Global Webinar Series – HKUST x KAIST Joint Webinar “Research Efforts in Contributing to a Sustainable World”
HKUST has co-organized a series of multidisciplinary webinars under the theme “Navigating a World of Disruption”, with our global partners. School of Science has hosted a joint webinar, in partnership with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on June 3, 2020. The webinar has shared our research efforts in tackling complex global challenges regarding public health, climate, water and energy.
View here for the webinar “Research Efforts in Contributing to a Sustainable World”
Opening Remarks:
Prof. Yang WANG
Dean of Science, HKUST
Prof. Sang Kyu KIM
Dean, College of Natural Sciences
KAIST
Panelists:
Prof. Peiyuan QIAN
Head & Chair Professor, Department of Ocean Science
HKUST
Prof. Jimmy FUNG
Head & Professor
Division of Environment & Sustainability;
Professor, Department of Mathematics
HKUST
Prof. Hye Ryung BYON
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
KAIST
Prof. Eui Cheol SHIN
Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science & Engineering
KAIST
To view the full series of webinars, please visit here.
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 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.
