Physical Sciences Panel (Joint Research Schemes)
(as at 30 May 2024)
Member Sphere of Interest
Chairman
Professor Wesley Cantwell* Lightweight materials; nanomaterials for aerospace applications; additive manufacturing; polymers materials; composites materials
Deputy Chairman
Professor Arieh Iserles* Numerical analysis; approximation theory; PDEs; harmonic analysis; high-dimensional statistics; mathematical physics
Members
Professor Pierre Braunstein* Molecular chemistry; reactivity; catalysis; molecular precursors; inorganic materials; nanoparticles; catalytic properties
Professor Ngai-hang Chan Biostatistics, Probability & Statistics
Professor Fu-rong Chen Material Science
Professor Huiming Cheng* Material Science
Professor Yun Chi Chemical sciences; photophysical and opto-electrical properties of organic materials
Professor Eric Tsz-shun Chung Applied mathematics; computational wave propagation; fluid flow
Professor Felipe Cucker Applied & Pure mathematics - foundational numerical algorithms
Professor Stephen Faulkner* Chemical Sciences
Professor Shien-ping Feng Chemical Engineering - electrochemical system design and materials engineering for energy applications
Professor Jimmy Chi-hung Fung Earth sciences; meteorology; air pollution problems
Professor Shemin Ge* Earth Sciences - mechanical interaction of groundwater and rock formation
Professor Jinlong Gong* Chemical Engineering
Professor Jianhua Hao Applied Physics
Professor Keith Wing-kei Ho Chemical Sciences, Environmental Sciences
Professor Alex Jen Materials science; organic / hybrid functional materials and devices for photonics, energy, sensors, and nanomedicine
Professor Jimmy Jiao Hydrogeology; hydrogeo chemistry; groundwater aquifer
Professor Bangti Jin Applied Mathematics
Professor Daniel Shu-ping Lau Nanomaterials; 2D materials; energy materials; synthesis; characteization; properties; optical properties; electronic properties; optoelectronic devices; electronic devices
Professor Chun-sing Lee Chemical sciences; biomedical materials; nanoscience and nanotechnology; organic optoelectronics
Professor Kelvin Sze-yin Leung Chemistry and environment - analytical spectrometry and environmental analytical chemistry
Professor Zhenyang Lin Computational, coordination, organometallic chemistry
Professor Xing-yi Ling* Chemical sciences – chemistry; nanotechnology
Professor Bin Liu Energy
Professor Chengde Mao* Supramolecular chemistry of nucleic acids; DNA/RNA self-assembly; DNA nanostructures; DNA nanomaterials; DNA nanotechnology; DNA nanomachines
Professor Alexis Markovits* Quantum chemistry
Professor Dennis Kee-pui Ng Chemical sciences; chemistry of functional dyes on biomedical applications
Professor Meng Ni Materials and energy - fuel cells and rechargeable batteries; electro-chemical water-splitting
Professor Minhua Shao Chemical Sciences - Battery; Electrocatalysis; Electrochemical Energy Technologies; Electrochemistry; Fuel cell
Professor Zhigang Shuai* Physics
Professor Defeng Sun Applied mathematics; sparse newton methods; matrix optimisation
Professor Jianwei Sun Chemistry - enantioselective reactions; heterocyclic scaffolds; synthetic organic chemistry
Professor Ophelia K. C. Tsui Physics
Professor Dajun Wang Physics - ultracold polar molecules; high resolution spectroscopy
Professor Jun Wang Chemical science
Professor Junhui Wang Probability and statistics; statistical machine learning and its applications
Professor Teng-fong Wong* Earth and environmental science; natural resources; oil and gas; hydrology; geophysics eathquake machanics
Professor Chun Yang Earth Sciences
Professor Zhongping Yao Mass spectrometry; analytical chemistry; chemical biology; proteomics; metabolomics; food safety
Professor Shuang Zhang Physics - Metamaterials; Metasurfaces; Nanophotonics; Topological Photonics
Secretary
Ms Milly NG Assistant Secretary-General (Research)1, UGC

*Non-local Members