Professor Li Bing (middle), Outstanding Research Postgraduate Alumni 2024, Professor Li Jun (fourth from the right), Dr Shou Dahua (third from the right), and Professor Yang Yang (fourth from the left), Outstanding Research Postgraduate Young Alumni 2024, in a group photo with PolyU senior management and Dean of Graduate School.
Dean Professor Jiannong Cao congratulated the outstanding alumni awardees for their academic excellence in his welcome remarks.
President Professor Jin-Guang Teng highlighted the relationship between research alumni and the Graduate School, and the importance of active alumni contribution.
Vice President Professor Christopher Chao featured the offered attributes by PolyU research studies that cultivate interdisciplinary research and innovative global leadership.
The award presentation ceremony provided a vibrant networking platform for exchanging research ideas and insights.
Professor Jiannong Cao, Dean of Graduate School, appreciated the awardees in his welcome remarks for their dedication to promoting academic and research excellence, and manifesting the opportunities in research and innovation.
Professor Jin-Guang Teng, President, in his opening speech, reinforced the strong connection between research alumni and the Graduate School, highlighting their role in knowledge generation and translation for impactful advancements in respective fields. President Teng also pinpointed active alumni contribution to PolyU, a research-intensive university backed by expansive funding and partnership networks, and a community of 6,500 research postgraduate alumni.
Receiving trophies from the senior management, the awarded alumni expressed their commitment to inspiring the next generation through research and innovation across disciplines. They sent sincere gratitude to their alma mater for the abundant resources and invaluable supervisory guidance that nurtured them, allowing them to develop competent and diverse research skillsets with passion.
Concluding the ceremony in his speech, Professor Christopher Chao, Vice President (Research and Innovation) featured the instrumental attributes in PolyU’s research postgraduate studies that cultivate interdisciplinary research and innovative global leadership. For instance, the collaborative PhD programmes with academic and industry institutions, the global attachment programme and fellowship, and internship opportunities, all of which spearhead the development of quality PhD graduates.
The Graduate School looks forward to strengthening ties with its expanding alumni community and recognising future leaders in research and innovation.
Further reading: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/gs/news-and-events/outstanding-rpg-alumni-award-2024/
