Academic Staff

Prof. Minchen Wei is the Director of PolyU-Qianhai Research & Innovation Research Center, PolyU Color Imaging and Metaverse Research Center, the recipient of China's Excellent Young Scientists Fund. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Fudan University in 2009. In Aug 2011 and Dec 2015, he earned his Master of Science and PhD degrees in Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He joined PolyU in Oct 2015 as an Assistant Professor. His research mainly focuses on fundamental color science, color management and application for imaging and metaverse systems (e.g., display, camera, AR/VR/MR), and illuminating engineering. Prof. Wei is currently the Vice President of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), Society for Imaging Sciences and Technology (IS&T), Chairman of CIE (HK), and national representative in CIE Divisions 1 and 8. He is also the editor-in-chief of Color Research & Application, associate editor of Journal of the Optical Society of America A, LEUKOS (Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society), Journal of Society for Information Display. He received a Google Research Scholar Award in 2021, and PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award, PolyU President's Award for Outstanding Knowledge Transfer in 2022, PolyU President's Award for Outstanding Research and Scholar Activites in 2025, Hong Kong Engineering Science Award in 2023, SID Young Leadership Award and Distinguished Paper Award in 2024, and SID Outstanding Young Talent in 2026.

魏敏晨教授现任港理大前海前沿技术创新中心主任、颜色影像与元宇宙研究中心主任、国家优秀青年基金获得者。他于2009年毕业于复旦大学，并于2011年8月及2015年12月在美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学建筑工程系获得理学硕士和哲学博士学位。2015年10月以助理教授身份加入理工大学。魏教授的研究方向主要包括基础颜色科学、针对影像系统、元宇宙技术（显示器、相机、AR/VR/MR系统）的颜色管理、及照明系统。目前，魏教授担任国际照明委员会CIE副主席、国际影像科学与技术学会IS&T副主席、香港照明学会主席、国际照明委员会第一分部和第八分部国家代表，Color Research & Application主编、美国光学学会期刊JOSA A颜色科学副主编、LEUKOS、Journal of Society for Information Display副主编。魏教授获得2021年Google全球研究学者奖；2022年香港理工大学青年创新研究者奖以及杰出成就校长奖(技术转移)；2025年香港理工大学杰出成就校长奖(研究及学术)；2023年香港工程科技奖；2024年SID青年领袖奖及杰出论文奖；2026中国年度杰出显示青年人才奖。

• Bachelor of Engineering, Fudan University
• Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University
• Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University