Collaborative Research Fund Selection Panel (2026/27)
| Title/Sphere of Interest | |
|---|---|
| Chair | |
| Prof Wing-kam Liu* | Walter P. Murphy Professor, and Co-Founder of HIDENN-AI, LLC, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, U.S.A.
Interests in development of multiscale theories, methods, and software for the design and analysis of large-scale engineering material systems, materials design, manufacturing, bio-sensing, and drug delivery |
| Members | |
| Dr Julio C. Guerrero* | CEO, Cambridge Research and Technology L.L.C., U.S.A. Interests in analyzing, designing, and developing mechanical systems, including those for harsh and extreme conditions, and energy and oil and gas and biomedical industries |
| Dr Jessica CF Kwok* | Associate Professor in Neuroscience, Faculty of Biological Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, U.K. Interests in perineuronal nets; plasticity; glycosaminoglycans; extracellular matrix; spinal cord injury; memory and ageing |
| Prof Jennifer Adams* | Associate Clinical Professor & Director International Teaching and Global Leadership, School of Education, Innovative Teaching and Leadership, Johns Hopkins University U.S.A. Interests in comparative and international education, poverty and education, child welfare, Chinese education and society, migration, quantitative methods, survey research methods, sociology of education |
| Prof Kai-nan An* | Professor Emeritus, Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Orthopedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science, U.S.A. Interests in orthopedic biomechanics; kinesiology of upper extremities, sports and rehabilitation medicine, and orthopedic surgery; soft tissue mechanics, including tissue regeneration and non-invasive assessment using medical imaging such as magnetic resonance elastography and ultrasound; mechanical and biochemical factors influencing soft tissue integrity, performance, and remodeling |
| Prof Rudolf Bauer* | Head and Professor, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Graz, Austria Interests in pharmacognosy, natural products, traditional Chinese medicine; herbal drugs; active plant constituents; phytochemistry; inflammation, cancer; herbal medicines |
| Prof Ben Berkhout* | Head of Laboratory, Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Interests in virus evolution, vaccines; emerging pathogens; RNA structure and function; RNAi mechanism and applications; HIV-1 virology; antiviral therapies; drug resistance |
| Prof Pierre Braunstein* | Emeritus CNRS Research Director, Institute of Chemistry, University of Strasbourg-CNRS, France Interests in molecular chemistry, transition elements, polytopic ligands, ligands with delocalized electronic system, metal complexes of functional enolates, bimetallics with silicon ligands, molecular clusters, Carbene complexes |
| Prof Clare E Bryant* | Professor of Innate Immunity, Department of Medicine & Department of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Cambridge, UK Interests in Innate Immunity, Toll-like Receptors, NOD-like receptors, Pattern Recognition Receptors, Salmonella |
| Prof Wesley Cantwell* | Associate Dean of Research, Professor, Khalifa University, UAE Interests in composites, polymers, fracture, adhesion, nanocomposites |
| Prof David Carey* | Associate Head (Education), Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Technology Institute, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, UK Interests in materials physics, 2D materials, electronic materials, electronic devices |
| Prof Cecilia Lai-wan Chan | Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dept of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Interests in palliative social work, health social work, integrative body-mind-spirit intervention, social planning and service development, working with disadvantaged populations, psychosocial oncology, practice research in social work, empowerment interventions |
| Prof Koon-hung Chan | Emeritus Professor, Department of Accountancy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China Interests in taxation, auditing and corporate governance |
| Prof Hsueh-Chia Chang* | Bayer Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering, Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, U.S.A. Interests in designing new molecular sensing and analysis technologies based on AC and non-equilibrium electrokinetics at the surface of nanoporous membranes and nanostructure assemblies |
| Prof Yongmin Chen* | Professor of Economics and Provost's Chair, Department of Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A. Interests in pricing, innovation and intellectual property, antitrust, consumer search, law and economics, vertical contracting, multinational firms and international trade |
| Prof Deborah Davis* | Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, Yale University, U.S.A. Interests in Chinese Sociology; Comparative Social Change; Occupational and Class Mobility in Modern China; Modern Chinese Social Welfare; Chinese Families; Chinese Elderly; Chinese Cities; Urban Chinese Consumer Culture |
| Prof Wei Ding* | Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Boston, U.S.A. Interests in the field of data mining, machine learning, with applications to bioinformatics, health sciences, astronomy, geosciences, and environmental sciences |
| Prof Zhi Ding* | Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, U.S.A. Interests in the broad field of signal processing, data analysis, communications, wireless networking, information theory |
| Prof Kornel Ehmann* | Emeritus Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, U.S.A. Interests in Material removal, forming, and laser processes; Micro-/meso-scale manufacturing; Automation and robotics; Machine/Process dynamics and control; Precision engineering; Engineered surfaces |
| Prof Neil Wyn Evans* | Professor of Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, U.K. Interests in Milky Way and Local Group Star, Stars and Stellar Evolution |
| Prof Charles Ffrench-Constant* | Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Interests in Regenerative Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Multiple Sclerosis |
| Prof Les Field* | Professor of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Australia Interests in organic chemistry, including synthetic organic chemistry, mechanistic organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry |
| Prof Ferdia Gallagher* | Professor of Translational Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Interests in Oncological Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Hyperpolarised 13C, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography |
| Prof Tony Gin | Emeritus Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Interests in anaesthesia, pain medicine and pharmacology |
| Prof Aaron D Gitler* | Professor, Department of Genetics, Stanford University, U.S.A. Interests in mechanisms of human neurodegenerative disease; ALS, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia; genomewide screens, model organisms |
| Prof Xiaohua Gong* | Professor, School of Optometry, University of California Berkeley, U.S.A. Interests in molecular, cellular and genetic studies of the eye and vision; optometry; vision science; eye development and disease; lens development; junctions; cytoskeleton and cell-cell communication; retina and lens; kinase; signal transduction; calcium; mutation; genetic modifier; ocular cells; cornea; gene therapy and editing |
| Prof Jonathan Grimes* | Professor of Structural Virology, Head of Oxford Particle Imaging Centre, NDM, University of Oxford, U.K. Interests in structural virology with particular interest in RNA virus replication and assembly |
| Prof Stephen John Hawkins* | Emeritus Professor within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, U.K. Interests in ecosystem functioning; community; population and behavioural ecology using rocky shores and their organisms as a tractable test system; phylogeography; behaviour and anatomy of intertidal organisms; outcomes of the behaviour of key species for community processes and relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; climate change responses; fisheries; climate responses and behaviour; marine; biogeography; climate change; coastal management and conservation; pollution; algal ecology; algal harvesting; marine biology (intertidal, benthic, coastal); molluscs; cirripedes; shellfisheries; impacts of fishing on sea-bed communities; recovery from pollution; habitat restoration; environmentally sensitive design of multi-purpose sea defences using eco-engineering approaches |
| Prof Georgina Hold* | Professor of Gut Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia Interests in inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal malignancy including liver cancer, host/microbial interactions, microbial therapeutics |
| Prof Bernard Hon* | Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, U.K. Interests in manufacturing systems, manufacturing technology and sustainable manufacturing |
| Prof Grace Yick Hsuan* | Professor Emerita, Dept of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, U.S.A. Interests in Materials Science, Durability of infrastructure materials, Polymer degradation, Recycled materials, Geosynthetics, Concrete, Fly ash, Life cycle analysis |
| Prof Woonghee Tim Huh* | Professor and Division Chair, Operations and Logistics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada Interests in inventory control, pricing, capacity, operations management, data-driven methods, business analytics, health- care operations |
| Prof Jill Hunter* | Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales, Australia Interests in the law and practice relating to criminal trials, evidence and court process, police and prosecution powers and practices, especially from sociological, historical human rights and comparative perspectives |
| Prof William Nigel Hunter* | Emeritus Professor of Structural Biology, Division of Biological Chemistry & Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K. Interests in structural biology and biological chemistry |
| Prof Chennupati Jagadish* | Distinguished Professor, Research School of Physics, Dept of Electronic Materials Engineering, Australian National University, Australia Interests in lasers, photodetectors, solar cells, photonics integrated circuits, plasmonics, metamaterials, THz photonics |
| Prof Zhigang Jiang* | Professor, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Interests in quantum condensed matter physics |
| Prof Zhuo Jing-Schmidt* | Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon, U.S.A. Interests in language and linguistics, emotion and cognition, historical linguistics, gender, identity |
| Prof Woody Jiann-Wen Ju* | Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. Interests in nanofabrication technology, nanoimprint, biomedical, microelectronic, optical, and microelectromechanical devices, sensors & microsystems |
| Prof Kay-Tee Khaw* | Professor, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, U.K. Interests in epidemiology, public health, ageing, cardiovascular disease and nutrition |
| Prof Yue Kuo* | Professor, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, U.S.A. Interests in thin film materials, devices, processes, productions, plasm processing, reliability, manufacturing |
| Prof Edmond Hau Fai Law | Adjunct Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Interests in curriculum studies; distributed leadership; and activity theory in educational research |
| Prof Ping-yee Law* | Adjunct Professor, Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology, Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, U.S.A. Interests in neuroscience of addiction; epigenetic; miRNAs; GPCRs; gene transcription; opioid analgesic; high throughput drug screens |
| Prof Fiona Lee* | Associate Dean, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Psychology, Dept of Psychology, University of Michigan, U.S.A. Interests in social behaviors in organizational and work contexts: (1) Identity Integration (2) Power (3) Culture |
| Prof Jong-Seok Lee* | Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Yonsei University, Korea Interests in machine learning, multimedia processing |
| Prof Puiwa Lei* | Professor of Education, Professor in Charge, Educational Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. Interests in psychometrics; psychological assessments; educational psychology; English as a secondary language; measurement and intervention; statistical modeling; accountability, testing, modeling; reading, writing, math; educational measurement, intervention |
| Prof Andrew Yee-Tak Leung | Emeritus Professor, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Interests in wind and earthquake engineering; fatigue, fracture and corrosion; noise and vibration reduction; environmental acoustics; structure vibration, monitoring and control; dynamic stress, jet fan and machineries |
| Prof Baochun Li* | Bell Canada Endowed Chair in Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada Interests in the areas of cloud computing, distributed systems such as distributed machine learning and federated learning, security and privacy, and networking |
| Prof Chao-jun Li* | Professor of Chemistry, Dept of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada Interests in green chemistry, organic chemistry, synthesis of biologically active compounds, catalysis |
| Prof Wenbin Lin* | James Franck Professor, Dept of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, U.S.A. Interests in sustainability and human health, metal-organic frameworks, catalysis, renewable energy, nanomedicine |
| Prof Johannes-Matthias Löhr* | Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Senior consultant, Gastrocentrum, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden Interests in pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, stromal biology |
| Prof Nicholas J Long* | Sir Edward Frankland BP Chair - Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, U.K. Interests in transition metal and lanthanide chemistry for the synthesis of functional molecules, homogeneous catalysis and in recent years, probe design and novel methodologies for biomedical imaging |
| Prof Sylvie Lorente* | Associate Dean for Research and Innovation College of Engineering Chair Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Villanova University, U.S.A. Interests in heat and mass transfer, fluid flows, buildings construction |
| Prof Ning Lu* | Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, U.S.A. Interests in geotechnical engineering; engineering mechanics; geomechanics; landslides |
| Prof Kang Kwong Luke* | President's Chair Professor of Linguistics, Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Interests in Chinese linguistics, conversation analysis, grammar and interaction, sentence-final particles |
| Prof Anita Mak* | Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health, Department of Psychology, University of Canberra, Australia Interests in cultural diversity, international student and immigrant adjustment, adolescent problem behaviours, and stress, mental health, and resilience in education and employment |
| Prof Nancy Kwan Man | Professor, Chair of Transplant Oncology and Immunology, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Interests in surgical research, transplant immunology and oncology, molecular mechanisms of immune regulation of tumor and tissue microenvironment, tissue repair and regeneration |
| Prof Raymond A Mar* | Professor, Department of Psychology, York University, Canada Interests in Psychology Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Media and Communication |
| Prof Iain McNeish* | Chair of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, U.K. Interests in ovarian cancer, gynaecological cancer, clinical trials, tumour microenvironment, cancer genomics, mouse models |
| Prof Chris Mi* | University Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, U.S.A. Interests in Power electronics, electric drives, wireless power transfer, inductive power transfer, capacitive power transfer, battery manage systems, battery diagnostics, battery prognostics, electric and hybrid vehicles; plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric machines, digital and analog electronics; electromagnetics; renewable energy systems |
| Prof Alexandru Morega* | Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dept Electronical Machines, Materials, Drives & Dept of Bioeng. and Biotech, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Interests in Electromagnetism, electrical and magnetic circuits – theory, mathematical modeling, numerical modeling; Heat and Mass Transfer processes - theory, mathematical modeling, numerical modeling; Constructal law applications and optimisation; Energy conversion and sources |
| Prof Anil Netravali* | Professor, College of Human Ecology, Dept of Fiber Science & Apparel Design, Cornell University, U.S.A. Interests in smart textiles, green materials, green composites, advanced composites |
| Prof Pablo Ordejón* | Director & Research Professor, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - ICN2, Spain Interests in nanoscience, condensed matter, materials science, Ab-Initio simulations, molecular dynamics, density functional theory |
| Prof Miles Padgett* | Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow, U.K. Interests in optical physics and in particular optical momentum |
| Prof Witold Pedrycz* | Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Interests in Computational Intelligence (CI), bioinformatics, and Granular Computing regarded as a recent development in the design and analysis of intelligent and human-centric systems. CI hinges on a synergistic interaction of the leading information technologies such as fuzzy sets, neural networks and evolutionary computing |
| Prof Liqun Qi | Emeritus Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Interests in tensor analysis for multivariate calculus; generalized Newton methods, nonlinear programming, optimization, numerical multilinear algebra, variational inequalities, power engineering optimization; systems of nonlinear equations; systems of nonsmooth equations |
| Prof Chunming Qiao* | Professor, Electrical Engineering, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo-The State University of New York, U.S.A. Interests in resource allocation in datacenters, cyber transportation systems, smartphone systems, photonic switching and networks |
| Prof Roger H Reeves* | Professor, McKusick-Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicine, Dept of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A. Interests in genetics, Down syndrome, mouse models |
| Prof CK Shum* | Professor & Distinguished University Scholar, Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, U.S.A. Interests in 20th century and present-day sea-level research and the improved understanding of the geophysical causes of the rise |
| Prof Nan Sussman* | Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, U.S.A. Interests in cultural psychology; migration and return migration; immigration and health; intercultural communication |
| Prof Dacheng Tao* | Distinguished University Professor, College of Computing & Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Interests in artificial intelligence, computer vision, deep learning, statistical learning and their applications to neuroscience, robotics, video surveillance and medical informatics |
| Prof Masayoshi Tomizuka* | Cheryl & John Neerhout, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A. Interests in dynamic systems and control, mechatronics, robotics, motion control |
| Prof Rosalie Tung* | Professor, Ming & Stella Wong Professor of International Business, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Canada Interests in international business, international management |
| Prof Da-Zhi Wang* | Professor, Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, U.S.A. Interests in the molecular mechanisms that control cellular differentiation and morphogenesis during animal development; uses cardiovascular system and skeletal muscle as the model systems and apply a variety of molecular, cellular, biochemistry and genetic approaches in the lab; studies transcriptional regulation of cardiovascular development as well as miRNAs in the control of cardiac and skeletal muscle development, function and regeneration |
| Prof Yibin Wang* | Professor & Director, Signature Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Interests in cancer metastasis, cancer stem cell, tumor-stromal interactions |
| Prof Zhiyong Wang* | Acting Director, Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University, U.S.A. Interests in the signaling networks that mediate plant growth responses to hormonal and environmental signals; plant growth-promoting hormones brassinosteroid, gibberellin, and auxin, as well as plant responses to light, temperature, and pathogens; receptor kinase signaling pathways, transcription factors and transcription network, and use broad approaches including molecular genetics, genomics, and proteomics |
| Prof Heiko Witt* | Professor, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Germany Interests in Molecular causes of gastroenterological diseases in childhood and adolescence; Genetics of inflammatory bowel disease, various liver diseases and fructose malabsorption |
| Prof Ching-ping Wong | Emeritus Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Interests in Polymeric electronic materials, Electronic, Photonic and MEMS packaging and interconnect, Interfacial adhesions, Nano-functional material syntheses and characterizations |
| Prof William M Worek* | Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, U.S.A. Interests in heat and mass transfer processes as they apply to energy systems in residential, commercial and industrial applications, and fluid flow |
| Prof Fulong Wu* | Professor, Bartlett Chair of Planning, University College London, U.K. Interests in urban studies and China development |
| Prof Yan Xiao* | Professor and Program Director for Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Systems Sciences, Engineering, International Campus, Zhejiang University, Chinese Mainland Interests in integrated protection of engineering structures; hybrid and composite structure; modern bamboo and timber structure; advanced and green civil engineering materials research and development, manufacture and applications; experimental methods and analysis of structures |
| Prof Tao Xie* | Chair Professor, School of Computer Science, Peking University, Chinese Mainland Interests in Software engineering, focusing on software testing, program analysis, software analytics/mining software repositories, software security |
| Prof Hongqi Xu* | Chair Professor, Beijing Key Laboratory of Quantum Devices, School of Electronics, Peking University, Chinese Mainland Interests in experimental and theoretical studies of electron transport in quantum structures, topological states of matter and Majorana fermions in the solid state, strong correlated systems, as well as semiconductor spin physics and spin qubits |
| Prof Cary Yang* | Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of TENT Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Santa Clara University, U.S.A. Interests in electronic, thermal, and nanostructural properties of materials interfaces |
| Prof Jimmy Chai Mei Yu | Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Interests in Preparation and characterization of novel nano-structured materials, Environmental applications of photocatalysis |
| Prof Michael Q Zhang* | Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A. Interests in regulatory network; 4D genome; omics technologies; computational biology; developmental regulation network; computational analysis |
| Prof Xiaodong Zhang* | Robert M. Critchfield Professor in Engineering and Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, U.S.A. Interests in data management in computer and distributed systems |
| Prof Chunfeng Zhao* | Professor of Orthopedics and Biomedical Engineering, Division of Orthopedic Research, Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science, U.S.A. Interests in orthopedic biomechanics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, connective tissues research, tendon and related soft tissue research, carpal tunnel syndrome, spine biomechanics, medical imaging development |
| Prof Yi Zhou* | Professor, Institute of Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Mainland Interests in understanding and revealing novel quantum phenomena in many-particle systems. Past research area includes quantum magnetism, unconventional superconductivity, and topological systems in condensed matter. Also interests in developing and employing analytical quantum-field-theoretic techniques as well as state-of-art numerical methods, and exploring exciting and intriguing physics in quantum materials |
| Secretary | |
| Ms Jacqueline Yan | Assistant Secretary General (Research)2, UGC |
* Non-local Members