Three Nobel laureates to give talks at PolyU in the upcoming “Together with Scientists” thematic event
Conference / Forum
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Date
14 Apr 2025
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Organiser
Co-organised by PolyU and the Hong Kong Alumni Association of Beijing Universities (HKAABJU)
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Time
14:00 - 15:30
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Venue
Senate Room (M1603) 16/F, Li Ka Shing Tower, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Speaker
Prof. Andre Geim
Prof. Michael Levitt
Prof. Harvey James Alter
Enquiry
PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research info.pair@polyu.edu.hk
Summary
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) cordially invites you to participate in the “Together with Scientists” thematic event to be held on 14 April 2025 (Monday). Co-organised with the Hong Kong Alumni Association of Beijing Universities (HKAABJU), this event is one of the thematic activities of the 2nd Hong Kong World Youth Science Conference in 2025.
The event will feature keynote presentations by three Nobel laureates, including Prof. Andre GEIM (2010 Nobel Prize in Physics), Prof. Michael LEVITT (2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) and Prof. Harvey James ALTER (2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine). The three giants of science will share their research results in different fields with scholars, teachers, students and research communities, covering cutting-edge areas including nanomaterials and graphene, molecular dynamics simulation of DNA and proteins, and hepatitis virus detection.
This is a “once in a blue moon” not to be missed! Register now for the event and embark on voyages of scientific explorations!
Language: Keynote presentations in English
Target Audience:
- PolyU students, researchers, faculty members
- Interested members of the public are welcome
(Limited seats available on a first-come first-served basis)
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Andre Geim
Andre Geim is a physicist, Director of Manchester Centre for Mesoscience and Nanotechnology, Director of Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Foreign Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, United States. His research topics range from nanomaterials to buoyancy quantum states. In 2010, Andre Geim was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the groundbreaking contributions to the study of two-dimensional graphene materials (shared with Konstantin Novoselov).
Prof. Michael Levitt
South African-born American-British-Israeli biophysicist, currently a Professor at Stanford University. He is renowned for developing multiscale models for complex chemical systems and was jointly awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel. Levitt’s research provided critical tools for molecular dynamics simulations and studies of protein folding, significantly advancing computational chemistry and biophysics. His work has offered robust theoretical and methodological support for drug design, materials science, and biomedical research, particularly in the realm of computer simulations.
Prof. Harvey James Alter
Prof. Alter has been designated as a Distinguished NIH Investigator, only 1 of 23 to be so named. Prof. Alter was co-discoverer of the Australia antigen that later proved to be a critical marker of the hepatitis B virus and was principal investigator in studies that identified non-A, non-B hepatitis and later showed its identity to HCV. His prospective studies traced the decline of post-transfusion hepatitis incidence from 30% in 1970 to near zero in 1997. Prof. Alter is recipient of the Clinical Lasker Award, the Canada Gairdner International Award, and has been elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. In 2020 he was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
