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Zhou Guangzhao Professorship in Natural Sciences
Professor Chi-Ming CHE   支志明 講座教授
Chair Professor, Head of Department
B.Sc., Ph.D. (HKU); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
(1) Room G01C/505 Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, Main Campus; (2) Room 810D The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, Sassoon Road Campus
(852) 2859 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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Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professorship in Chemistry and Energy
Professor Vivian Wing-Wah YAM   任詠華 講座教授
Chair Professor
B.Sc., Ph.D. (HKU)
Room 504, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 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 講座教授
Chair Professor
B.Sc. (Iowa); Ph.D. (UC Irvine); Postdoctoral (Rochester)
Room 104, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 2859 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 Kwong Yu CHAN   陳光宇教授
Professor
B.Sc. (Alberta); M.Sc., Ph.D. (Cornell)
Room 501, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 7917

Research Topics:   Batteries and fuel cells, Energy storage and conversion, Porous materials

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Professor Guanhua CHEN   陳冠華 教授
Professor
B.Sc. (Fudan); Ph.D. (Caltech); Postdoctoral (Rochester)
Room 601, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 2164
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Professor Zheng Xiao GUO 郭正曉 教授
Professor
B.Sc. (Northeastern); Ph.D. (Manchester)
Room 108, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
3917 5433
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Dr. Kou OKURO   大黒 耕 副教授
Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Keio); M. Eng., Ph.D. (Tokyo)
Room 106, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3910 2195

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

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Dr. Jinyao TANG   唐晋堯 副教授
Associate Professor
B.A. (USTC); Ph.D. (Columbia); Postdoctoral (UCBerkeley)
Room 402, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2219 4696

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

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Dr. Jian HE   何健 助理教授
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Zhejiang); Ph.D. (Scripps); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
Room 103, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3910 2193

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

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Dr. Seungkyu LEE
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (SKKU); M.Sc. (KAIST); Ph.D. (UC Berkeley); Postdoctoral (Northwestern)
Room 107, Hui Oi Chow Science 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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Dr. Ying LI   李瑛 助理教授
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Tsinghua); Ph.D. (Ilinois); Postdoctoral (UCIrvine)
Room 406, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2219 4824

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

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Dr. Junzhi LIU   劉俊治 助理教授
Assistant Professor
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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Dr. Edmund Chun Ming TSE   謝俊銘 助理教授
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Virginia); Ph.D. (Illinois); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
Room 403, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 8943

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

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Dr. Yufeng WANG   王宇鋒 助理教授
Assistant Professor
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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Dr. Jun YANG   楊軍 助理教授
Assistant Professor
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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