Prof. LUO Zhengtang Named a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
Prof. Tom LUO Zhengtang, Chemical and Biological Engineering, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The honor is conferred to individuals who have made major contributions to chemistry and other interface disciplines such as biological chemistry.
Prof. Luo’s research focuses on the chemistry of graphene and two-dimensional (2D) materials, and applications of 2D materials in fields such as biomedical engineering, energy storage and conversion, electronics and optoelectronics. He also serves as an associate editor for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, a flagship journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Founded in 1841, RSC is a world-leading chemistry society based in the United Kingdom and is the largest organization in Europe for advancing chemical sciences. Its membership totals over 50,000 worldwide.
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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.
