Visiting Research Professors at HKU

Professor Sihem Amer-Yahia
Research Director, Centre National de Recherche scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble, France

Professor King Kuok Hii
Professor of Catalysis, Imperial College London, UK

Professor Martin Knapp
Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

Professor Steve Walsh
Professor of Applied Linguistics, Newcastle University, UK

Professor Kay W. Axhausen

Professor, Institute for Traffic Planning and Transport Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Professor Julia W.P. Hsu

Professor, and Texas Instruments Distinguished Chair in Nanoelectronics, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas, Dallas, USA

Professor Nicholas J. Long

The Sir Edward Frankland BP Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Imperial College London

Professor Timothy W. Lyons

Professor/Distinguished Professor of Biogeochemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, USA

Professor Julian A. Pearce

Professor Emeritus, Cardiff University, UK

Dr. John S. Tsang

Chief, Systems Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, USA

Professor Lee Zou

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, USA

Professor Patrick Yizhi Cai

Chair Professor of Synthetic Genomics, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, UK

Professor Peter Dominic Clift

Dr. Henry V. Howe Distinguished Professor in Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, USA

Professor Kincho H. Law

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA

Professor Emilios Avgouleas

Professor in International Banking Law and Finance, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK

Professor Thomas J. Broadhurst
(Renewal of appointment)

Professor Dina G. Iordanova

Professor and Chair in Film; and

Professor Euijune Kim

Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University, South Korea

Professor James Philip Di Santo

Professor Angel Rubio

Scientific Member and Director, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), Germany

Professor Garnet K.L. Chan

Associated Faculty, Department of Physics, and A Barton Hepburn Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, USA
 

Professor Linzhao Cheng

Professor of Medicine and Oncology, and Edythe Harris Lucas and Clara Lucas Lynn Chair in Hematology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Professor Kevin Niall Dunbar

Professor, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, USA

Professor Chi-chung Hui

(Renewal of appointment)
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada

Professor Robin Howard Lovell-Badge

Scientific Staff, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, UK

Professor Helen F. Siu

• Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Yale University, USA
• Mok Hing Yiu Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong (2011-15)
   

Professor Anthony Eric Williams-Jones

Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Canada

Professor Thomas J. Broadhurst

'Ikerbasque' Permanent Research Professorship, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Observational Cosmology, Dark Matter, Gravitational Lensing, Galaxy Formation

Professor Garth J.S. Cooper

Professor in Discovery and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, UK

Professor Jeremy B.C. Jackson

Senior Adjunct Scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA

Marine science, conservation of fisheries and coastal marine ecosystems, particularly coral reefs

Professor Phil J. Jones

Chair of Architectural Science, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK

Low energy, low carbon, and sustainable design in the built environment

Professor Nancy Knowlton

Sant Chair in Marine Science, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA

Conservation and quantification of biodiversity in the ocean, discoveries on speciation in the sea, coral reef ecology and reproduction, alternative stable states in marine ecosystems

Professor Andrew Kusiak

Professor and Chairman, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, USA

Energy; Data mining and knowledge discovery; Computational intelligence; Medical informatics and technology; Design of products, components, processes, and systems; and Process modeling

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

3 months within January 2015 to June 2016

Professor Peter K. Austin

Märit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics, Director of the Endangered Languages Academic Program, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

Endangered languages and theory and practice of language documentation; syntax and semantics; syntactic theory; language typology; lexicography and text analysis; Australian Aboriginal languages; Austronesian languages; comparative and historical linguistics, historical phonology, morphology and syntax; Japanese language and linguistics; Aboriginal history and biography

Professor Allan Graham Bell

Professor of Language & Communication, Director, Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Discourse analysis of biblical texts; social and linguistic aspects of the Internet; stylisation in mass communication; language and identity; sociolinguistic and communication theory; science communication; multilingualism in New Zealand

Professor Gary G. Hamilton

Associate Director and Professor, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington, USA

Substantive interests:
Economic Sociology
Comparative and Historical Sociology
Political Sociology
Social Theory
Complex Organization

Professor Eric C.W. So

Professor and Chair in Leukaemia Biology, Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College London (KCL), UK

Professor Jonathan M. Spector

Professor and Chair, Department of Learning Technologies, College of Information, University of North Texas

Professor William G. Tierney

• University Professor, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, USA
• President, American Educational Research Association

Professor Jun Wang

Professor and Executive Director, Beijing Genome Institute (BGI), Shenzhen, PRC

Professor Michael Q. Zhang
(Renewal of appointment)

Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair Professor in Systems Biology Science, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Director, Centre for Systems Biology, University of Texas, Dallas, USA

Professor Arie Graafland

Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Formation of theory and method within the field of architecture and urban planning, and examination of how we understand reality

Architecture

Professor Eberhard K.U. Gross

Director of Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany

Time-dependent quantum phenomena, superconductivity, and non-collinear magnetism and local currents

Chemistry and Physics

Professor Bor-Ming Jahn

Distinguished Chair Professor, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

General: Geochronology, isotope and trace element geochemistry

Earth Sciences

Professor Gary Edward Pickard

Professor in Neuroscience, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Circadian rhythms and use of pseudorabies virus as a transneurional tracer

Anatomy and the State Key Laboratory for Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Professor Srikant Sarangi

Professor in Language and Communication, Director of the Health Communication Research Centre, Cardiff University

Language and identity in public life; institutional and professional discourse; quality of life and risk communication in genetic counseling, HIV/AIDS, telemedicine, general practice and palliative care; intercultural pragmatics; racism and ethnicity in multicultural societies

Centre for the Humanities and Medicine

Professor Odd Arne Westad

Professor of International History and Co-Director of Centre for International Affairs Diplomacy and Strategy, London School of Economics

Contemporary international history, the history of the Cold War era, China's foreign affairs, Western interventions in Africa and Asia, and foreign policy strategy

Humanities (History)

Professor Luping Yu

Professor of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, USA

The interfacial area between organic chemistry and materials science

Chemistry

Professor Pheng Cheah

Professor, Department of Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Professor Kenneth R. Chien

Professor, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet
 

Professor of Construction Management, School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, UK

International construction, whole life appraisal, risk management, cost management and new technologies for the construction sector

Professor Tak-wah Mak

Director, Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada

Regulation of tumour metabolism, the role of anti-oxidant molecules in suppressing tumorigenesis, biology of the immune system, programmed cell death, the pathogenesis of cancer

Professor Christopher McQuaid

Professor, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, South Africa

Intertidal biology, southern oceans research

6 months within 2011-12 to 2013-14

Professor Weitao Yang

Philip Handler Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Duke University, USA

Quantum mechanical calculations of large systems, quantum mechanical simulations of biological systems and nanostructures

6 months within 2011-12 to 2015-16

Professor Didier Fassin

James D. Wolfensohn Professor, School of Social Science, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

Arts and Medicine

Professor Sander L. Gilman

Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Program in Psychoanalysis; Health Sciences Humanities; Emory University, Atlanta, USA

Modern Languages & Cultures (European Studies)

Professor Chi-chung Hui

• Head and Senior Scientist, Program in Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children
• Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

Biochemistry

Professor Hoi-kwong Lo

Professor, Department of Physics and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

Physics

Professor George J. Weng

Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

Mechanical Engineering

Professor Hak-kim Chan

Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Australia

Professor Herman S. Cheung

James L. Knight Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, USA

Professor Jacques Cremer

Senior Researcher, Toulouse School of Economics, France

The economics of organisation, the economics of the Internet and of the software industry, contract theory and the political economy of federal systems

Professor Deborah Davis

Professor, Department of Sociology, Yale University, USA

Dr. Richard A. Engelhardt

UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific (Retired), UNESCO, UN, Bangkok, Thailand

Professor Hong Guo

James McGill Chair Professor, Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Professor Chen Jian

Michael J. Zak Professor of History for US-China Relations, Department of History, and China and Asian-Pacific Studies Program, Cornell University, USA

Modern Chinese history, Chinese foreign policy and security studies, and Sino-American relations

Professor John R. Logan

Professor, Department of Sociology, Brown University, USA

Professor Rolf Weber

Chair Professor of Private, Business and European Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Professor Michael Q. Zhang

Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair Professor in Systems Biology Science, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Director, Centre for Systems Biology, University of Texas, Dallas, USA