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Professor Xiaoyu LI   李笑宇
Head of Department
Professor 教授
B.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D. (Chicago); Postdoctoral (Harvard)
Room 8N-22, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building
(852) 3917 3383

Research Topics:   Drug discovery, Molecular probes, DNA-encoded library, Target identification, Protein labeling

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Zhou Guangzhao Professorship in Natural Sciences
Professor Chi-Ming CHE   支志明
Chair Professor 講座教授
B.Sc., Ph.D. (HKU); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
(1) 505 Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, Main Campus; (2) Room 810D The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, Sassoon Road Campus
(852) 3917 2154 (Main Campus); (852) 2831 5558 (Sassoon Road Campus)

Research Topics:   Inorganic and organic synthesis, Green oxidations, Reactive metal-ligand multiple-bonded metal complexes​, C-H functionalizations, Luminescent materials, Self-assembled nanostructured materials, Bioinorganic chemistry, ​Inorganic medicines

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 Job Opportunities
Sapientia Eminence Professorship
Professor Hongjie DAI   戴宏杰
Professor, Chair of Chemistry 講座教授
B.Sc. (TsingHua); M.Sc. (Columbia); Ph.D (Harvard); Postdoctoral (Harvard); Postdoctoral (Rice)
Room 301 - 301A, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3910 2208

Research Topics:   
Professor Sir Fraser STODDART (R.I.P.)
Chair Professor
BSc(Chem)/PhD/DSc (Edinburgh)
Room 812 Meng Wah Complex
(852) 3910 2206

Research Topics:   
Norman and Cecilia Yip Professorship in Bioinorganic Chemistry
Professor Hongzhe SUN   孫紅哲
Chair Professor 講座教授
B.Sc. (Huabei); M.Sc. (CAS Wuhan); Ph.D. (London)
Room 304, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 8974

Research Topics:   Biosensor, Antibiotics, Metallomics, Metalloproteomics, Integrative biology

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Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professorship in Chemistry and Energy
Professor Vivian Wing-Wah YAM   任詠華
Chair Professor 講座教授
B.Sc., Ph.D. (HKU)
Room 504, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 2153

Research Topics:   Supramolecular assembly, Luminescence, Excited states, Solar energy research, Functional materials, Molecular materials, Optical memory/resistive memory, Chemosensing & bioimaging, Organic electronics/optoelectronics

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Professor David Lee PHILLIPS   裴達偉
Chair Professor 講座教授
B.Sc. (Iowa); Ph.D. (UC Irvine); Postdoctoral (Rochester)
Room 104, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3917 2160

Research Topics:   Time-resolved spectroscopy, Reactive intermediates and reaction mechanisms, Water assisted reactions, Photoredox reactions, Photodeprotection, Photoactivated cancer therapy and drug delivery

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Professor Guanhua CHEN   陳冠華
Professor, Chair of Theoretical Chemistry 講座教授
B.Sc. (Fudan); Ph.D. (Caltech); Postdoctoral (Rochester)
Room 605, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 2164

Professor Zheng Xiao GUO 郭正曉
Professor, Chair of Chemistry and Materials Science 講座教授
B.Sc. (Northeastern); Ph.D. (Manchester)
Room 108, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
3917 5433

Morningside Professorship in Chemical Biology
Professor Xuechen LI   李學臣
Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) of Faculty of Science
Chair Professor 講座教授
B.Sc. (Nankai); M.Sc. (Alberta); Ph.D. (Harvard); Postdoctoral (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Columbia)
Room 405, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 4992

Research Topics:   Protein chemical synthesis, Protein chemistry, Chemical glycobiology, Protein bioconjugation, Drugs, Antibiotics, Antibody-drug conjugates antiviral agents, Peptide, Carbohydrate, Natural product, Total synthesis, Peptide modification

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Professor Pauline CHIU   趙寶貽
Professor 教授
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D (Toronto); Postdoctoral (Columbia); SFHEA
Room 604, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, HKU
(852) 3917 8949

Research Topics:   Natural product total synthesis, Synthetic methodology development, Catalysis, Small molecule therapeutics, Medicinal chemistry

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Professor David Xiang LI   李祥
Professor 教授
B.Sc. (Fudan); Ph.D. (HKU); Postdoctoral (Rockefeller)
Room 8N-12, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building
(852) 3917 3777

Research Topics:   Protein-protein interaction, Posttranslational modification, Epigenetics, Chemical proteomics, Target identification

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Professor Jinyao TANG   唐晋堯
Associate Head (Research)
Professor 教授
B.A. (USTC); Ph.D. (Columbia); Postdoctoral (UCBerkeley)
Room 402, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 4696

Research Topic:   Soft materials, Active matter physics, Renewable energy, Nanomaterials

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Professor Ho Yu AU-YEUNG   歐陽灝宇
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc., MPhil (CUHK); Ph.D. (Cambridge); Postdoctoral (UCBerkeley)
Room 503, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 4697

Research Topics:   Supramolecular chemistry, Mechanically interlocked molecules, Molecular machines, Molecular recognition, Chemical sensing

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Professor Ivan Keung CHU   朱强
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc. (Victoria); Ph.D. (CityUHK)
Room 502, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 2152

Research Topics:   Mass spectrometry, Ion-chemistry, Radical-mediated protein oxidation, Separation

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Professor Renhao DONG 董人豪
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc, Ph.D. (SDU); Postdoctoral (MPIP-Mainz & TU Dresden)
Room 105, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3917 0745

Research Topics: MOFtronics, 2D electronic materials, Functional crystalline polymer,  2D polymers,  COFs, Interface assembly, Interface synthesis, Organic electronics, Membrane separation, Electrochemical energy technologies

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 Job Opportunities

Group websitehttps://www.hkumiles.com/researchers/renhaodong

Professor Jian HE   何健
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc. (Zhejiang); Ph.D. (Scripps); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
Room 501, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, HKU
(852) 3910 2193

Research Topics:   Catalysis, Metal organic frameworks, Photochemistry, Radical chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Artificial enzymes

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Professor Zhongxing HUANG   黃重行
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D. (Chicago); Postdoctoral (Stanford)
Room 601, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3910 2192

Research Topics:   Methodology, Catalysis, Green chemistry, Renewable energy conversion

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Professor Haibo JIANG  蔣海波
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc (Shanghai Jiao Tong University); Ph.D. (Oxford); Postdoctoral (Oxford)
Room 603, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 2155

Research Topics: Imaging, Metabolism, Cell biology, Chemical biology

 

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Professor Philip Yong-Xin LI   李泳新
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D., Postdoctoral (HKUST)
Room 305, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 2156

Research Topics: Natural Products, Chemical biology, Synthetic Biology, Deep Learning, Microbiota, Biosynthesis, Peptide drugs

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Professor Junzhi LIU   劉俊治
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc. (Hebei); M.Sc. (Sichuan); Ph.D. (Mainz); Postdoctoral (TUDresden)
Room 405, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3917 4201

Research Topics:   Organic Synthesis, Polymer Chemistry, Organic Functional Materials, Organic Electronic Devices

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Professor Kou OKURO  大黒 耕
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc. (Keio); M. Eng., Ph.D. (Tokyo)
Room 401, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, HKU
(852) 3910 2195

Research Topics:   Supramolecular chemistry, Biomaterials, Soft materials, Optochemical biology 

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Professor Patrick Henry TOY
Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Ohio State); Ph.D. (Wayne State); Postdoctoral (Scripps)
Room 404, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 2167

Research Topics:   Synthesis, Catalysis

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Professor Edmund Chun Ming TSE   謝俊銘
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc. (Virginia); Ph.D. (Illinois); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
Room 403, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 8943

Research Topics:   Electrocatalysis, Bio​-inspired interfaces, Bioinorganic enyzmes, Self-assembling materials, Renewable energy, Biochemical pathways, Cancer bioinformatics

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 Job Opportunities

Group Website (Worldwide): https://et-lab-hku.weebly.com/

Group Website (Mainland): https://www.etlab.hku.hk/

 

Professor Yufeng WANG   王宇鋒
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D. (NYU); Postdoctoral (MIT)
Room 408, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3917 6073

Research Topics:   Soft materials, Polymer, Colloid, Self-assembly

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Professor Jun YANG   楊軍
Associate Professor 副教授
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D. (Köln); Postdoctoral (Princeton)
Room 409, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3917 6074

Research Topics:   Quantum chemistry, Electronic structure theory, Low-scaling methodology, Computational modelling

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Professor Aspen Xiaoyang CHEN
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Fudan); Ph.D. (Princeton); Postdoctoral (Northwestern)
Room 606, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, HKU
(852) 3917 6076

Research Topics:   Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Catalysis

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Professor Seungkyu LEE
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (SKKU); M.Sc. (KAIST); Ph.D. (UC Berkeley); Postdoctoral (Northwestern)
Room 302, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3910 2194

Research Topics: Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Covalent Organic Frameworks, Nanotechnology, Hydrogen Storage, Energy Storage, and X-ray Crystallography

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Professor Ai-Min LI 厲愛民
Assistant Professor 助理教授
B.Sc. (AUST); M.Sc. (CNU); Ph.D. (Mainz); Postdoctoral (Maryland)
Room 106, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3917 0746

Research Topics:   organic and inorganic synthesis, green chemistry, self-assembling materials; electrochemistry; renewable energy storage; electrolyte-electrode interface;  high-energy materials; battery design and development

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Professor Ying LI   李瑛
Assistant Professor 助理教授
B.Sc. (Tsinghua); Ph.D. (Ilinois); Postdoctoral (UCIrvine)
Room 406, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 4824

Group Website:   https://yl-hku-rna.weebly.com/

Research Topics:   RNA localization, RNA modification, RNA-protein interaction, Biomaterials

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