Staff

The taught postgraduate program, Master of Science in the field of Chemical Technologies for Health and Materials, is offered by the Department of Chemistry, HKU; which is recognized as the No. 1 Chemistry Department in Hong Kong, according to the Research Assessment Exercise 2020. This program reflects a commitment to excellence and cutting-edge research. Our faculty members, not only esteemed educators but also trailblazers in their respective specializations, contribute significantly to the international advancement of scientific knowledge. Their pioneering work is widely acknowledged, placing the Department of Chemistry, HKU, at the forefront of global research initiatives.

International & National Honours and Awards

• Foreign Associates of the US National Academy of Sciences (2)
• Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2)
• Foreign Member of Academia Europaea
• Fellows of TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences (2)
• Fellow of the American Physical Society
• Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Medals (2)
• Royal Society of Chemistry Ludwig Mond Award
• TWAS Prizes in Chemistry (2)
• State Natural Science Awards (1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class)
• L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards for Women in Sciences – Laureate
• Chinese Young Women in Science Fellowship
• National Natural Science Foundation of China Excellent Young Scientist Award (4)
• Julia S. and Edward C. Lee Memorial Lectureship (Lee Lectureship) of the University of Chicago, USA (2)
• Seaborg Lectureship at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (2)
• Lavoisier Lectureship at the University of Paris Diderot 7
• Novartis Chemistry Lectureship Award
• Davison Lectureship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• CCS Huang Yao-Zeng Lifelong Achievement Award on Organometallic Chemistry (2016)
• The First Ryoji Noyori (2001 Nobel Laureate) ACES Award (2016)
• Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry International Award (2016)
• Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association (APA) Masuhara Lectureship Award (2016)
• CCS Huang Yao-Zeng Organometallic Chemistry Award (2018)
• Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) Foundation Lectureship Award (2019)
• Earl L. Muetterties Lectureship in Inorganic Chemistry, the University of California, Berkeley (2018)

• Rao Makineni Lectureship Award by American Peptide Society (2019)
• Luigi Sacconi Medal (2020)
• Chinese Association for Instrumental Analysis (CAIA) Award, Grand Prize (2021)

• American Chemical Society National Award – The 2022 Josef Michl ACS Award in Photochemistry

• Bailar Medalist and Lectureship (2022-23)
• Chinese Chemical Society’s Contribution Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry (2023)
• Dalton Horizon Prize by Royal Society of Chemistry (2023)
• Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award for Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry

MSc(CTHM) Programme Director

Professor Zheng Xiao GUO Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry BSc Northeastern; PhD Manchester

Programme Coordinators

Dr Angela Mai-Yan YUEN

Lecturer, Department of Chemistry

BSc HKUST; PhD HKU

Dr Kenneth King-Hei NG

Lecturer, Department of Chemistry

MA, MSci, PhD Cantab

Dr Arnold Tin-Lok LI

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Chemistry

BSc, PhD HKUST

Staff List

• Professor Chi-Ming CHE, BSc, PhD HKU
• Professor Hongzhe SUN, BSc Huabei; MSc CAS Wuhan; PhD London
• Professor Vivian Wing-Wah YAM, BSc, PhD HKU
• Professor Guanhua CHEN, BSc Fudan; PhD Caltech
• Professor Pauline CHIU, BSc, PhD Toronto
• Professor Zheng Xiao GUO, BSc Northeastern; PhD Manchester
• Professor Xiang David LI, BSc Fudan; PhD HKU
• Professor Xiaoyu LI, BSc Peking; PhD Chicago
• Professor Xuechen LI, BSc Nankai; MSc Alberta; PhD Harvard
• Professor Ho Yu AU-YEUNG, BSc, MPhil CUHK; PhD Cambridge
• Professor Aspen Xiao-Yang CHEN, BSc Fudan; PhD Princeton
• Professor Ivan K CHU, BSc Victoria; PhD CityUHK
• Professor Haibo JIANG, BSc Shanghai Jiao Tong University; PhD Oxford
• Professor Kou OKURO, BSc Keio; MEng, PhD Tokyo
• Professor Jinyao TANG, BA USTC; PhD Columbia
• Professor Patrick Henry TOY, BSc Ohio State; PhD Wayne State
• Professor Jian HE, BSc Zhejiang; PhD Scripps
• Professor Zhongxing HUANG, BSc Peking; PhD Chicago
• Professor Seungkyu LEE, BSc SKKU; MSc KAIST; PhD UC Berkeley
• Professor Ying LI, BSc Tsinghua; PhD Ilinois
• Professor Philip Yong-Xin LI, BSc Peking; PhD HKUST
• Professor Junzhi LIU, BSc Hebei; MSc Sichuan; PhD Mainz
• Professor Edmund Chun Ming TSE, BSc Virginia; PhD Illinois
• Professor Yufeng WANG, BSc Peking; PhD NYU
• Professor Jun YANG, BSc, MSc Peking; PhD Köln
• Dr Victor LEE, MBBS HK; MD HK; FRCR, FHKCR, FHKAM (Radiology)
• Dr Kenneth King-Hei NG, MA, MSci, PhD Cambridge
• Dr Angela Mai-Yan YUEN, BSc HKUST; PhD HKU
• Dr Arnold Tin-Lok LI, BSc, PhD HKUST