Two Assistant Professors Named Excellent Young Scientists by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Prof. Anthony LEUNG, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Prof. WANG Jiguang, Chemical and Biological Engineering, were named 2019 Excellent Young Scientists (EYS) by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
EYS is one of the most prestigious awards for young scientists (under 38 for male and under 40 for female) in China. It recognizes promising scholars who have already achieved good results in fundamental research to pursue innovative research in new areas and aims to foster them to be internationally leading academics in their respective fields. Prof. Leung and Prof. Wang will each receive RMB1.3 million over a period of three years to conduct pioneering research on the soil-plant interaction to civil engineering applications and on data-driven analysis in tumor evolution respectively.
This is the first time that NSFC opens the highly competitive EYS award to scholars from Hong Kong and Macau. Among the 25 scholars selected from the two regions, three come from HKUST, including Prof. Leung, Prof. Wang, and Prof. Li Yingying from the School of Business and Management.
Related link:
- About the NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (in Chinese)
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
