Profiles of FS recipients

Mr Dave Chen Chun-wai, Head of Information Technology at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), has been recognised for his exceptional career achievements and contributions to industry. With over 20 years of experience in IT management and consultancy, Mr Chen was honoured with the World CIO 200 Award in the Legend Category from the Global CIO Forum in 2023. Most recently, in 2024, he received the Leadership Award in Open Architecture Standards from The Open Group—the sole awardee from Hong Kong. This award highlights Mr Chen’s exceptional efforts in contributing to the Enterprise Architecture community, and his role in implementing cutting-edge architecture in HKTDC's digital projects. Beyond his professional accomplishments, Mr Chen actively supports and contributes to PolyU. Since 2020, he has served as a speaker in career talks and departmental review meetings, as a guest speaker for master's programmes, as an interviewee in several promotional videos, and as a mentor in the PolyU Inspire Mentorship Programme. 

Prof. Liu Dongsheng studied polymer sciences at the University of Science and Technology of China, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1993. For the following six years he worked as a Research Associate in the Institute of Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, earning his master’s degree in polymer chemistry in 1999. Between 1999 and 2002, he completed his PhD at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, focusing on self-templated DNA circularisation under the supervision of Prof. Albert S. C. Chan. In 2003, Prof. Liu joined the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, collaborating on DNA nanotechnology with Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian. In 2005, he became a Principal Investigator at the National Centre for NanoScience and Technology in China before assuming a full professorship at the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, in 2009. Prof. Liu received the 1st Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)–Royal Society of Chemistry Young Chemist Award in 2008, and the 7th CCS–BASF Youth Innovation Prize in 2014. He was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2011, was appointed Changjiang Chair Professor in 2015, and was honoured as a Fellow of the CCS in 2020. His research primarily focuses on the assembly of DNA and its hybrids, hydrogels, and DNA/RNA drugs and delivery.

Prof. Hu Shenglong is a Professor at Hangzhou Dianzi University. He earned his doctoral degree from PolyU in 2013, and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Tianjin University in 2010 and 2008, respectively. Prof. Hu is a leading expert in tensor computation, both in China and globally. He has authored over 60 papers in prestigious journals, including Mathematical Programming and Numerische Mathematik. His research has resolved significant open problems, such as those proposed by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Fellows Yousef Saad and Gene Golub. He has also addressed the linear convergence of the higher-order power method  for best rank-one approximations of tensors. Prof. Hu has been invited to speak at major conferences, including the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2019 and again in 2023. He has served as a plenary speaker at various academic meetings and has also organised mini-symposia at international conferences, including the SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra. In collaboration with Prof. Liqun Qi, Prof. Hu has pioneered spectral hypergraph theory via tensors, establishing the symmetric spectra theorem of uniform hypergraphs and publishing the first monograph on this subject. His work has led to annual workshops and summer schools, which have promoted over twenty students to professorships. Prof. Hu's research has received over 1,300 Science Citation Index citations.

Prof. Zhang Kai's groundbreaking research, which focuses on developing novel terahertz optoelectronic devices, has made significant contributions to his field. His work on wafer-scale low-dimensional semiconductors and high-speed, high-sensitivity terahertz detectors has been transformative. These innovative detectors have been used in terahertz imaging and tissue analysis at Huashan Hospital in Mainland China, enabling the categorisation of various samples, including tumours and lesions. In recognition of his achievements, Prof. Zhang has received numerous accolades, including the 2020 China Semiconductor Top Ten Research Progress Nomination Award, and the 2022 China Association of Inventions’ Invention and Entrepreneurship Award Innovation Award. Beyond his research, Prof. Zhang actively contributes to the academic community. He has authored over 100 papers and has taken on leadership roles in numerous major conferences.