New Faculty and Administrative Appointments
Our warmest welcome to faculty members newly on board and congratulations to colleagues for their new administrative appointments.
Administrative
Prof. Ben CHAN
Appointed Associate Dean of Students (w.e.f. Sept 2023)
Associate Professor of Engineering Education
Senior Lecturer, joint position in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Integrative Systems & Design
Prof. SHAO Minhua
Appointed Head of Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (w.e.f. Aug 2023)
Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Energy Engineering and Environment
Chair Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prof. ZHANG Qian
Appointed Acting Head of Division of Integrative Systems and Design (w.e.f. Feb 2024)
Tencent Professor of Engineering
Chair Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. Henry LAM
Appointed Director of Center for Engineering Education Innovation (w.e.f. Nov 2023)
Associate Head and Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Faculty
(Jan-Feb 2024)
Dr. Hiddadura Isura Malinda Mendis ABEYNAYAKE
Lecturer II, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prof. HU Wenqi
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Prof. PAN Ling
Assistant Professor, joint position in Electronic & Computer Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research intensive 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. Over 80% of our research work were rated “Internationally excellent” or “world leading” in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. We were ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, and our graduates were ranked 23rd worldwide and among the best from universities from Asia in Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2021.
