Faculty/President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2023; and PBS Fellow Scheme 2022/23
Faculty/President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2023; and PBS Fellow Scheme 2022/23
In order to motivate staff members to excel in their work performance and give recognition to those with outstanding achievements and contributions to significantly raising the reputation of the Faculty and PolyU, the University has in place the Faculty/President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement; while our Faculty has established the PBS (PolyU Business School) Fellow Scheme.
According to the established practice, an Award Assessment Panel comprising the Dean, the Associate Deans and four past Faculty Award/PBS Fellow awardees appointed by the Dean was formed to consider, at its meeting held on 20 July 2023, the nominations received from the Departments for the above two Awards this year.
I am pleased to announce the list of awardees with details as follows:
I(a). Faculty Awards 2023
Individual Award
Category
Dept
Awardee
Teaching
Outstanding Young Teacher*
AF
Dr William Wong, Teaching Fellow
Research and Scholarly Activities
Outstanding Researcher
LMS
Prof. Amanda Wang, Professor
Outstanding Young Researcher*
LMS
Dr Jinzhi Bu, Assistant Professor
Services
LMS
Prof. Amanda Wang, Professor
*The age limit is 45 or below.
Team Award
Category
Dept
Awardee
Teaching – Outstanding Teacher
AF
Dr Justin Law, Senior Teaching Fellow (Team Leader);
Dr Li Jiang, Associate Professor; and
Dr Anthony Pang, Associate Professor (LMS)
I(b). Faculty Prizes 2023
The Panel also agreed that the following colleagues be awarded our own Faculty Prizes in recognition of the very good performance/achievements demonstrated in their nominated areas:
Individual Prize
Category
Dept
Awardee
Teaching
Outstanding Young Teacher*
LMS
Dr Xiaomeng Guo, Associate Professor
MM
Prof. Yuwei Jiang, Professor and Associate Head
Research and Scholarly Activities
Outstanding Researcher
AF
Prof. Nancy Su, Professor and Head
Outstanding Young Researcher*
AF
Dr Lisa Chengzhu Sun, Assistant Professor
AF
Dr Chi Shen Wei, Associate Professor
LMS
Dr Kai Pan, Associate Professor
MM
Dr Qi Zhu, Assistant Professor
MM
Dr Dai Yao, Associate Professor
MM
Prof. Krishna Savani, Professor
Knowledge Transfer
Industry
LMS
Dr Kai Pan, Associate Professor
Services
AF
Dr Tina Wong, Teaching Fellow and Assistant Dean (Accreditation)
*The age limit is 45 or below.
Team Prize
Category
Dept
Awardee
Teaching - Outstanding Teacher
LMS
Dr Judy Tong, Teaching Fellow (Team Leader); and
Dr T.L. Yip, Associate Professor
MM
Prof. Wu Liu, Professor and Head (Team Leader);
Dr Pamsy Hui, Senior Teaching Fellow and Associate Head;
Dr Amy Ou, Associate Professor;
Prof. Leon Lam, Professor of Practice; and
Prof. Terrance Leung, Professor of Practice
Knowledge Transfer
Industry
AF
Prof. Qiang Wu, Professor (Team Leader);
Ms Helen Chan, Senior Officer;
Mr Yat Chee Lai, Technical Staff; and
Ms Amber Ip, Project Assistant
II. Nominations for President's Awards 2023
The President’s Awards are administered annually. The Panel agreed that the following recipients of the Faculty Awards 2023 be put up for consideration for the President’s Awards 2023:
Nomination for Individual Award
Category
Dept
Nominee
Research and Scholarly Activities
Outstanding Researcher
LMS
Prof. Amanda Wang, Professor
Nomination for Team Award
Category
Dept
Nominee
Teaching – Outstanding Teacher
AF
Dr Justin Law, Senior Teaching Fellow (Team Leader);
Dr Li Jiang, Associate Professor; and
Dr Anthony Pang, Associate Professor (LMS)
III. PBS Fellow Scheme 2022/23
Category
Dept
Awardee
Top five highest score staff contributors to FB’s research contributions in the UTD Top 100 Worldwide Rankings of Business Schools 2018-2022.
LMS
Dr Kai Pan, Associate Professor
LMS
Dr Guang Xiao, Associate Professor
Colleague(s) who is/are:
Editors/ Editors-in-Chief (or other equivalent titles like Department Editor, Area Editor, or even Associate Editor, etc.) of A* journals who have the authority to accept and reject papers; or
Editors-in-Chief or equivalent of Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) or Science Citation Index (SCI) journals, provided that the journal is grade B or above on the departmental journal list in FB.
AF
Prof. Nancy Su, Professor and Head
LMS
Prof. Hans Wang, Professor
Colleague(s) who has/have done well in Knowledge Transfer activities such as undertaking high-value consultancy projects, and those who have generated income and created visibility with substantial evidence.
AF
Dr Jingran Zhao, Associate Professor
Colleague(s) with achievements in making significant contribution to raising the reputation and visibility of the Faculty or PolyU.
LMS
Prof. Ling Zhu, Professor
MM
Dr Hazel Lee, Teaching Fellow and Assistant Dean (Student Development)
Colleague(s) who has/have successfully solicited donation of HK$1,000,000 or above.
AF
Prof. Nancy Su, Professor and Head
AF
Prof. Brian Kei, Professor of Practice
LMS
Prof. Edwin Cheng, Chair Professor and Dean [indicated not to receive the Award];
Prof. Andy Yeung, Chair Professor and Head; and
Prof. Mike Lai, Chair Professor and Associate Dean (Academic Support)
Colleague(s) who has/have delivered outstanding service in the management and administration of undergraduate/ postgraduate programmes of the Faculty.
MM
Dr Boyoun Grace Chae, Assistant Professor
