Theme-based Research Scheme
Theme-based Research Scheme Selection Panel
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| Chairman | |
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Professor Paul K L Yu* |
Provost of Revelle College, William S C Chang Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A. Interests in optoelectronic materials, devices and engineering, modern communication, microwave photonics (e.g. transmission of high frequency optical signals and signal processing). |
| Members | |
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Theme 1: Understanding, Preventing and Treating Diseases |
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| Professor Hongtao Yu* (Theme 1 Convenor) |
Chair Professor and Dean of School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Chinese Mainland Interests in combining cell biological, biochemical, and biophysical methods; to understand cellular mechanisms governing genomic stability at the molecular and atomic levels. |
| Professor Xiao-fan Wang* (Deputy Theme 1 Convenor) |
Donald and Elizabeth Cooke Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, Duke University, U.S.A. Interests in surgery, elucidation of molecular nature and signaling mechanisms associated with the initiation of cellular senescence and development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of various types of human cancer. |
| Professor Zhengming Chen* | Richard Peto Professor of Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Interests in environmental and genetic causes of chronic disease, evidence-based medicine and evaluation of widely practicable treatments for chronic diseases. |
| Professor Charles ffrench-Constant* | Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Interests in Regenerative Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Multiple Sclerosis. |
| Professor Sandy Feng* | Professor, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, U.S.A. Interests in solid organ transplantation, transplant immunology/tolerance, cirrhosis and associated complications including hepatocellular carcinoma, and clinical trials related to organ transplantation and including cellular therapies. |
| Professor Tony Gin | Emeritus Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Interests in anaesthesia, pain medicine and pharmacology. |
| Professor Jennifer Grandis* | American Cancer Society Professor, Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, U.S.A. Interests in Head and neck cancer, signal transduction, precision medicine, and preclinical cancer models. |
| Professor William Hunter* | Professor of Structural Biology, Divison of Biological Chemistry & Drug Discovery, College of Life Science,University of Dundee, United Kingdom Interests in structural biology and structure-function-inhibition of antibacterial and antiparasitic drug targets. |
| Professor Simin Liu* | Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Surgery, Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, U.S.A. Interests in Nutrition, Genomics, Preventive Cardiology, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Global Health. |
| Professor Alexander Ploss* | Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, U.S.A. Interests in immune responses and pathogenesis to human infectious diseases, including hepatitis viruses, related flaviviruses, and malaria, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Viral hepatitis, Liver inflammation, Humanized mice, In vivo imaging and Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics. |
| Professor Feng Shao* | Investigator and Deputy Director for Academic Affairs, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Chinese Mainland Interests in bacteria-host interaction, innate immunity, inflammation. |
| Professor Jiake Xu* | Winthrop Professor, School of Biomedical Science, University of Western Australia, Australia Interests in osteoimmunology, osteolysis, and mechanisms of bone resorpt Buxbaum ion, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and pericytes, screening of natural compounds for the treatment of osteoporosis, deciphering the molecular basis of musculoskeletal diseases using ENU-induced mutant mice and cc mice and intercellular communication and angiogenic potential of endothelial progenitor cells in bone microenvironment. |
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Theme 2: Developing a Sustainable Environment |
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| Professor Pedro Alvarez* (Theme 2 Convenor) |
George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, U.S.A. Interests in environmental implications and applications of nanotechnology, bioremediation, fate and transport of toxic chemicals, water footprint of biofuels, water treatment and reuse, and antibiotic resistance control. |
| Professor Gehan Amaratunga* | Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Interests in nanoscale materials and device design for electronics and energy conversion, novel materials and device structures for low cost, high efficiently solar cells, power electronics for optimum grid connection of large photovoltaic electric generation systems, integrated and discrete semiconductor devices for power switching and control. |
| Professor Ronaldo Borja* | Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, U.S.A. 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 Mark Andrew Bradford* | Scientia Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia Interests in structures subjected to extreme actions, including fire and blast, geometric and material non-linear response of structures including arches, domes and curved beams, dynamics and elasto-dynamic buckling; numerical methods, structural retrofit, and design codes. |
| Professor Marc Cadotte* | Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada Interests in ecological and evolutionary mechanisms generating patterns of species diversity and applying the understanding to conservation issues, community ecology, biology invasions, evolution, biodiversity, plant ecology, experiments and ecosystem function. |
| Professor Xiaodong Chen* | Distinguished University Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Interests in mechanomaterials science and engineering, flexible electronics, sense digitalization, cyber-human interfaces and systems, and carbon-negative technology. |
| Professor Huosheng Hu* | Professor of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, United Kingdom Interests in intelligent systems and autonomous mobile robots, networked robots and network enable systems / devices, smart sensors, actuators and mechatronics, sensor integration and data fusion algorithms, tele-rehabilitation, tele-care, tele-health, intelligent wheelchairs, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and neural networks in robotics, pervasive computing, mobile computing, e-learning, distributed computer architecture and parallel processing. |
| Professor James Klausner* | MSU Foundation Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, U.S.A. Interests in boiling heat transfer, multiphase flow, thermochemical reactors, solar fuel, energy systems, electrochemical systems, water desalination and recycling, powder flow/mechanics, cryogenics, biomedical engineering. |
| Professor Paul Mason* | Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Interests in geology, geochemistry, earth sciences. |
| Professor Chung-yu Mou* | Professor, Department of Physics, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China Interests in general condensed matter physics, topological materials, superconductivity, strong correlated electronic systems, quantum technology. |
| Professor Didier Pribat* | Research Director, The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces (LPICM) Interests in nanoscience and nanotechnologies, crystal growth, and materials science. |
| Professor Jason Ren* | Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, U.S.A. Interests in water energy, water sector decarbonization and resource recovery, wastewater treatment and reuse, water desalination, remediation, carbon capture and utilization. |
| Professor David Thomas* | Professor of Geography, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Interests in landscape dynamics, climate systems and environmental interactions. |
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Theme 3: Enhancing Hong Kong's Strategic Position as a Regional and International Business Centre |
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| Professor Nancy Y Wong* (Theme 3 Convenor) |
Professor, Consumer Science, School of Human Ecology and Faculty Director, Kohl's Center for Retailing Excellence, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A. Interests in culture, materialism and emotion, cross-cultural research methods, consumer decision making and public policy. |
| Professor Tim Woonghee Huh* (Deputy Theme 3 Convenor) |
Professor and 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 and health-care operations. |
| Professor Andrew Tat Tin Ching* | Professor, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A. Interests in quantitative marketing, industrial organization, applied econometrics, economics and marketing of the following industries: pharmaceutical, healthcare, consumer package goods and video games. |
| Professor Jens Leth Hougaard* | Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), University of Copenhagen, Denmark Interests in Applied Microeconomics: Economic Design, Networks, Game Theory, Blockchains, Efficiency Analysis. |
| Professor Christopher S. Tang* | Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. Interests in global supply chain management, operations and technology management, global operations strategy. |
| Professor Sean Xin Xu* | Professor of School of Economics and Management, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Chinese Mainland Interests in digital enablement and digital transformation, IT governance, analytics, IT business value, IT strategy and e-commerce. |
| Professor Luo Zuo* | Provost’s Chair Professor of Accounting and Finance, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore Interests in the intersection of accounting and finance, behavioral economics, entrepreneurship, governance, technology, and sustainability. |
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Theme 4: Advancing Emerging Research and Innovations Important to Hong Kong |
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| Professor Wesley Cantwell* (Theme 4 Convenor) |
Director, Aerospace Research and Innovation Centre and Associate Dean for Research, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research, 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 Sylvie Lorente* (Deputy Theme 4 Convenor) |
Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Villanova University, U.S.A. Interests in heat and mass transfer, fluid flows, buildings construction. |
| Professor Catherine Brinson* | Professor and Chair of Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, U.S.A. Interests in advanced material systems and developing new methods to characterize and to model material behavior. |
| Professor Yi-tung Chen* | Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, U.S.A. Interests in computational fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, nuclear and renewable energy, thermal system, hydrogen production and utilization, corrosion modeling, and fuel cells; unmanned aerial systems. |
| Professor George T C Chiu* | Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, U.S.A. Interests in mechatronics, dynamic systems and control, digital imaging and printing systems, functional printing and digital fabrication, robotics, perception-based engineering, human motor control, optimal and robust control. |
| Professor Kornel Ehmann* |
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, U.S.A.
Interests in micro/meso-scale manufacturing, precision engineering, machine tool dynamics and control, material removal processes, automation and robotics. |
| Professor Xiaoming Fu* |
Chair Professor of Computer Science, Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Göttingen, Germany
Interests in architecture and applications of Internet-based systems. |
| Ir Professor Alan Hiu-fung Lam |
CEO of Sengital Limited, Hong Kong
Interests in Internet of things and artificial intelligence. |
| Professor Hyun-Wook Lee* |
Professor, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Interests in lithium/sodium-ion batteries, operando imaging observation, cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, Prussian Blue-type redox systems, and electrochemically thermal energy harvesting. |
| Professor Baochun Li* |
Professor of 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 |
| Professor Gigi Luk* |
Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Canada
Interests in Bilingualism, cognitive development, lifespan development and neuroimaging. |
| Dr Ray Wai-sing Man |
Founder and President of Amonics limited, Hong Kong
Interests in Photonics and fiber optics. |
| Professor Stephen Newman* |
Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Interests in machining science, computer aided process planning, machine tool metrology, CAD/CAM. |
| Professor Tina Tse-nga Ng* |
Professor, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.
Interests in Flexible electronics for seamless human-computer interactions, and 2D materials |
| Professor Witold Pedrycz* |
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
Interests in the realm of Computational Intelligence (CI), bioinformatics, and Granular Computing regarded as a recent development in the design and analysis of intelligent and human-centric systems |
| Professor Dacheng Tao* |
Distinguished University Professor, College of Computing & Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Interests in AI, including computer vision, data science, deep learning, image processing, machine learning, medical informatics, social media, and video surveillance. |
| Professor Chaoyang Wang* |
William E. Defender Chair Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
Interests in multiphase transport, fuel cells and advanced batteries for electric propulsion, stationary power generation and portable electronics. |
| Mr Daniel Wang-tak Yu |
Former Chief Executive Officer, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
Interests in Nanotechnology and advance materials. |
* Members outside Hong Kong