People

General Chemistry

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

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0002-8606-8780
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

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0002-4124-2562
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

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

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0002-2797-4134
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 405, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2219 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

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0001-5465-7727
 Job Opportunities
Dr. Ho Yu AU-YEUNG   歐陽灝宇 副教授
Associate Professor
B.Sc., MPhil (CUHK); Ph.D. (Cambridge); Postdoctoral (UCBerkeley)
Room 503, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2219 4697

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

Self Photos / Files - orcid  0000-0002-7216-7921
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 

Self Photos / Files - orcid  0000-0003-0445-6358
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

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0002-0051-148X
Dr. Angela Pui-Ling TONG   湯佩玲
Associate Professor of Teaching, Associate Head of Department (Teaching)
B.Sc., Ph.D., PCEd (HKU), SFHEA
Room 602, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 3917 7918

Dr. Patrick Henry TOY
Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Ohio State); Ph.D. (Wayne State); Postdoctoral (Scripps)
Room 404, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 2167

Research Topics:   Synthesis, Catalysis

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0002-8811-7857
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

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0003-3680-5882
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

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

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

Self Photos / Files - orcid  0000-0002-0438-449X
Dr. Philip Yong-Xin LI   李泳新 助理教授
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D., Postdoctoral (HKUST)
Room 305, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 2156

Research Topics:  Natural Products, Microbiome, Big data genome mining, Synthetic biology, Biosynthesis

Self Photos / Files - orcid  0000-0003-4422-2302
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

Self Photos / Files - orcid  0000-0001-7146-0942
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

Self Photos / Files - orcid  0000-0002-9313-1290
 Job Opportunities

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

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

 

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

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0001-9409-7250
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

Self Photos / Files - orcid 0000-0001-8701-9297
Dr. Kenneth King-Hei NG  伍敬禧 講師
Lecturer
MA, MSci, PhD (Cantab)
Room 418C, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building
22415747

Dr. Angela Mai-Yan YUEN   袁美恩 講師
Lecturer
B.Sc., Ph.D. (HKU)
Room 407, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3917 6077