Distinguished Visiting Professors at HKU

The Distinguished Visiting Scholars Scheme (DVSS), introduced in December 1996, was incorporated under the Visiting Professors Scheme (VPS) in 2022. The scheme included several endowed distinguished visiting professorships (DVP) and University-funded DVP. The scheme is aimed to enhance the University's visibility in the international academic community; provide opportunities for our academics to interact with world-class scholars; provide the impetus to promote the development of targeted academic areas; and establish links with institutions leading in the discipline. Over ninety prominent scholars who are at the forefront of their discipline were appointed under the scheme as Distinguished Visiting Professors:

 

Distinguished Visiting Professor

Host Faculty / Department

2023-24
Professor Wei LI
(Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
Director and Dean, UCL Institute of Education;
Chair Professor (Applied Linguistics), Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK
 
Faculty of Education
Professor Dongjun WU
(Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities)
Ernest Scheller Jr. Chair in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Commercialization, Area Coordinator and Professor, Information Technology Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
 
Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Stephen YOUNG
(Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Science and Technology)
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
   
2022-23  
Professor Fraser Andrew ARMSTRONG
(Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professorship)
Emeritus Professor and Fellow of St John's College, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK
 
Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor Gang CHEN
Carl Richard Soderberg Professor, MIT, USA
 
Faculty of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Professor Lin HE
Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, USA
 
LKS Faculty of Medicine (School of Biomedical Sciences)
Professor Tin-Lun HO
(Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Science and Technology)
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, USA
 
Faculty of Science (Physics)
Professor David Y.H. PUI
Regents Professor, University of Minnesota, USA
 
Faculty of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Professor Shu WANG
(Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities)
Dean and Professor, School of Architecture, China Academy of Art, China
Faculty of Architecture (Architecture, and Centre for Chinese Architecture and Urbanism)
   
2021-22  
Professor Ross Levine (Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities) Faculty of Business and Economics
Professor Peijun Zhang LKS Faculty of Medicine
   
2020-21  
Professor Charles Richard Arthur Catlow (Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor) Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham OM KBE PC FRS (Leong Che-Hung Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Leadership) LKS Faculty of Medicine (Surgery)
Professor Wei Huang Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor Lorenz P. Studer LKS Faculty of Medicine (Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre)
   
2019-20  
Professor Kam W. Leong Faculty of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Professor Andras Nagy LKS Faculty of Medicine (School of Biomedical Sciences)
Professor Boris Rubinsky Faculty of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Professor Yang Shao-Horn (Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor) Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor Ren Sun LKS Faculty of Medicine
Professor Fan-Sen Wang (Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities) Faculty of Arts (School of Humanities)
Professor Xiao-Gang Wen Faculty of Science (Physics)
Dr. R. Stanley Williams Faculties of Science and Engineering (Physics and Computer Science)
   
2018-19  
Professor Michael A. Celia Faculty of Engineering (Civil Engineering)
Professor Weng Cho Chew Faculty of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
Professor Ben L. Feringa Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor Chuan He Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor David H. Rowitch (Mok Hing Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor) LKS Faculty of Medicine (Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine)
Professor Jean Paul Thiery LKS Faculty of Medicine (Clinical Oncology)
Professor Gungwu Wang (Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities) Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences
   
2017-18  
Professor Gregory C. Fu Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor Tak W. Mak (Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor) LKS Faculty of Medicine (Pathology)
Professor Daniel G. Nocera Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor Lorraine K. Tyler (Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities) Faculty of Arts (School of Humanities (Linguistics))
   
2016-17  
Professor David A. Cardwell Faculty of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
Professor Rey Chow Faculty of Arts (Modern Languages and Cultures)
Professor Christopher Martin Dobson Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
Professor Reinhard Fässler (Mok Hing-Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor) LKS Faculty of Medicine (SRT of Development and Reproduction)
Professor Andrew Hargreaves Faculty of Education
Professor Kenneth N. Raymond Faculty of Science (Chemistry)
   
2015-16  
Professor John P. Giesy Faculty of Science (School of Biological Sciences)
Professor William David Marslen-Wilson Faculty of Education
Professor Andrew Michael Spence Faculty of Business and Economics
   
2014-15  
Professor Johannes Carolus Clevers LKS Faculty of Medicine
Professor David Grahame Hardie LKS Faculty of Medicine (Anatomy)
Professor Urban Lendahl LKS Faculty of Medicine (Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium)
Professor David Y.H. Pui Faculty of Science (Chemistry and Earth Sciences)
Professor Mark A. Ratner Faculty of Science (Chemistry and Physics)
   
2013-14  
Professor Y.W. Mai Faculty of Engineering
Professor J.L. Perry Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor S.I. Stupp LKS Faculty of Medicine (Biochemistry)
   
2012-13  
Professor G. Humphreys Faculty of Education
Professor P.J. Sadler (Mok Hing Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor) Faculty of Science
   
2011-12  
Professor H. Gao Faculty of Engineering
Professor A. A. Long Faculty of Arts
Professor Y.T. Siu Faculty of Science
Professor P. Tam (Mok Hing Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor) LKS Faculty of Medicine (Biochemistry)
Professor F.F. Wu Faculty of Engineering
   
Appointed before 2011-12   
Professor J.R. Yates III

Department of Chemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

Professor L.J. Hunt Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor H. Jin Faculty of Arts

Professor H. Siu (Mok Hing Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor)

Hong Kong Institute of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor P. Goodfellow (Mok Hing Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor)

Department of Biochemistry
Professor H. Tong

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

Professor S.Y. Kung Faculty of Engineering
Professor T. Hwa

Department of Physics, Department of Biochemistry

Professor R. Belk School of Business
Professor P. Varaiya

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor N. Block School of Humanities (Philosophy)
Professor R.H. Lovell-Badge LKS Faculty of Medicine (Biochemistry)
Professor W. Young Department of Anatomy
Professor M. Rice Department of Physics
Professor K. King Faculty of Education, Faculty of Arts
Professor T.Y.C. Cheng LKS Faculty of Medicine
Professor J. Pethica Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor S. Lok LKS Faculty of Medicine
Professor P. Vanhoutte Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
Professor R.G. Webster Department of Microbiology
Professor D. Hodson Faculty of Education
Professor Y.W. Mai Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor F. Dikotter School of Humanities (History)
Professor N.L. Chappell

Department of Social Work and Social Administration

Professor P.T. Robinson Department of Earth Sciences
Professor P.C. Sham Department of Psychiatry
Professor R. Hood Department of Sociology
Professor M.A.K. Halliday Faculty of Education
Professor S. Heaney School of English
Professor R. Pinsky School of English
Professor A. Motion School of English
Professor V. Mair School of Chinese
Professor M.L.H. Green Department of Chemistry
Professor P. Malanczuk Faculty of Law
Professor D.C. Tsui Department of Physics
Professor L.O. Lee

School of Humanities (Comparative Literature)

Professor G.W. Greenleaf Faculty of Law
Professor R.A. Levine Faculty of Education
Professor S. Wang Department of Civil Engineering
Professor P. Pang LKS Faculty of Medicine
Professor P.J. Mittler Faculty of Education
Professor E. Zelmanov Department of Mathematics
Professor A. Borel Department of Mathematics
Professor F. Marton Faculty of Education
Professor J. Norton Department of Law
Professor J. Child School of Business
Professor L.T. White III Centre of Asian Studies
Professor H.B. Gray Department of Chemistry
Professor M.M.W. Chan Department of Medicine
Professor V.O.K. Li Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor N. Browne School of English

 

Note: For more information on individual Distinguished Visiting Professors, please contact the respective host unit.