Prof. Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy Chair Professor of Chemistry
B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D. (HK)
CSci; CChem; FRSC
Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy Chair Professor of Chemistry
B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D. (HK)
CSci; CChem; FRSC
ORCID: 0000-0001-8349-4429 | |
Scopus Author ID: 18539304700 | |
ResearcherID: D-3150-2009 | |
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HKU ResearcherPage: rp00822 |
Office: Room 504, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, The University of Hong Kong
Phone: 2859-2153
Fax: 2857-1586
Email: wwyam@hku.hk
Selected Service and Committee Memberships
2023-26 | Vice-President, Chinese Chemical Society |
2022-26 | President, International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development (IOCD) |
2022- | President, Hong Kong STEM Education Alliance |
2022-24 | Member of the Research Grants Council (RGC) Sciences, Medicine, Engineering and Technology Selection Panel (S Panel) of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) and Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS) |
2021- | Founding Member, The Greater Bay Area Association of Academicians (GBAAA) |
2020 | Member of University Grants Committee (UGC) Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2020 Physical Sciences Panel |
2019-25 | Board of Directors, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences |
2019-25 | Member of Research Grants Council (RGC) Physical Sciences Panel |
2019-22 | Chairman (Hong Kong Region), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Alliance of Academicians and Experts on Innovation and Enterprise |
2019-24 | Chairman, Expert Panel on the Designation of Designated Local Research Institutions (DLRI), Innovationand Technology Commission, HKSAR Government |
2018-26 | Chair, Committee for Women Chemists, Chinese Chemical Society |
2018- | Mentor of Distinguished Master Accomplished Students Mentorship Programme, jointly sponsored and supported by The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, The Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and Hong Kong Institution of Science |
2017-22 | Board of Directors, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI) Limited |
2017-23 | Member of Assessment Panel, Enterprise Support Scheme (ESS) under the Innovation Technology Fund, Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) |
2016-18 | President, Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association |
2016-24 | Museum Expert Advisor (Science & Technology Panel), Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government |
2016-21 | Member, Appeal Board Panel of the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, HKSAR Government |
2015 | Chairman, Organizing Committee of 5th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC-5), Hong Kong, July 2015 |
2014 | Member of University Grants Committee (UGC) Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2014 Physical Sciences Panel |
2014-18 | Chairman of Working Party on Strategic Development and Policy, Accreditation Advisory Board (AAB), Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, HKSAR Government |
2014-18 | Inaugural Vice-Chair, Committee for Women Chemists, Chinese Chemical Society |
2013-16 | Vice-President, Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association |
2012- | Board of Trustees, Croucher Foundation |
2012-18 | Chairman, Accreditation Advisory Board (AAB), Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, HKSAR Government |
2012-17 | Member of Research Grants Council (RGC) Selection Panel, Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) |
2011-22 | Member, Standing Board of Chinese Chemical Society |
2011-14 | Chairman of Working Party for Pharmaceutical Product Testing Laboratory Accreditation, Accreditation Advisory Board (AAB), Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, HKSAR Government |
2011- | Mentor of Innovation and Technology Scholarship Award Scheme, jointly sponsored and supported by the Innovation and Technology Commission and The Hongkong Bank Foundation and organized by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups |
2011-17 | Member, Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification, HKSAR Government |
2010-12 | Member, Accreditation Advisory Board (AAB), Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, HKSAR Government |
2009 | Chairman, Organizing Committee of 6th National Conference on Coordination Chemistry (cum International Symposium on Coordination Chemistry), Hong Kong, July 2009 |
2009-15 | Member, Administrative Appeals Board of the Administrative Appeals Board Ordinance, HKSAR Government |
2007-12 | Member of Panel of Assessors for the Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITSP) under the Innovation and Technology Fund, Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) |
2007-12 | Member of Assessment Panel for the Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (TCFS) under the Innovation and Technology Fund, Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) |
2007-13 | Member, Appeal Board Panel of the Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, HKSAR Government |
2005-07 | Member of University Grants Committee (UGC) Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2006 Physical Sciences Panel, Research Assessment Ad Hoc Group (RAG) of the UGC |
2004 | Chairman, Organizing Committee of the 15th International Symposium on Photophysics and Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds (15th ISPPCC), Hong Kong, July 2004 |
2004-05 | Member of Selection Committee of the NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, Research Grants Council (RGC) |
2003-07 | Member, Research Grants Council (RGC) |
2003-05 | Chair, Hong Kong International Chemical Sciences – A Chapter of the American Chemical Society |
2003-05 | Council Member, Hong Kong Institute of Science |
2002- | Councilor, Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association |
2001-02 | Executive Committee Member, Hong Kong International Chemical Sciences – A Chapter of the American Chemical Society |
1999-04 | Member of Research Grants Council (RGC) Physical Sciences Panel |