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Welcoming New Faculty Members

Every year, HKUST attracts talents around the globe.  
The following shows faculty members who have joined us in the 2026 calendar year (January 1 - December 31, 2026).

School and Academy

Science

Haruki WATANABE
　

Professor

Department of Physics

PhD in Physics
University of California, Berkeley, 2015

Kelvin ANGGARA 　

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

PhD in Physical Chemistry
University of Toronto, 2018

Dalu CHANG
常大路

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

DSc of Chemistry
University of Geneve, 2020

Luze XU
徐蘆澤

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics

PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering
University of Michigan, 2022

Chi Hoi (Kyle) YIP
葉智愷

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics

PhD in Mathematics
The University of British Columbia, 2024

Weilai YU
余維來

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry
California Institute of Technology, 2021

Engineering

Lizhong ZHENG
鄭立中

Chair Professor

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley, 2002

Ahmed BEN AYED
　

Assistant Professor

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo, 2024

Yaonan JIN
金燿楠

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD in Computer Science
Columbia University, 2023

Yunjian LI
李雲健

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD in Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
University of Macau, 2023

Sehi L'YI
李世熙

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Seoul National University, 2020

Yinghao XU
徐英豪

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD in Information Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2023

Zaixi ZHANG
張載熙

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

PhD in Computer Science
University of Science and Technology of China, 2024

Mingxun ZHOU
周銘洵

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University, 2025

Business and Management

Frederik ANSEEL
　

Dean of Business and Management, and Chair Professor

Department of Management

PhD in Organizational Psychology
Ghent University, 2005

Xiaoji LIN
林曉驥

Chair Professor

Department of Finance

PhD in Finance
University of Minnesota, 2008

Jiangtao LI
李江濤

Professor

Department of Economics

PhD in Economics
National University of Singapore, 2017

Myung Hwan (Matt) SEO
　

Professor

Department of Economics

PhD in Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004

Yunzhi HU
胡贇之

Associate Professor

Department of Finance

PhD in Joint Financial Economics
The University of Chicago, 2017

Adriano SALERNO
　

Assistant Professor

Department of Accounting

PhD in Economics, Finance, and Accounting
Bocconi University, 2026

Albert SHIN
　

Assistant Professor

Department of Accounting

PhD in Business Administration
Harvard University, 2026

Trevor Jacob SPELMAN
　

Assistant Professor

Department of Management

PhD in Management
Northwestern University, 2026

Chaofan ZHAI
翟超凡

Assistant Professor

Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

PhD in Business Administration
University of Minnesota, 2026

Humanities and Social Science

Ping LI
李平

Dean of Humanities and Social Science, and Chair Professor

Division of Social Science

PhD in Psycholinguistics
University of Leiden, 1990

Dennis Zhiming TAY
鄭志明

Professor

Division of Humanities

PhD in Linguistics
University of Otago, 2011

Chi Keung CHAN
陳志強

Assistant Professor

Division of Humanities

PhD in Philosophy
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015

Maleah FEKETE
　

Assistant Professor

Division of Social Science

PhD in Sociology
Harvard University, 2024

Sha JIANG
江莎

Assistant Professor

Division of Social Science

PhD in Biology
Stanford University, 2023

Junmin LIU
劉隽敏

Assistant Professor

Division of Humanities

PhD in Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Research
Australian National University, 2023

Mi TIAN
田謐

Assistant Professor

Division of Humanities

PhD in Art and Archaeology
Princeton University, 2024

Medicine

King Chuen LI
李競存

Dean of Medicine, and Chair Professor

Doctor of Medicine
University of Toronto, 1981

Jeremy Kirk NICHOLSON
　

Chair Professor

PhD in Biochemistry
King's College London, 1980

Roger Chun Man HO
何振民

Clinical Professor

Doctor of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong, 2016

Bo San Paul LAI 賴寶山

Clinical Professor

Doctor of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998

Elaine HOLMES
　

Professor

PhD in Chemistry
University of London, 1987

Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies

Kathy Sze Man LEUNG
梁詩敏

Associate Professor

Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas

PhD in Infectious Disease Modeling
The University of Hong Kong, 2017

Kosmas GIANNOUTAKIS
　

Assistant Professor

Division of Arts and Machine Creativity

PhD in Electronic Arts
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2024

Kuanming YAO
姚寬明

Assistant Professor

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

PhD in Biomedical Engineering
City University of Hong Kong, 2023

Fangneng ZHAN
占方能

Assistant Professor

Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas

PhD in Computer Science and Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, 2021

Last updated on: 3 September 2026