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Leading Minds Driving Research and Innovation

PolyU is home to many world-renowned scholars and academicians, who are leading the way in a wide range of frontier scientific disciplines. By leveraging their multidisciplinary expertise, they produce highly-cited research and develop innovations that positively impact industries and communities in Hong Kong, the Nation and the world. Their outstanding accomplishments underscore PolyU’s unwavering dedication to research excellence. We take pride in our scholars’ knowledge, creativity and determination to use research and innovation to build a brighter future.

Professor Yang CHAI

Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Science
Professor, Department of Applied Physics

  • Member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials
Ir Professor Christopher Y.H. CHAO

Vice President (Research and Innovation)
Director, Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology
Chair Professor of Thermal and Environmental Engineering

  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • Fellow of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
  • Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, UK
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Professor Changwen CHEN

Chair Professor of Visual Computing

  • Member of the Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of The International Society for Optics and Photonics
  • Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Professor Qingyan CHEN

Director, PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research
Chair Professor of Building Thermal Science

  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • Fellow of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
  • Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials
  • Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers

Ir Professor T.C. Edwin CHENG

Dean, Faculty of Business
Fung Yiu King – Wing Hang Bank Professor in Business Administration
Chair Professor of Management

  • Academician of The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • Croucher Senior Research Fellow
  • Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Professor Li CHENG

Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering
Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration
Professor Wallace Woon-Fong LEUNG

Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering
  • Fellow of the American Filtration and Separations Society
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Professor Gang LI

Sir Sze-Yuen Chung Endowed Professor in Renewable Energy
Chair Professor of Energy Conversion Technology

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics
  • Optica Fellow
  • RGC Senior Research Fellow
Professor Xiang-dong LI

Dean, Faculty of Construction and Environment
Director, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development
Ko Jan Ming Professor in Sustainable Urban Development
Chair Professor of Environmental Science and Technology

  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • Geochemistry Fellow of the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • Fellow of the International Association of GeoChemistry
Professor Jin-Guang TENG

President
Chair Professor of Structural Engineering

  • Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
Professor William Shiyuan WANG

Chair Professor of Language and Cognitive Sciences

  • Academician of the Academia Sinica
  • Fellow of Guggenheim Foundation
  • Fellow of Linguistic Society of America
Professor WANG Zuankai

Associate Vice President (Research and Innovation)
Chair Professor of Nature-Inspired Engineering

  • Founding Member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences
  • Croucher Senior Research Fellow
  • RGC Senior Research Fellow
  • Xplorer Prize
  • Laureate of BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize
Professor Qihao WENG

Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence

  • Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of the American Association of Geographers
  • Fellow of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
  • Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Professor Raymond Wai-Yeung WONG

Dean, Faculty of Science
Clarea Au Professor in Energy
Chair Professor of Chemical Technology

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • Founding Member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences
  • Croucher Senior Research Fellow
  • RGC Senior Research Fellow
Professor Tong YANG

Chair Professor of Mathematical Science

  • Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea
  • Member of the World Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
  • American Mathematical Society Fellow
  • RGC Senior Research Fellow
Ir Professor YUNG Kai-leung, BBS

Associate Head, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Director, Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations
Sir Sze-yuen Chung Professor in Precision Engineering
Chair Professor of Precision Engineering

  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
  • Expert Member of the China’s Lunar Exploration Programme Phase 3
  • Academic Committee Member of the China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (China’s Mars Sample Return Mission Space Science and Ground Application Branch)
  • Expert panel member (Mars Sample Return Mission) of the Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center, China National Space Administration
Professor ZHANG Dan

Director, PolyU-Nanjing Technology and Innovation Research Institute
Director, Consortium for Intelligent Robotics Research
Chair Professor of Intelligent Robotics and Automation

  • Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
Professor Xiao Lin ZHAO

Chair Professor of Civil Infrastructure

  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Professor Zijian ZHENG

Associate Director, Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems
Associate Director, University Research Facility in Materials Characterisation and Device Fabrication
Chair Professor of Soft Materials and Devices

  • Founding Member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • RGC Senior Research Fellow

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