management (Management, Economics and Public Policies) |
| Professor Chris Kong-chu Wong (Subject Convenor (Biology and Medicine)) |
Osmosensing Mechanisms and Osmoregulatory Functions of Fish Gill Cells, Functional Characterization of Human Glycoprotein Hormones, STC1 and STC2 in Carcinogenesis, Environmental Contamination and Mechanistic Actions of Emerging Chemical Pollutants |
| Professor Helen Yue-lai Chan |
End-of-life Care, Palliative Care Needs, Chronic Illness and Long-term Care, Geriatric Care, Nursing Ethics |
| Professor Melody Man-chi Chao |
Negotiations and Conflict Management, Workforce Diversity, Globalization, Goal Orientation, Multicultural Psychology |
| Professor Man-lut Chau |
Hong Kong Literature, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Creative Writing, Chinese Language Education |
| Professor Michael Chiu-lung Chau |
Business Analytics and Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Web Mining and Social Media, Electronic Commerce, Fintech, Smart Health, Security Informatics, Human-computer Interaction, and IT in Education |
| Professor Ji Chen |
Multi-scale Terrestrial Hydrologic Processes, Climate Change and Urbanization Effects, Water-related Natural Hazards, Predictability of the Hydrological Variables, Integrated Watershed Processes (Water, Sediment, and Water Pollutants), Interactions of the Land Surface and the Atmosphere, Management of Water Resources, Remote Sensing in Hydrology |
| Professor Nancy Yifeng Chen |
Proactive Personality and Behavior, Cross-Cultural Management in Joint Ventures, Cooperative and Competitive Relationships, Conflict Management, Constructive Controversy (Open-minded Dialogue), Leadership and Teamwork, Role of Chinese Values and Thoughts |
| Professor Louis Tsz-wan Cheng |
ESG and Green Finance, Behavioral Finance, Mutual Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Joint-Ventures, IPOs |
| Professor Jimmy De La Torre |
Assessment, Testing and Measurement, Research Methods and Methodologies, Technology-enhanced Learning |
| Professor Alex Jingwei He |
Health Policy and Governance, Comparative Social Policy, Policy Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
| Professor Kin-fai Ho |
Air Pollution and Health, Environmental Epidemiology, Particle Toxicology, Exposure Assessment, Bioaerosol, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Health |
| Professor Carole Hang-fung Hoyan |
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Fiction and Drama, Eileen Chang Studies, Hong Kong Literature, World Literature and Asian Studies, Cantonese Pronunciation and Learning |
| Professor Mingxin Huang |
Plastic Deformation Behaviour of Twinning Induced Plasticity Steels for Automotive Applications, Eutectic Fe-Ti Alloys for High Temperature Applications, Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Metals, Recrystallization Induced Plasticity (RIP) Effects in Ferrite and Austenite, Nanoindentation Induced Martensitic Transformation in a Fe-5Mn-0.2C, TRIP Steel |
| Professor Minseop Kim |
Work-Family Research, Social Policy for Children and Youth, Child Welfare/Protection, Program Evaluation & Policy Analysis, Quantitative Methodology |
| Professor Ronnel Bornasal King |
Motivation, Well-being, Socio-emotional, Positive Psychology, Education Interventions |
| Professor Alice Pik-shan Kong |
Diabetes and Obesity in Adults and the Youth Populations, Epidemiology and Pathogenetic Mechanisms, i.e. Sleep as a Novel Lifestyle Risk Factor and its Interaction with Diet, in Mediating the Development of Obesity and Obesity Associated Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Influencing Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes |
| Professor Sylvia Yuk-ching Kwok Lai |
Positive Psychology, Mental Health (Suicide, Anxiety, Depression), Children and Adolescents, Families (Parent-child, Marital Relationship) |
| Professor Ching-man Lam |
Marriage and Family, Parenting and Parent Education, Social Work Education, Migrant Women and Women Issues, Clinical Practice, Adolescence, Family Studies |
| Professor Joe Shing-yip Lee |
Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Estuarine Wetlands such as Mangroves and Saltmarshes, Application of Stable Isotopes in Marine Environmental Research, Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Rehabilitation and Restoration |
| Professor Thomas Hun-tak Lee |
Logical Problem of Language Acquisition and Syntactic/Semantic Acquisition, with Special Reference to Mandarin-speaking and Cantonese-speaking Children, Quantifier Scope in Chinese Datives, Cantonese A-quantifiers, and Syntactic Change in Cantonese |
| Professor Alvin Chung-man Leung |
IT Business Value, Business Analytics, Information Security, Technology Mediated Teaching and Learning, E-Business Strategies, Database and Data Management, IS Audit and Information Security |
| Professor Angela Yee-man Leung |
Health Literacy, Dementia Caregiving, Gerontechnology |
| Professor Maggie Wenjie Li |
Machine Conversion, Text Summarization, Question Answering, Causality Mining and Reasoning in NLP, Natural Language Understanding and Generation, Social Media Analysis |
| Professor Wu Liu |
Employee Voice Behavior, Top Management Teams, Leadership, Negotiation, Cross-cultural Management, Conflict Management |
| Professor Carlos Wing-hung Lo |
Chinese Legal System, Corporate Environmental Management in China and Hong Kong, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in China and Hong Kong, Cultural Heritage Management in China, Environmental Management in China and Hong Kong, Public Sector Management in China and Hong Kong |
| Professor Huijing Lu |
Evolutionary Psychology, Parental Investment and Mating, Interpersonal Perception in Intimate Relationship, Social Cognition, Child Development |
| Professor Will Wai-kit Ma |
Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Creation, Information System Adoption, Deep Learning, Communication |
| Professor Phoenix Kit-han Mo |
Psychological Aspects in Disease Prevention and Management, Health Literacy and Digital Health Literacy, Internet on Health and Patient Empowerment, Mental Health in Minorities and Disease Populations, Theory-based Behavioral or Mental Health Interventions |
| Professor Haihua Pan |
Syntax, Semantics, Formal Semantics, Natural Language Processing |
| Professor Ting-kei Pong |
Continuous Optimization, Convex Relaxations, First-order Methods for Large-scale (convex or nonconvex) Problems, Constraint Qualifications for Convex Optimization, Statistical Computation, Robust Optimization, Numerical Methods for Large-scale Optimization Problems |
| Professor Peiyuan Qian |
Omics of Deep-sea marine invertebrates, Marine molecular ecology, Marine nature products (Genome mining-based) |
| Professor Chris Fei Shen |
Political Communication, Public Opinion, Computational Social Science Methods, Consumer Behavior, Science and Health Communication, Social Movements |
| Professor Haiyan Song |
Tourism Demand Modelling and Forecasting, Tourism Impact Assessment, Tourism Satellite Account, Chinese Economy Under Transition, Wine Economics |
| Professor Sandy Suet To |
Ultra-precision Machining, Advanced Optics Manufacturing Technology, Ultra-precision Machining of Micro/Nano-Structure and Effect on Materials, Materials Engineering |
| Professor Winnie Wai Tsui |
Ci Poetry of the Song Dynasty, Critics of the Ci Poetry of the Qing Dynasty, Travel Literature |
| Professor Thiyagarajan Vengatesen | Marine Science, Larval Biology, Biofouling, Biomineralization, Environmental Proteomics, Ocean Acidification, Oyster Hatchery, Oyster Aquaculture |
| Professor Alan Tze-kin Wan |
Model Averaging and Selection, Varying-Coefficient Semi-parametric Models, Missing and Censored Data, Quantile Regression |
| Professor Lisa Chun-ying Wan |
Services Marketing and Service Failure, Cross-cultural Consumer Behaviours, Service Robots and Technologies, Consumer/Tourist Behaviours, Space Tourism |
| Professor Joelle Jun Wang |
Asymmetric Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Cosmetics Chemistry |
| Professor Philips Fu-lee Wang |
AI in Education, Computer Graphics, Blended Learning, Information Management, Data Science, Learning Technology |
| Professor Xin Wang |
Nanostructure Control, Surface Functionalization, Interface Tuning for Selective Electrocatalysis towards Key Electrochemical Reactions for Energy, Environmental Applications |
| Professor Eugene Yin-cheung Wong |
Global maritime and transport logistics, Green logistics and decarbonisation, Shipping and Transport Logistics, Aviation and Maritime Operations, Supply Chain Decarbonisation, Operations Research and Optimisation, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality, Quality Management and Systems, Shipping and Logistics Law |
| Professor Frances Kam-yuet Wong |
Health Service Utilization, Advanced Nursing Practice, Hospital Readmissions, Frequent Use of Hospital Care, Primary Health Care and Health Service Utilization, Transitional Care, Aging in Place, Curriculum Design |
| Professor Hau-san Wong |
Multimedia Information Retrieval, Multimedia Signal Processing, Computational Intelligence Techniques, Computer Graphics, Pattern Recognition, Bioinformatics |
| Professor Raymond Wai-yeung Wong |
Inorganic and Organometallic Synthesis, Functional Properties and Applications of Metallopolymers, Molecular Materials for Light/Electrical Energy Conversion, Rational Design, Synthesis and Applications of New Functional Nanomaterials, Materials Chemistry, Organic Electronics, Energy Materials, Chemo- and Biosensing |
| Professor Harry Feng Wu |
Accounting Disclosure, Sustainability & Environment, Banking, Behavioral finance, Financial Statement Analysis, Managerial Accounting, ESG in Business and Accounting |
| Professor Frank Fan Xue |
Building Information Modeling, Derivative-free Optimization, City Information Modeling, 3D Point Clouds, Digital Twin, Blockchain and Distributed Applications, Construction Informatics and Urban Semantics, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning |
| Professor Michael Chi-ho Yam |
Structural Steel Connections, Earthquake Resilient Steel Structures, High Strength Steels, Smart Materials, Construction Health and Safety |
| Professor Hongxing Yang |
Renewable Energy Applications and Energy Saving in Buildings, Solar Call Materials, Solar Photovoltaic Integration in Buildings, Wind Power, Hybrid Solar-wind Power, Ground-coupled Heat Pump Technologies, Indirect Evaporative Cooling |
| Professor Robin Ruowei Yang |
Modern Chinese, Applied Linguistics, Chinese History Linguistics, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Chinese Education, Chinese Teacher Education, History, Language and Culture of Ethnic Minorities in Northern Asia, History of Khitan-Liao Dynasty |
| Professor Bennett Chi-kin Yim |
Services Marketing and Management, China Marketing and Marketing Strategy, Consumer Brand Choice and Purchase Behavior Modeling |
| Professor Doris Sau-fung Yu |
Gerontology and Long-term Care, Prevalent Elderly Issues, Geriatric Symptom Management, Disease Management Models for Heart Failure (HF), Brain Health Promotion, Strength-based Care Models on Dementia Care and Caregiving |
| Professor Allan Hoi-kau Yuen |
Technology Adoption, Online Learning, E-Learning, Technology Enhanced Learning, Online Education, Blended Learning, Educational Evaluation, eLearning in Higher Education, Computers in Education, ICT in Education |
| Professor Pong-chi Yuen |
Biometric Security and Privacy, Video Surveillance, Medical Informatics |
| Professor Susana Lai-mei Yuen |
Management Accounting, Strategic Management, Family Businesses |
| Professor Jack Junxi Zhang |
Financial Economics, Corporate Governance, Open-Economy Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics |
| Professor Lixing Zhu |
High-dimensional Data Analysis, Time Series, Non/semi-parametric Statistics, Monte Carlo Methods, Empirical Process Theory, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics |
| Secretary | |
| Ms Winnie Lam | Assistant Secretary-General (Research) 3, UGC |