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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)

cmche@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Chemical Biology Material Science and Energy Synthetic Chemistry

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

0000-0002-2554-7219

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Teaching:

CHEM4341 CHEM6115 CHEM6116

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Norman and Cecilia Yip Professorship in Bioinorganic Chemistry

Professor Hongzhe SUN 孫紅哲講座教授

Chair Professor, Acting Department Research Director
B.Sc. (Huabei); M.Sc. (CAS Wuhan); Ph.D. (London)

Room 304, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building

(852) 2859 8974

hsun@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Chemical Biology Synthetic Chemistry

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

0000-0001-6697-6899

Teaching:

CHEM2341 CHEM3342 CHEM4341 CHEM6102 CHEM6115

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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

wwyam@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Material Science and Energy Synthetic Chemistry

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

0000-0001-8349-4429

Teaching:

CHEM4142 CHEM2341 CHEM3341 CHEM4341 CHEM6115 CHEM6116

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Morningside Professorship in Chemical Biology

Professor Dan YANG 楊丹講座教授

Chair Professor
B.Sc. (Fudan), M.A. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Princeton); Postdoctoral (Harvard)

Room 605, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building

(852) 2859 2159

yangdan@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Chemical Biology Synthetic Chemistry

Research Topics: Biosensors, Antimicrobial resistance, Oxidative stress, Molecular imaging, Total synthesis

0000-0002-1726-9335

Teaching:

CHEM3441 CHEM4441 CHEM6114

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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 401, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building

(852) 2859 2160

phillips@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Material Science and Energy Physical Chemistry and Computation

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

0000-0002-8606-8780

Teaching:

CHEM1043 CHEM4543 CHEM6112 CHEM3999

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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

ghc@yangtze.hku.hk

Research Foci:

Material Science and Energy Physical Chemistry and Computation

0000-0002-4725-9103

Teaching:

CHEM3541 CHEM4542 CHEM4543 CHEM6112

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Professor Pauline CHIU 趙寶貽教授

Professor
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D (Toronto); Postdoctoral (Columbia); SFHEA

Room 604, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, HKU

(852) 2859 8949

pchiu@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Synthetic Chemistry

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

0000-0001-5081-4756

Teaching:

CHEM2441 CHEM4443 CHEM6111

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Professor Xiang David LI 李祥教授

Professor
B.Sc. (Fudan); Ph.D. (HKU); Postdoctoral (Rockefeller)

Room 8N-12, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building

(852) 2299 0777

xiangli@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Chemical Biology Synthetic Chemistry

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

0000-0002-2797-4134

Teaching:

CHEM4145 CHEM4148 CHEM3243 CHEM3244 CHEM3441 CHEM6113 CHEM4910

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Professor Xiaoyu LI 李笑宇教授

Professor
B.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D. (Chicago); Postdoctoral (Harvard)

Room 8N-22, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building

(852) 2299 0383

xiaoyuli@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Chemical Biology

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

0000-0002-8907-6727

Teaching:

CHEM2441 CHEM3441 CHEM6102

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Professor Xuechen LI 李學臣教授

Professor
B.Sc. (Nankai); M.Sc. (Alberta); Ph.D. (Harvard); Postdoctoral (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Columbia)

Room 603, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building

(852) 2219 4992

xuechenl@hku.hk

Research Foci:

Chemical Biology Synthetic Chemistry

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

0000-0001-5465-7727

Job Opportunities

Teaching:

CHEM4145 CHEM4444 CHEM6113 CHEM6114