SFT is delighted to announce that Dr Rong Liu has been promoted to Associate Professor, and Dr Magnum Lam and Dr Shuang Zhou have been promoted to Assistant Professor effective on 1 July 2022.
Dr Rong Liu’s research interests include functional compression textiles, clothing ergonomic comfort and biomechanics, performance evaluation, and product innovation for healthcare, rehabilitation, and active sports. She holds a PhD degree in Textiles and Clothing Science and Technology, and MSc degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Clothing Engineering. Dr Liu was Assistant Professor at ITC; Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Textiles of North Carolina State University; Research Fellow with the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of PolyU; and R&D Manager, Technical Designer, and Director of Innovation Research in fashion/textile industrial companies. Dr Liu has secured 35+ project grants, published 100+ research articles and granted patents, and received 20+ design and academic research awards, including the 2021 ‘Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement-Technology Transfer’ in the fashion/textile industries.
Dr Magnum Lam earned his PhD in Fashion Business at PolyU. He also holds an MA in Anthropology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining ITC, Dr Lam was Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan (UBCO) and Visiting Fellow at the Hong Kong Design Institute. His research interests lie in corporate philanthropy, social innovation, fashion consumer behaviours, and symbolic meanings of consumption.
Dr Shuang Zhou received her PhD at the University of Manchester in 2019 and then proceeded to join ITC in 2022. Her research interests lie primarily in the fields of digital and social media marketing, integrated marketing communications, and cross-cultural marketing. She is particularly interested in influencer marketing and the use of artificial intelligence and augmented and virtual realities in marketing. Dr Zhou has presented her work at several international academic conferences and worked as a teaching assistant for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in fashion marketing and retail at the University of Manchester.Congratulations to the three professors.
We wish them continued success at SFT.
