Awards and Achievements

PolyU Science Researchers published a paper in Science titled “Atomic Locations and Adsorbate Interactions of Al Single and Pair Sites in H-ZSM-5 Zeolite”

Congratulations to Prof. Edman Tsang Shik-chi, Prof. Benedict Lo Tsz-woon, and Dr Li Guangchao of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology on publishing a paper in Science titled “Atomic Locations and Adsorbate Interactions of Al Single and Pair Sites in H-ZSM-5 Zeolite”. Zeolites are…

PolyU Science researcher won the President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2024 – Research and Scholarly Activities (Outstanding Young Researcher)

Congratulations to Prof. Kathy Leng Kai, Assistant Dean (Research) of the Faculty and Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Physics on receiving the President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2024 – Research and Scholarly Activities (Outstanding Young Researcher)! The Awards recognize Prof…

Prof. Chai Yang named the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Fellow Class of 2025

Congratulations to Prof. Chai Yang, Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty and Professor of the Department of Applied Physics, on being selected into the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Fellow Class of 2025 for his contributions to bioinspired in-sensor computing. IEEE is the world's largest…

Six PolyU Science Scholars recognised as Highly Cited Researchers 2024 by Clarivate

Dr HUANG Bolong of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Prof. CHAI Yang, Prof. HUANG Haitao, Prof. Kian Ping LOH, Prof. Tom Tao WU and Prof. YAN Feng of the Department of Applied Physics are named in the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2024 by Clarivate for their significant resear…

Prof. Chai Yang won the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2024

Warmest congratulations to Prof. Chai Yang of the Department of Applied Physics for being among the five scholars at Hong Kong universities who won the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2024. Prof. Chai, winner of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics prize, contributed to disruptive in-sensor…

ABCT PhD graduate won the prestigious PolyU PhD Thesis Award - Outstanding Award 2024

Warmest congratulations to Dr Lei Mang Leng from the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology on winning the prestigious PolyU PhD Thesis Award - Outstanding Award 2024. Dr Lei is a PhD student, under the supervision of Prof. Terence Lee, and her research focused on understanding the immu…

PolyU Science students win gold medal in iGEM Competition 2024

Following last year's success in the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGem) competition, a new student team of 10 undergraduates from the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, and 1 from Electronic Engineering with Finance, “PanoPOLY”, made a great breakthrough this yea…

Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2024 by Stanford University

Forty PolyU Science members are ranked as the World’s Top 2% most-cited scientists 2024 by Stanford University.  Using the Scopus author profiles as of 16 September 2024, Stanford University released the latest top 2% scientists in various scientific fields. The list was prepared by Prof. John Ioannidis and his te…

Prof. Chai Yang named one of the top 10 in the Engineering & Technology category for the Falling Walls Global Call 2024

Warmest congratulations to Prof. Chai Yang of the Department of Applied Physics for being named one of the top 10 in the Engineering & Technology category for the Falling Walls Global Call! He is invited to compete for the Science Breakthrough of the Year 2024. Prof. Chai is focusing on breaking through…

Dr Kathy Leng Kai awarded Asian Young Scientist Fellowship 2024

Congratulations to Dr Kathy Leng Kai, Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Physics, for being awarded a prestigious 2024 Asian Young Scientist Fellowship (AYSF), in recognition of her groundbreaking work in molecularly thin two-dimensional hybrid perovskites. The AYSF aims to encourage and supp…