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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 world-leading research and 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 CAO Jiannong

Vice President (Education)
Director, Institute for Higher Education Research and Development (IHERD)
Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Data Science
Chair Professor of Distributed and Mobile Computing

  • Member of the Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Fellow of China Computer Federation
Professor Yang CHAI

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

  • Member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials
  • Laureate of BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize

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
  • 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

Interim Dean, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
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
  • 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

Professor Sylvia Xiaohua CHEN

Associate Dean, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Chair Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology
Director, Yan Oi Tong Au Suet Ming Child Development Centre

  • Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities
  • Fellow of Association for Psychological Science
  • Fellow of Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Senior Fellow of Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy), UK
  • Fellow of Hong Kong Psychological Society
  • American Psychological Association Outstanding International Psychologist Award
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
  • Croucher Senior Research Fellow
  • Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
  • President of The International Institute of Management

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 CHUNG Chi Yung

Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Director, Research Centre for Grid Modernisation
Chair Professor of Power Systems Engineering

  • Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
  • Fellow of International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance
  • Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Fellow of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering
  • Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
  • Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
  • President of IEEE Power & Energy Society
Professor Ahmed Youssef ELGHAZOULI

Chair Professor of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Integrity

  • Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers
  • Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers
  • Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Jan-ming KO

Emeritus Professor, Structural Engineering

  • Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Professor Wallace Woon-Fong LEUNG

Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
  • 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 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
  • Fellow of Electromagnetics Academy (EMA)
  • Optica Fellow
  • RGC Senior Research Fellow
Professor Jianguo LIN

Director, Baosteel-PolyU Joint Research Centre
Director, CRRC-Sifang - PolyU Innovation Centre for Future Manufacturing of Ultra-high-speed Trains
Chair Professor of Materials Technologies

  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Member of European Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK
  • Fellow of Institution of Materials Minerals and Mining
Professor LIU Ai-Qun

Director, Research Institute for Quantum Technology
Chair Professor of Quantum Engineering and Science
Hong Kong Global STEM Professor

  • Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics
  • Optical Fellow
Professor MAI Yiu Wing, AM

Director, PolyU-SCUT Joint Research Centre for Advanced and Green Composite Materials
Distinguished Chair Professor of Composites Science and Engineering

  • Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of London
  • International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
  • Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Professor John SHI Wen-zhong

Director, Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute
Director, PolyU-Shenzhen Technology and Innovation Research Institute (Futian)
Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Urban Informatics
Chair Professor of Geographical Information Science and Remote Sensing

  • Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK
  • Fellow of Chinese Society for Geodesy Photogrammetry and Cartography
  • Fellow of the International Society for Urban Informatics
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
Professor Jin-Guang TENG

President of PolyU
Chair Professor of Structural Engineering

  • Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • International Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
  • Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
Professor WANG Lianzhou

Chair Professor of Energy Materials
Hong Kong Global STEM Professor

  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
  • Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials
  • Fellow of the Academia Europaea
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship
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)
Kuok Group Professor in Nature-Inspired Engineering
Chair Professor of Nature-Inspired Engineering

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

Director, Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Geomatics
Associate Director, Research Institute for Land and Space
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
Associate Director, Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy
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

Kuok Group Professor in Mathematical Science
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
Professor YANG Qiang

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Director, PolyU Academy for Artificial Intelligence
Chair Professor of Artificial Intelligence

  • Fellow of Royal Society of Canada
  • Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
  • Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow of International Association of Pattern Recognition
  • Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Fellow of Association of Computing Machinery
  • Fellow of Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence
Ir Professor Jian-Hua YIN

Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Ir Professor YUNG Kai-leung

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
  • 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 Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
  • Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

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