Collaborative Research Fund Selection Panel (2023/24)
  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
Ir Dr J. C. Y. Cheuk Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Interests in offshore geotechnics; soil liquefaction; debris mobility modelling; reclamation and ground treatment
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, 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 Ruzena Bajcsy* Professor Emeritus, Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Interests in robotics, modeling human motion
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 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

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 Ken P Chong* Research Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, U.S.A.

Interests in solid mechanics, experimental methods in mechanics, computational mechanics, structural mechanics, structural dynamics, intelligent structures and smart materials. Strategic planning, education, and research management
Prof Michael P Doyle* Professor & Distinguished University Chair, Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, U.S.A.

Interests in applications with metal carbene transformations, Lewis acid catalyzed reactions, selective catalytic oxidations, and novel dirhodium compounds
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 James Fawcett* Emeritus Professor, Head of Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, UK

Interests in repairing the damaged nervous system
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 Bernard Hon* Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, U.K.

Interests in manufacturing systems, manufacturing technology and sustainable manufacturing
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 Tai-Chu Lau Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Interests in reactivity of transition metal oxo; nitrido and imido complexes; photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction by transition metal complexes
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 Chung-yee Lee Emeritus Professor, Dept of Industrial Engineering & Decision Analytics, The Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Interests in logistics and supply chain management; production scheduling; production & operations management
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 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 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 Fanxin Long* Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Interests in molecular regulation of skeletal development, homeostasis and regeneration
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 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 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 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 Robert L Modlin* Professor and Former Chief of Dermatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Interested in the immunology of microbial infection
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 King Ngi Ngan Emeritus Professor, Dept of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Interests in video coding and communications; digital image processing; visual signal processing
Prof Richard Bernhart Owen Emeritus Professor, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

Interests in geology, geography, environmental science
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 Xiaoqing Pan* Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Engineering, Professor of Physics, Dept of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California - Irvine, U.S.A.

Interests in understanding the atomic-scale structure-property relationships of advanced materials, including oxide electronics, ferroelectrics/multiferroics, catalysts, Li-ion batteries, and photovoltaic materials
Prof Jian Pei* Professor, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Interests in data mining, data science, data engineering, database systems, business intelligence, healthcare informatics, e-commerce, supply chain
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 Che Kwan 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 Simon F.B. Tett* Professor, Chair of Earth System Dynamics, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, U.K.

Interests in climate science, atmospheric science
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 Yinsheng Wang* Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Dept of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.

Interests in mass spectrometry-based bioanalytical chemistry, with emphasis on quantitative proteomics, post-translational modifications of proteins, chemical proteomics, and DNA adduct analysis; Synthetic chemistry, with emphasis on the synthesis of modified nucleosides and nucleic acids; Molecular biology: with interests in understanding the biological consequences and repair of DNA damage; Epigenetics: with focus being placed on understanding the biological consequences of post-translational modifications of core histone proteins and post-transcriptional modifications of RNA
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 Wan-Keung Wong Emeritus Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, The Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Interests in protein expression, bacterial genetics, microbiology
Prof Evaon Wong-Kim* Dean and Professor, College of Health Sciences, Samuel Merritt University, U.S.A.

Interests in cancer survivorship and quality of life issues confronting Chinese immigrant breast cancer patients
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, Mainland China

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 Hongqi Xu* Chair Professor, Beijing Key Laboratory of Quantum Devices, School of Electronics, Peking University, Mainland China

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 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, 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, Mainland China

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
Mr Cyprian Chan Assistant Secretary General (Research)2, UGC

* Non-local Members