Professor Ronaldo Borja*

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA
  
Interests in developing strain localization and failure models for soils and rocks, modeling coupled solid deformation/ fluid flow phenomena in porous materials, and finite element modeling of faulting, cracking, and fracturing in quasi-brittle materials

Professor Wesley Cantwell*

Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
  
Interests in composite materials, impact, lightweight aerospace structures, advanced manufacturing techniques, environmentally-friendly composites, polymers, fracture mechanics, dynamic properties of materials and smart structures

Professor Wai-yee Chan

Research Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  
Interests in the molecular genetics of human reproductive and endocrine disorders, biochemical genetics of inborn errors of copper and zinc metabolism, functional genomics and epigenomics of germinal stem cells and scientific journals

Professor May May-hung Cheng

Vice President (Academic) / Chair Professor of Teacher Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  
Interests in teacher education, science education

Professor Tai-fai Fok, SBS, JP

Emeritus Professor and Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  
Interests in newborn care, especially the prevention and management of respiratory conditions, newborn infection, newborn growth, and medical education

Professor Huajian Gao*

Xinghua University Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Chinese Mainland
  
Interests in solid mechanics, nanomechanics and biomechanics, fracture mechanics, thin film mechanics, mechanics of nanostructured and low dimensional materials, mechanics of membrane targeting nanomedicine, and hydrogen embrittlement

Professor Gian Francesco Giudice*

Head of the Theoretical Physics Department, CERN, Switzerland
  
Interests in theoretical particle physics and cosmology

Mr Stephen Wai-chung Ho

Co-Founder and CEO, n-hop technologies Limited, Former Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Technology Committee, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Hong Kong
  
Interests in telecommunication and broadcasting, science and technology, and environmental matters

Professor I-ming Hsing

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  
Interests in nucleic acid-based bioengineering, biosensors, point of care diagnostics, nanobiotechnology, electrochemistry and electroanalysis, flexible implantable bioelectronics, and chemical engineering

Professor William Nigel Hunter*

Emeritus Professor, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, UK
  
Interests in Enzymes; drugs; metals; structure-activity relationships; pathogens; secretion systems; bacteria; protists; tools; recombinant protein production; X-rays crystallography; Cryo-EM; protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions; ion channels; ligand interactions

Dr Grace Sze-ngar Lau

Former Head of Life and Health Technology, HKSTP - Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, Hong Kong
  
Interests in commissioned to drive this transformation in healthcare, by expediting the translation of innovative biomedical technologies to benefit the patients and our society; To expedite the translation of biomedical technologies to benefit the public; To instill researchers with entrepreneurial mindset and skills for translational research; To establish Hong Kong as a preeminent hub for translational research and development

Professor Mingming Leng

Chair Professor of Computing and Decision Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Business, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
  
Interests in game theory, operations and supply chain management, and interface between operations and other disciplines

Professor Gigi Luk*

Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Canada
  
Interests in bilingualism, cognitive development, lifespan development and neuroimaging

Professor Miles Padgett*

Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy (Physics and Astronomy), University of Glasgow, UK
  
Interests in optical physics and in particular optical momentum

Professor Johnny Ming-lun Poon

Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research), Dr. Hung Hin Shiu Endowed Professor in Music, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  
Interests in interdisciplinary research and creative practice, baroque repertoire and performance practice, and orchestral studies

Professor Daniel Tan-lei Shek, SBS, JP

Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  
Interests in positive youth development, family process, scale development, quality of life, programme evaluation, addiction and spirituality

Mr Hendrick Sin, MH, JP

Co-founder, Executive Director and Vice Chairman, China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Limited, Chinese Mainland
  
Interests in finance (including banking, securities, accountancy and insurance), science and technology, and youth matters

Professor Alice Sze-tsai Wong

Associate Vice-President (Research), Interim Director and Chair Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  
Interests in cell adhesion dynamics, receptor tyrosine kinases and signal transduction, mechanobiology, molecular basis of tumor invasion and metastasis, drug discovery and development

Professor Nancy Wong*

Chair and Professor of the Department of Consumer Science, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  
Interests in the influence of culture in consumption decisions, affective responses, and consumption values such as materialism; exploring methodological issues in cross-cultural research; consumer decisions in healthcare, personal finance and sustainable consumption

Professor Sean Xin Xu*

Starr Endowed Chair Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Associate Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Chinese Mainland
  
Interests in digital enablement and digital transformation, IT governance, analytics, IT business value, IT strategy and e-commerce

Professor Michael Mengsu Yang

Senior Vice-President (Innovation and Enterprise), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  
Interests in the development of biochip technology and nanotechnology for molecular diagnostics and therapeutic applications

Professor Daphne Wing-yee Yiu*

Lee Kong Chian Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore
  
Interests in strategies in global and digital economy, institutions, informal institutions, affective institutions, corporate governance, CSR, and social entrepreneurship in Asia, corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, and co-creation

Professor Hongtao Yu*

Chair Professor and Dean of School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Chinese Mainland
  
Interests in combining cell biological, biochemical, and biophysical methods; to understand cellular mechanisms governing genomic stability at the molecular and atomic levels

Mr Daniel Wang-tak Yu

Former Chief Executive Officer, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute, Hong Kong
  
Interests in Nanotechnology and advance materials

Professor Raymond L. Yung*

Jeffrey B Halter M.D. Collegiate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Medical School, University of Michigan, USA

Interests in the management of arthritis in older adults and gene-environment interaction in chronic inflammation in aging