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 Kin-fai Ho (Subject Convenor (Biology and Medicine)) |
Air Pollution and Health, Environmental Epidemiology, Particle Toxicology, Exposure Assessment, Bioaerosol, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Health |
| 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 Alan Kai-ming Au | Business Ethics, International Management, Technology Transfer and Marketing |
| Professor Helen Yue-lai Chan |
End-of-life Care, Palliative Care Needs, Chronic Illness and Long-term Care, Geriatric Care, Nursing Ethics |
| Professor Roger Chun-kwong Chan |
Urban planning, Urbanism and Governance |
| Professor Tak-ming Chan |
Adaptive Structures, Circularity in Construction, Reduced Carbon Hybrid Structures |
| Professor Melody Man-chi Chao |
Negotiations and Conflict Management, Workforce Diversity, Globalization, Goal Orientation, Multicultural Psychology |
| 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, 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 Tai-yuan Chen |
Corporate Governance, Disclosure, Executive Compensation |
| Professor Louis Tsz-wan Cheng |
ESG and Green Finance, Behavioral Finance, Mutual Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Joint-Ventures, IPOs |
| Professor King-ho Cheung |
Structure-function of Intracellular Calcium Release Channels (Inositol Trisphosphate Receptors, Ryanodine Receptors, and Two-pore Channel) and their Roles in Health and Disease, Molecular Mechanisms for the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease (Calcium Disruption and Neuronal Autophagy), Development of Pharmacological Compounds from Chinese Medicine for Neurodogeneration Therapy |
| Professor Jianguo Dai |
Fiber-reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction, High-performance Fiber-reinforced Cementitious Composites, Multiple Functional Coating, Geopolymer Cement and Concrete, Durability and Life Cycle Maintenance of Marine Concrete Structures |
| Professor Jimmy De La Torre |
Assessment, Testing and Measurement, Research Methods and Methodologies, Technology-enhanced Learning |
| Professor Qiliang He |
Twentieth-Century Chinese History, Urban History, Cultural History |
| 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 Teaching |
| Dr Mengyao Jin |
Learning Analytics, Higher Education, Pedagogical, Decision-making, Learning Analytics Tool, Student Learning |
| 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 Sylvia Yuk-ching Kwok Lai |
Positive Psychology, Mental Health (Suicide, Anxiety, Depression), Children and Adolescents, Families (Parent-child, Marital Relationship) |
| Professor Chak-fu Lam |
Leader Responses to Employees' Creativity, Employee Participation and Effectiveness, Stress, Burnout and Wellbeing, Organizational Citizenship Behaviours |
| 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 Liman Man-wai Li |
Decision-making Processes, Social Relationships and Well-being from a Socio-ecological Perspective, Influence of Different Types of Mobility (e.g., Relational Mobility and Residential Mobility) on a Wide Range of Experiences, including Subjective Well-being and Interpersonal Relationships (e.g., Friendships and Enemyships) |
| Professor Dongsheng Liu |
DNA, RNA, Self-Assembly, Chemical Modification, Hydrogel, Tissue Engineering |
| Professor Justina Yat-wa Liu |
Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity, Frailty Symptom Management, Gerontechnology, Dietary and Exercise Interventions |
| 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 |
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Professor Vivien Lin Lu |
Strategic Exploitation of Solar Energy, Offshore Wind Energy and the Cold of Deep Space (2.7 K) in Buildings and Urban Cities, Engineered Smart Nanomaterial Solutions to Energy-efficient Building Envelopes, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics and Heat/Mass Transfer to Enhance Building Energy Systems |
|
Professor Yang Lu |
Micro/Nanomechanicsin situ Electron Microscopy, Nano-Manufacturing, Mechanical Metamaterial, Strain Engineering |
|
Professor Jim Tze-chung Luk |
Sport biomechanics, Ergonomics, Strength and Conditioning |
|
Professor Angel Qing Ma |
Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition, Corpus-based Literature Studies, Corpus-Based Language Pedagogy (CBLP), Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), AI in Language Education |
| Professor Will Wai-kit Ma |
Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Creation, Information System Adoption, Deep Learning, Communication |
|
Professor Qian Miao |
Design and Synthesis of Novel Polycyclic Aromatic Molecules with Interesting Structures and Useful Applications, and Development of High-performance Organic Semiconductor Materials and Devices Using Tools from Organic Synthesis, Supramolecular Chemistry and Surface Chemistry |
|
Professor Daniel Yiu-wing Mo |
Aftermarket Supply Chain Management, Demand and Supply Analytics, Logistics Network Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, Design of Intelligent Systems |
| 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 Suzanne Ho-wai So |
Psychological Models of Psychosis, Cognitive and Affective Pathways to Psychosis and Depression, Reasoning in Psychosis and Other Psychiatric Disorders, Psychological Treatment for Severe Mental Illnesses, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Metacognitive Training, Therapist Training, Experience Sampling Methodology/Ecological Momentary Assessment |
| Professor Haiyan Song |
Tourism Demand Modelling and Forecasting, Tourism Impact Assessment, Tourism Satellite Account, Chinese Economy Under Transition, Wine Economics |
| Professor Yongduan Song |
Neural Networks and Learning Control Systems, Control Theory and Applications, Renewable Energy Systems, Intelligent Robotic Systems |
| 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 Shelley Xiuli Tong |
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Brain and Cognition, Language Processing and Dyslexia, Special/Inclusive and Gifted Education, Speech and Hearing Sciences |
|
Professor Dan Chiu-wa Tsang |
Engineered Biochar, Waste Valorisation, Carbon-Neutral Construction Materials, Green Remediation, Sustainable Development |
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Professor Shelly Lap-ah Tse |
Shift Work/Circadian Rhythm and Various Health Impacts, including Cancer of Breast, Prostate and Lung, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Cognitive Impairment, Mental Health, Occupational and Environmental Exposures on Cancers and Non-cancers, including Environmental Impacts on Health of Workers and General Population (e.g., PM2.5, Greenspaces/Light at Night/Noise, HAP-Solid Fuel Uses), Silica Dust Exposure and Health Impacts (e.g., Silicosis, COPD, Lung Cancer, Imaging Genetics and Risk Level Assessment), Electronic Waste Recycling Worker’s Health (e.g., Urinary Chemical Burdens including Heavy Metals and OPEs, and DNA Damage), Occupational and Environmental Exposures on Etiology of Lung Cancer (e.g., Incense Smoke Burning, Residential Radon exposure, Workplace Secondhand smoke), Occupational Safety and Health, Workplace Sustainability |
| 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 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 Yu-cheung Wong |
Poverty and Social security, Retirement Protection and Employment, Long-term Care Planning, Information Technology in Social Services |
| Professor Harry Feng Wu |
Accounting Disclosure, Sustainability & Environment, Banking, Behavioral finance, Financial Statement Analysis, Managerial Accounting, ESG in Business and Accounting |
| Professor Linda Fu Xiao |
Optimal Control and Diagnosis of Building and Energy Systems, Big Data Analytics and AI for Smart Energy-efficient and Resilient Buildings, Dynamic Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer Processes in Advanced Building Energy Systems |
| Professor Charles Chunbao Xu |
Environmentally Friendly and Cost-effective Fractionation of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Lignin, Production of Bio-polymers from Cellulose and Lignin via Chemical Modifications, Production of Oxygenated Bio-chemicals and C5-C18 Alkanes from C5/C6 Sugars via Catalytic Conversion, Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) from Lignin, Biocrude/Pyrolysis Oils by Catalytic Hydrotreatment, Development of a Scalable Hydrothermal Reforming (HTR) Technology for Green H2 Generation from Aqueous Bio-feedstocks Derived from Biomass and Biowastes, Development of Chemical Hydrogen Storage Technologies: Ammonia, Methanol and Formic Acid |
| 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 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 Cheong-heon Yi |
Auditing, Business Groups, Financial Reporting |
| 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 Jack Junxi Zhang |
Financial Economics, Corporate Governance, Open-Economy Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics |
| Professor Zhongying Zhao |
Mechanism of Postzygotic Hybrid Incompatibilities between Nematode Species, Developmental Dynamics of Signaling Pathways during Nematode Embryogenesis, Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Cell Fate Determination during Nematode Embryogenesis |
| Professor Guobin Zhu |
Chinese and Comparative Constitutional Law, Basic Law of Hong Kong, National Security Law, Law of Human Rights in Hong Kong and China, Comparative Law, Public Administration of China |
| 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 |