On a mission to advance the frontiers of science and technology, the Faculty of Science of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has experienced and worked towards many thrilling developments over the past decade. Our research efforts are underpinned by state-of-the-art facilities including one State Key Laboratory, two Mainland Translational Research Institutes, three University Research Facilities in areas of chemical and environmental analysis, life sciences and materials characterization and device fabrication. On top of these, we also have several University-level Research Institutes/Centres/laboratories in areas covering Chinese medicine innovation, future food, microelectronics, medical microbial biotechnology, genomics and synthetic biology in global ocean resources, carbon-strategic catalysis, nanoscience and nanotechnology, and organic electronics.
We have strived for internationally recognized innovations in different disciplines. The research projects that our three departments focusing on includes:
Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology
- drug discovery and cancer; synthetic & medicinal chemistry; chemical biology & healthcare; materials & sustainable chemistry; and molecular design for functional materials
- green energy & carbon neutrality; machine learning & computation physics; nanomaterials & micro/nanoelectronics; photoncs, plasmonics & optoelectronics; and quantum physics & devices
- food safety and bacterial antimicrobial resistance under one health framework; microbiome in nutrition & human health; food sustainability; functional foods & Chinese medicine; nutrition & human health
The excellent results of Research Assessment Exercise 2020 showcased our collaborative efforts, demonstrating the strength and excellence of our “world-leading” research work.
Over the years, our faculty members have received international and national accolades including the Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Top 10 Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs Award, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific, Silicon Valley International Inventions Festival, and Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Ministry of Education). A respectable number of our researchers were named in the list of Highly Cited Researchers and Top 2% Scientists by Clarivate and Stanford University. Our researchers also received individual awards such as RGC Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow Awards, China National Science and Technology Progress Award, Croucher Innovation Award, Founding Member of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences, Member of The Hong Kong Academy of Science and Croucher Senior Research Fellowship. These distinguished honours are testimonies of our contributions to academia, industries and the community.
Our Faculty has been paying much effort in transferring research outcomes to applications. Collaboration with industry is encouraged and some start-up companies are established by our academics and their graduates to commercialize their research works.
The research and consultancy work undertaken by our academics also underpin our teaching. In a vibrant learning and teaching environment, we offer MPhil, PhD and postdoctoral training and a comprehensive range of academic programmes at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. Our programmes are designed to groom young talents to become key players and even leaders in the science field in academia and industry.
The Faculty is proud to be awarded several Endowed Professorships in the past few years, in the disciplines of Applied Chemistry, Energy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. With the ardent support from industries and the community, we will endeavour to scale new heights in research and technology transfer.
