Research Achievements

On 21 January, Prof. Raymond Wong, Dean of Faculty of Science, was featured on the 5^th episode of the RTHK TV programme “Our Scientists” to share his aspirations, research ideas and achievements. In the programme, he reminisced about his youth and childhood, and how HKU, his secondary schools and the place he lived before, helped foster the distinguished scientist he has become today. The programme also featured interviews with Prof. Teng Jin-guang, President of PolyU, Prof. Wong Wing-tak, Deputy President and Provost of PolyU, and Prof. Rick Wong, Interim Provost of HKBU, to showcase their lifelong friendships.

The eight-episode documentary “Our Scientists” brings audience to the exciting world of science by interviewing a number of outstanding scientists, and to understand their intellectual and continuous pursuit of scientific exploration and knowledge.

港台紀錄片《我們的科學家》
訪問黃維揚教授：平凡人的超能力

香港電台節目《我們的科學家》於1月21日邀請了理學院院長黃維揚教授成為第五集的主題人物，讓觀眾了解其科研理念及成果，並走訪他就讀的香港大學、中學及兒時住處，了解這些地方如何將其孕育成非凡的科學家。節目亦輯錄了理大校長滕錦光教授的訪問、以及常務及學務副校長黃永德教授及香港浸會大學暫任常務副校長黃偉國教授的對談，藉以懷緬往事，相知相遇。

一連八集的紀錄片《我們的科學家》帶領觀衆走進科學世界，了解科學家們在求知路上不斷追求、勇於探索的精神。節目走訪多位成就卓越的科學家，從科學到生活，由科研到承傳，讓大家了解科研旅程的辛酸、喜悅和成功。

Dr He Daihai of the Department of Applied Mathematics has recently published a research paper in one of the world’s most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The article titled “Resolving the enigma of Iquitos and Manaus: A modelling analysis of multiple COVID-19 epidemic waves in two Amazonian cities”.

理大學者利用數據科學解開亞馬遜城市新冠疫情之謎

應用數學系何岱海博士最近於全球被引用次數最多的綜合性多學科學術期刊之一的美國國家科學院院刊 (PNAS)上，發表了一篇有關新冠病毒的研究報告。報告標題為「解開伊基托斯和馬瑙斯之謎：針對亞馬遜兩個城市多輪新冠疫情的建模分析」。