PolyU held “The 5th Inauguration of Endowed Professorships cum The 2nd Inauguration of Endowed Young Scholars” at the Jockey Club Auditorium on campus on 12 September 2024. It was an occasion to honour distinguished scholars for their remarkable academic and research achievements, and to pay tribute to the University’s philanthropic partners for their support.
The event marked the inauguration of five new Endowed Professorships, four successive Endowed Professorships, five new Endowed Young Scholar positions and one successive Endowed Young Scholar position. Among the 15 appointees, three of them are RI-IWEAR members:
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Appointee |
Endowed Professorship |
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Kuok Group Endowed Professorship in Nature-Inspired Engineering |
Prof. WANG Zuankai |
Sir Sze-yuen Chung Endowed Professorship in Renewable Energy |
Prof. LI Gang |
Endowed Young Scholars |
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Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering |
Prof. ZHAO Xin |