Welcoming new faculty members 2025 | Office of the Provost - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Erik Yee Mun George FUNG
馮以文

Division of Life Science

Master of Healthcare Administration
Walden University, 2013

Clinical Associate Professor

Division of Life Science

PhD in Medical Genetics
University of Cambridge, 2010

Xiaojiang XIE
謝小江

Department of Chemistry

DSc in Chemistry
University of Geneva, 2015

Yuanliang ZHAI
翟元梁

Division of Life Science

PhD in Biochemistry
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2010

Yue ZHAO
趙悦

Department of Physics

PhD in Theoretical High Energy Physics
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2012

Hui CAO
曹暉

Department of Chemistry

PhD in Organic Chemistry
National University of Singapore, 2021

Junfeng CHEN
陳峻峰

Department of Mathematics

PhD in Numerical Mathematics, Intensive Computing and Data
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, 2022

Sherry Lixue CHENG
程立雪

Department of Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry
California Institute of Technology, 2022

Tsz Kiu Aaron CHOW
周子翹

Department of Mathematics

PhD in Mathematics
Columbia University, 2023

Jieqiong GAO
高潔瓊

Division of Life Science

Doctor of Natural Sciences
University of Osnabrück, 2018

Wenqing GAO
高文青

Division of Life Science

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (Joint training program with China Agricultural University), 2017

Kaifei KANG
康凱飛

Department of Physics

PhD in Applied and Engineering Physics
Cornell University, 2022

Yi MIAO
繆義

Division of Life Science

PhD in Biochemistry
Duke University, 2016

Yu MIN
閔鈺

Department of Mathematics

PhD in Mathematics
Sorbonne Université, 2020

Eric Naijian SHEN
沈乃堅

Department of Mathematics

PhD in Aeronautics
California Institute of Technology, 2021

Jie WANG
王婕

Division of Life Science

PhD in Neurobiology
Duke University, 2016

Jue WANG
王珏

Department of Physics

PhD in Physical Chemistry
Columbia University, 2020

Guohua CHEN
陳國華

Chair Professor

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

PhD in Chemical Engineering
McGill University, 1994

Yong CHEN
陳勇

Chair Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001

Dan LI
李丹

Chair Professor

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

DEng in Material Physics and Chemistry
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 1999

Yang GAO
高揚

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

PhD in AI Robotics
Nanyang Technological University, 2003

Samir Kumar KHANAL
　

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD in Civil Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002

Yu WANG
王宇

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cornell University, 2006

Shensheng CHEN
陳伸升

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton, 2020

May Yi Ren FUNG
馮一人

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD in Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024

Lucy Dongyan HUO
霍冬琰

Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

PhD in Operations Research
Cornell University, 2025

Nan JIANG
江楠

Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

PhD in Operations Research
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024

Chaojian LI
李朝鑒

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025

Sanyou MEI
梅三友

Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

PhD in Industrial Engineering
University of Minnesota, 2025

Arpit Ajay NARECHANIA
　

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024

Xiao PAN
潘梟

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD in Civil Engineering
The University of British Columbia, 2023

Guanyu Cindy TANG
董冠妤

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

PhD in Physics
National University of Singapore, 2019

Ping WANG
王平

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Princeton University, 2023

Zhe YANG
楊哲

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD in Civil Engineering
The University of Hong Kong, 2018

Yuxing YAO
姚昱星

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

PhD in Materials Chemistry
Harvard University, 2019

Weijia ZHANG
張薇葭

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto, 2019

Xiaotian ZHANG
張曉天

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022

Zihan ZHANG
張子函

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PhD in Control Science and Engineering
Tsinghua University, 2022

Zijie ZHOU
周子杰

Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

PhD in Operations Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025

Jin Woo KIM
　

Department of Economics

PhD in Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003

Maxim ALEKSEEV
　

Department of Finance

PhD in Business Economics
Harvard University, 2025

Eva Christina BUECHEL
　

Department of Marketing

PhD in Marketing
University of Miami, 2014

Francesco GABRIELE
　

Department of Marketing

PhD in Economics
University of Southern California, 2025

Jiaming HUANG
黃嘉明

Department of Economics

PhD in Economics
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024

Han Young JUNG
　

Department of Marketing

PhD in Business Administration
University of Minnesota, 2025

Jaesik KIM
金載植

Department of Accounting

PhD in Accounting
Indiana University, 2025

Wei Jee ONG
　

Department of Management

PhD in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
University of Washington, 2021

Subrina Xirong SHEN
沈茜蓉

Department of Management

PhD in Management and Organization
Cornell University, 2021

Benda YIN
尹本達

Yan Hon Michael CHUNG
鍾恩瀚

Department of Accounting

PhD in Business Administration (Accounting)
Duke University, 2025

Division of Humanities

PhD in History
Emory University, 2025

Suji KANG
　

Division of Social Science

PhD in Political Science
Northwestern University, 2023

Yu Hsiang LEI
雷宇翔

Division of Social Science

PhD in Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016

Thorben PELZER
　

Division of Humanities

PhD in Chinese History
Leipzig University, 2022

Jiaxin SHI
施佳鑫

Division of Social Science

PhD in Sociology
University of Oxford, 2023

Duc Duy TRINH
　

Division of Social Science

PhD in Political Science
University of California, San Diego, 2021

Kok Thong WONG
黃國唐

Division of Humanities

PhD in Visual Studies
University of California, Irvine, 2023

Céline Yunya SONG
宋韻雅

Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas

PhD in Media and Communication
City University of Hong Kong, 2012

Qi YING
應琦

Division of Environment and Sustainability

PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Davis, 2004

Tracy Pik Yin MOK
莫碧賢

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering
The University of Hong Kong, 2002

Hongri GU
顧紅曰

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

DSc in Mechanical Engineering
ETH Zürich, 2022

Jun HAN
韓俊

Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas

PhD in Computer Science and Engineering
University of Notre Dame, 2022

Yuan LIU
劉緣

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

PhD in Computer Science
The University of Hong Kong, 2024

Timothy Markham PAGE
　

Division of Arts and Machine Creativity

PhD in Music Composition
The University of Chicago, 2018

Ziqi WANG
汪子琦

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

PhD in Computer Graphics
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 2021

Wenchao XU
徐文超