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Ten PolyU scholars were named “Highly Cited Researchers 2018” by Clarivate Analytics. The list recognised leading researchers in sciences and social sciences whose academic papers published during 2006-2016 were ranked in the top 1% in terms of the total number of citations in one or more fields according to Clarivate Analytics Essential Science Indicators.

Scholar

Title

Department

Research interest

Prof. Chau Kwok-wing

Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

- coastal hydraulics
- water quality modelling
- circulation modelling

Prof. Huang Jian

Chair Professor

Department of Applied Mathematics

- semiparametric models
- statistical genetics
- survival analysis
- analysis of high-dimensional data
- Bioinformatics

Prof. Lee Shun-cheng

Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

- indoor air pollution
- toxic air pollutants
- emission source characterisation

Dr Li Gang

Associate Professor

Department of Electronic and Information Engineering

- thin film opto-electronics
- organic electronics

Prof. Vivien Lu Lin

Professor

Department of Building Services Engineering

- renewable energy technologies in buildings
- green building nanomaterial development
- fluid mechanics and heat/mass transfer related to building science

Prof. Qi Li-qun

Chair Professor

Department of Applied Mathematics

- multi-linear algebra
- computational mathematics and application

Prof. Raymond Wong Wai-yeung

Chair Professor

Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology

- synthesis, functional properties and applications of metallopolymer
- molecular materials for light/electrical energy conversion
- rational design, synthesis and applications of new functional nanomaterials

Prof. Yang Hong-xing

Professor

Department of Building Services Engineering

- building-integrated photovoltaics
- nano materials in solar energy systems
- wind power generation
- ground coupled heat pumps
- low energy consumption buildings

Prof. David Zhang Da-peng

Chair Professor

Department of Computing

- biometrics
- pattern recognition and image processing
- information security
- neural networks

Prof. Zhang Lei

Chair Professor

Department of Computing

- image and video processing - computer vision
- pattern recognition
- biometrics