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PhD Advisors at Lingnan University 岭南大学 HK

Quick answer: Lingnan University in Hong Kong has 454 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 10 currently show active PhD hiring signals (as of 2026-10-19). phd-match covers 174 universities across the US, the UK, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Singapore, not just one country.

Research-focused faculty at Lingnan University, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.

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⭐ Currently Hiring PhD Students (10)

Professors at Lingnan University with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.

Aleksandar Stevic

Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I welcome MPhil and PhD proposals in the following areas: Nineteenth-century fiction (especially Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, and George Eliot; comparative approaches are also welcome) Modernism; Theory of the novel broadly conceived, including issues in genre and narrative theory; History and…
Comparative History of the Novel; Tragedy; Aesthetics and Politics; History of Criticism; Holocaust Representation

CHEN Ze

Assistant Professor · Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies
⭐ Accepting PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
Aqueous Batteries, Solid Batteries, AI for Batteries

Fei PAN

Assistant Professor, Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
⭐ I am seeking self-motivated PhD students. If you are passionate about research and eager to contribute to exciting projects, I encourage you to apply. For more details, please check the recruitment announcement.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure. Research topics: Convolutional Neural Network; Robotics; Bottom Surface; Manual Selection; Instance Segmentation; User Preference; Image Co…

Jialin LIU

Associate Professor, Division of Industrial Data Science; Programme Director of the Master of Science in Smart City Technologies and Applications Programme, Division of Industrial Data Science · Pure Portal Faculty
⭐ We have multiple positions available at the levels of PhD students (admission in January/September 2027), Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Assistant at Lingnan University (Hong Kong SAR). Please check Join Us for more details.
artificial intelligence in games, evolutionary computation, and fair machine learning

LIN Zehong

Assistant Professor · School of Data Science
⭐ He is actively looking for self-motivated students to join his research group and will provide strong support for students to conduct high-quality research. Please visit his webpage to learn more about his research and reach out to him to discover potential opportunities.
Immersive Communications, Spatial AI, Generative AI for Communications, Edge AI Systems

MO Yanfang

Assistant Professor, Programme Director of the Master of Science in Industrial Data Analytics Programme · Pure Portal Faculty
⭐ PhD, Mphil, RA, PostDoc, and Visiting Scholar Opportunities !!! PhD Positions Available (2026-27 Spring/Fall Intake) !!! (中文版招生广告请看这里) Highly motivated students and postdocs are encouraged to explore opportunities within her group, working on developing smart cities via principle-based and data-driv…
Competitive Ratio, Complete Matrix, Anomaly Detection, Drone, Dimensional Vector, Optimization Problem, on-line algorithm, Dimensional Data

OLIVOS RAVÉ Francisco Javier

Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ Chief supervisor: Mr. ASCUI GAC Sebastian (PhD student)
Sociology of Education, Cultural Sociology, Social Inequality, Computational Social Sciences, Quantitative Methods

PAN Xiang

Research Assistant Professor · School of Data Science
⭐ Prof. Pan is recruiting Research Assistants (RAs) and Ph.D. students in the areas of machine learning and its applications in networking optimization, energy systems, and multimedia signal processing. Interested candidates are welcome to contact him at [email protected].
Machine learning, Networked Systems, Multimedia Signal Processing

Tenghui WANG

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
⭐ I am recruiting part-time or full-time RA. Please email me the following documents if you are interested. (1) CV; (2) Stata codes you ever wrote (if any). It had better include data cleaning and complete empirical analysis. Codes employing DiD and RD will be more preferred; (3) writing sample (if an…
Public policy, development economics, and empirical corporate finance

Yangyang Qian

Assistant Professor, Division of Industrial Data Science · Pure Portal Faculty
⭐ We are seeking highly motivated Ph.D. Students (Jan./Sep. 2027 Intake), Research Assistants, and Postdoctoral Researchers to join our dynamic research group at Lingnan University. Our research areas include 1. Multi-Agent Systems and Control: By leveraging model-based, data-driven, or learning-based…
Cooperative Control; Multi-Agent Systems; Battery Energy Storage Systems; Microgrids; Reinforcement Learning; distributed cooperative control; multi-agent systems; battery systems; microgrids

All Faculty at Lingnan University (190)

AN Bo

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Artificial Intelligence, Chinese, Cybernetics, Close reading, Twentieth Century, Plurality, paradigmatics, 1950s

ASAMOAH Joseph Maxwell, Mr.

Part-time Lecturer, Department of Accountancy; PhD Student, Department of Accountancy · Pure Portal Faculty
Public Debt (Social Sciences), Information Asymmetry (Social Sciences), Production Cost (Social Sciences), Information Cost (Social Sciences), Globalization (Social Sciences)

AU YEUNG Tat Chor

Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
Social protection, employment, and labour market policies; Precarity, gig economy, and platform work; In-work benefits and activation policy; Social policy ideas and welfare discourses; Community development and policy practice

Adrian TING

Senior Lecturer, Centre for English and Additional Languages · Pure Portal Faculty
Hong Kong, English, COVID-19, Electronic Learning, Academic Writing, Collaboration, Focus Group, Student Perception

Agnes LO

Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Accountancy; Part-time Thesis Supervisor, Office of the Faculty of Business; Associate Director of Undergraduate Programmes, Office of the Faculty of Business · Pure Portal Faculty
Taxation, Financial Reporting, Related-party Transactions, Corporate Governance

Aihua YAN

Professor of Teaching, Part-time Thesis Supervisor, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies and Accreditation), Director of Undergraduate Programmes · Pure Portal Faculty
Outsourcing, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Business Service, Human Intelligence, Empirical Research, Empathy, Economic and Social Development

Aleksandar STEVIĆ

Associate Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Cosmopolitanism; Bildungsroman; Aestheticism; Politics; Aesthetics; Book Reviews; Discourse; Charles Dickens

Alex PREDA

Prof., Director of the Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute; Director of the China Economic Research Programme; Director of the STEAM Education and Research Centre · Pure Portal Faculty
Financial Market, Finance, Sociology, Decision Making, Economic Sociology, Social Relationships, Authors, Investors, Fintech, Venture Capital, Blockchain, Scientific Expertise, Rule-based systems

Andrea SAUCHELLI

Professor; Director of the Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre; Head, Department of Philosophy; Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) · Pure Portal Faculty
Personal Identity and Applied Ethics, Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art (Art and Ethics)

Andreas MATTHIAS

Lecturer · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Andrew Sewell

Associate Professor, Department of English · Pure Portal Faculty
Andrew Sewell’s research in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics focuses on various aspects of English as an international language, including English accents in international communication, local varieties of English, pronunciation teaching and testing, and language ideologi…

Angel GARRALDA ORTEGA

Senior Lecturer, Centre for English and Additional Languages · Pure Portal Faculty
Hong Kong, English, Educational Sciences, Teaching Context, Language Integrated Learning, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Digitization, Pedagogy, Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency, Reading Tests, Learning Context, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Professional C…

Anthony LAU

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Population ecology; conservation genetics; and disease ecology.

BAE Kyu Ho

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

BAI Yunfei

Assistant Professor, Department of Translation · Pure Portal Faculty
Indirect Translation History of Interpreting Censorship in Translation French Literature Tibetan Literature Latin American Literature World Literature beyond the Anglophone Canon

Baohui ZHANG

Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Chinese politics, international relations of East Asia, and democratization

Bedru Hussen MOHAMMED

Lecturer, School of Graduate Studies; Programme Director of the Master of Social Sciences in Health and Social Services Management Programme, School of Graduate Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
Maternal Care, Health Care, Intimate Partner Violence, Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Prenatal Care, Systolic Blood Pressure, Primary Health Care

Benjamin WU

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
China, Australia, Institutional Entrepreneurship, South Korea, Aviation Industry, Carbon Market, International Cooperation, Environmental Tax

Binhua WANG

Professor, Department of Translation; Head of the Centre for English and Additional Languages, Centre for English and Additional Languages · Pure Portal Faculty
Chinese, Corpus, China, English, Discourse, Translation (Applied Linguistics), Sociocultural, Simultaneous interpreting

Bradley R Barnes

Professor, Department of Marketing and International Business · Pure Portal Faculty
Chinese, Guanxi, Business Relationship, China, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise, Social Network, Hong Kong, Relationship Marketing

Bun Tak Michael WONG

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
Corporate Finance, FinTech, and Sustainable Finance

CHAN Catherine See (陳家怡)

Assistant Professor; Associate Programme Director, Master of Arts in 'Digital History in Global Asia' · Faculty of Arts
Global diasporas Urban Asia Heritage studies Animal welfare Macau history (https://projectmacau.wordpress.com/) Hong Kong history Southeast Asian history

CHAN Lap Fung Tayden

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Public Governance, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, Chinese society

CHAN Wai Chung

Lecturer · Pure Portal Faculty
Hong Kong, leftist, Riots, Case Study, Cold War, Southeast Asia, Overseas Chinese, China

CHAN Wing Ching Elton

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy · Pure Portal Faculty
Confucian, Confucianism, Democracy, Politics, Republicanism, Indispensability, Defending, Moral Cultivation

CHAN Wing Chun Julia

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Popular Front, Aerial View, Soviet Science, China, Birth Control, Science Fiction, Modernism, Russian Federation

CHAN Yuen Lai

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Psychology · Pure Portal Faculty
Arousal, Lexical Decision, Familiarity, Multiple Regression Analysis, Regression Analysis, Basal Ganglion, Word Length, Moral Dilemmas

CHAN Yuen Tung David

Research Assistant Professor, School of Graduate Studies; Programme Director of the Master of China and Regional Development Studies Programme, School of Graduate Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
His research interests cover regional development in China and Southeast Asia, globalization, digitalization, industrial transformation, urbanization, global production networks, and global value chains by using both qualitative and quantitative methods.

CHANG Kin Ian Monica

Lecturer, Department of History · Pure Portal Faculty
Social Organisation, Borderlands, Borderland, China, Clans, Narrative, Twentieth Century, Qing dynasty

CHEN Hon-fai

Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
Global Social Theory, Comparative-historical Sociology, History of Sociology, Modernity and Global History, Empire and Civilization, Culture and Knowledge

CHEN Honghua

Research Assistant Professor · School of Data Science
3D Vision, Computer Graphics, Generative AI, Digital Geometry Processing and Analysis

CHEN Xi

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy · Pure Portal Faculty
Social Determinants of Health Substance Abuse Health Inequality Crime and Deviance Quantitative Methods

CHEN Xi, Celia

Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
Social Determinants of Health, Substance Abuse, Health Inequality, Crime and Deviance, Quantitative Methods

CHEN Yiting

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
Alanine Aminotransferase (Psychology), Familiarity (Psychology), Scheme (Psychology), Moral Behavior (Psychology), Homo sapiens (Psychology), Large Language Model (Social Sciences), Food Choice (Psychology), Language Processing (Social Sciences)

CHEUNG, Bianca Yin-ki (張燕琪)

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Faculty of Arts
Modern China Gender History Modern Japanese History

CHIU Hon Wing, Billy

Assistant Professor · School of Data Science
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing

CHIU Tuen Yi Jenny

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy · Pure Portal Faculty
Transnational/transborder ageing and familyhood, Intergenerational relationships, Cross-border marriage migration, family and citizenship, Intimate partner violence, Qualitative and mixed research methods

CHIU Tuen Yi, Jenny

Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
Migration and Mobilities, Transnational Ageing, Cross-border Marriages and Families, Intergenerational Relations, Gender, Marriage, and Family, Intimate Partner Violence, Social Innovation in Higher Education, Qualitative and Visual Methods

CHOI Ka-sing, Wilson

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Faculty of Business
Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance

Carmen YE

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
Trust and culture, Bicultural identity and social cognition, Positive youth development

Chak Kwan Dickson CHAN

Research Professor; Director, Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; SDG 5 - Gender Equality; China; Hong Kong; Social Services; Caregiving; Chinese; Contracting Out; Nongovernmental Organizations; Welfare State

Changhyun AHN

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance · Pure Portal Faculty
Charity (Social Sciences); Board of Directors (Social Sciences); Interest Groups (Social Sciences); Political Risk (Social Sciences); Fixed Effects Model (Social Sciences); Corporate Governance (Social Sciences); Political Activity (Social Sciences); Contract Procurement (Social …

Chaochao Wei

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Lithium; Cathode; Solid Electrolyte; Lithium Ion; Thioether; Sulfide; Solid-State Battery; All-Solid-State Batteries

Cheng Ze Simon FAN

Professor, Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
Simon Fan’s research interests span the theory and empirics of social economics, labor economics, development economics, and public economics.

Chengzu DONG

Assistant Professor of Teaching, Division of Artificial Intelligence; Programme Director of the Master of Research in Advanced Data Science Programme, Division of Artificial Intelligence · Pure Portal Faculty
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Blockchain, Federated machine learning, Learning Framework, Edge Computing, Internet-Of-Things, Privacy Preserving, Large Language Model

Cheuk Long CHAN

Lecturer, Department of Psychology; Associate Programme Director of the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Business Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology · Pure Portal Faculty
Qualitative Study, Qualitative Research, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Semistructured Interview, Lived Experience, Personality Trait, Physical Activity, Sport Participation

Chi Fu LAI

Associate Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
Linear Optimization, Cluster Analysis, Building-Blocks, Puzzle, K-Set, Key Property, Axonometric Projection, Simulation System, Education, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality, Extended Reality, Interactivity, Gaussian Distribution, Creativity, Case Study, Organology, Artwork, Optimiza…

Chi Leung Adam WONG

Professor, Department of Economics; Programme Director of the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Global Economics and Banking Programme, Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization, Dynamic Matching Markets, Bargaining, Nonlinear Pricing, Auction

Chi Yu CHAN

Assistant Professor of Practice · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Chien-peng CHUNG

Professor of politics · Pure Portal Faculty
His research interests include the politics and history of China, Chinese and Asian foreign and security relations, political change in Asia, ethnic nationalism, and diplomatic bargaining.

Chin Ching Kinson LO

Project Officer, STEAM Education & Research Centre · Pure Portal Faculty
SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy; Battery Electric Vehicle; Lifecycle; Australia; Tesla Roadster; Road; Hong Kong; Comparative Analysis; Integrated Information System

Chloe Webster

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Chuen Kei Joseph CHENG

Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Psychology · Pure Portal Faculty
Simulated Environment (Computer Science), Supporting Evidence (Computer Science), Viewing Condition (Computer Science), Object Reference (Computer Science), Motion Perception (Psychology), Memory Bias (Psychology), Adolescence (Psychology), Gaze Direction (Psychology)

Chunhong WANG

Professor, Department of Chinese · Pure Portal Faculty
Chinese poetry and poetics

Chunmei DU

Professor, Department of History; Head of the Department of History · Pure Portal Faculty
Modern Chinese history, women's and gender studies, global history, Chinese diaspora

Cong Clark CAO

Associate Professor, Department of Marketing and International Business; Programme Director of the Master of Science in Marketing and International Business Programme · Pure Portal Faculty
Consumer psychology and consumer neuroscience, Basic motivation, Collecting behaviour, Information processing

DENG Xiaobin

Research Assistant Professor · Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies
New Materials, such as Nanofluid Materials and Air CO2 Capture Materials; Flexible Battery

DENG Yiqin

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Multi-Access Edge Computing, Collaboration, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Edge Computing, Edge Server, Internet-Of-Things, Task Offloading, Autonomous Driving

DONG Chengzu

Assistant Professor of Teaching · School of Data Science
Blockchain, UAV Delivery, Interorganisational Governance, Federated Learning and Internet of Things

DONG Silai

Senior Research Officer, Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
China, Developing Country, Older Adults, Panel Data, Primary Health Care, Health Care Services, Ghana, Aging-In-Place, Caregiver, Hong Kong, Social Policy, Caregiving, Technology Acceptance Model

Dan MARSHALL

Associate Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
I primarily work in metaphysics and in related areas in logic and the philosophy of science. Intrinsicality, Intrinsic Property, Modal, Abstract Object, David Lewis, realist, Nominalism, extrinsic

Daniel Steven PALLIES

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Phenomenology, Humeanism, objectivist, subjectivist, Truth, Feelings, Asymmetrical, Episode

Darrell Patrick ROWBOTTOM

Professor, Department of Philosophy · Pure Portal Faculty
Philosophy of Science, Formal and Informal Epistemology (esp. Foundations of Probability), Metaphysics, Philosophy of Education, History of Science, Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Physics

Darrell William DAVIS

Prof. · Pure Portal Faculty
Taiwan (Arts and Humanities), Hong Kong (Arts and Humanities), Chinese (Arts and Humanities), Taiwan Cinema (Arts and Humanities), Hollywood (Arts and Humanities), Japanese Film (Arts and Humanities), Film Industry (Arts and Humanities), Film Studies (Arts and Humanities)

Darryl Cameron STERK

Associate Professor, Department of Translation · Pure Portal Faculty
Ecotranslation, Film and Fiction from Taiwan, Indigenous Translation Studies, Role of Grammatical Analysis in Stylistics, Translation Pedagogy

David Gardner

Part-time Lecturer (English) · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Dianyao KANG

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
Blockchain, System Efficiency, Online Platform, Science Planning, Life Cycle, New Technology, Information Asymmetry, Supply Chain Management, Finance

Dichu BAO

Associate Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Stock Price, Legal Procedure, Private Information, Supply Chain Management, Accounting Policy, Research and Development, Sales Contract, Primary Source

Dong Hui LI

Professor; Head, Chinese Language Education and Assessment Centre; Associate Vice President (Student Affairs) · Pure Portal Faculty
Contrastive Linguistics, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Chinese Teaching and Assessment, Translation Studies, Modern Chinese Novel

Dongxiao Larry QIU

Sydney S. W. Leong Chair Professor of Economics; Part-time Thesis Supervisor; Head, Dept of ECON · Pure Portal Faculty
Industrial Organization, International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment

Donna Cheng

Assistant Lecturer · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Edward Kwabena AMEYAW

Assistant Professor, School of Graduate Studies; Programme Director of the Master of Science in Smart Ageing and Gerontology Programme, School of Graduate Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
population health and wellbeing research, sexual reproductive health, women empowerment, health systems research as well as maternal and newborn health and wellbeing

Elaine Yin Ning KWOK

Assistant Professor of Teaching, Programme Director of the MA in Curating and Art History Programme · Faculty of Arts
Cross-cultural interactions between China and Europe in art history and aesthetics.

Emilie YEH

Lam Wong Yiu Wah Chair Professor of Visual Studies; Associate Vice-President (Academics); Head of the Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries; Director of the Centre for Film and Creative Industries · Pure Portal Faculty
Early Film History, Media Industry, East Asian Cinema, Chinese Wenyi Pictures

Emilie Yueh Yu YEH

Associate Vice-President (Academics), Lam Wong Yiu Wah Chair Professor of Visual Studies, Head of Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries · Faculty of Arts
Early film history, media industry, East Asian cinema, Chinese Wenyi pictures.

Emilio Navas

Part-time Lecturer (Spanish) · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Emmanuel OFOSU

Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy · Pure Portal Faculty
Law, Occupational Safety, State Law, External Financing, Likelihood, Logopedics, Freedom of Speech, Top Management

FAN Jacky

Part-Time Lecturer (Japanese) · Faculty of Arts
Japanese linguistics and language teaching, particularly error analysis and contrastive studies between Japanese and Chinese

FAN Yim Hung Angel

Lecturer, Centre for English and Additional Languages · Pure Portal Faculty
L Education (General), TESOL, Innovative pedagogy, Digitalization, Language education, Blended learning, Law, Phonetics, Educational Sciences, Hong Kong, Digitalization, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Globalization, SDG 4 Quality Education

Fai Hong LUI

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Economic and Social Development, Multitasking, Morphological Awareness, Electroencephalography, Event-Related Potential, Emotion, Online Learning, Holistic Processing

Fangdai CHEN

Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese · Pure Portal Faculty
Taiwan; Surrealism; China; Shanghai; World literature; Poetics; Transcultural; Politics

Fanglei Corey HUANG

Assistant Professor, Department of English; Associate Programme Director of the Mater of Arts in Digital English Studies Programme (self-financed), Department of English · Pure Portal Faculty
Hong Kong, Mental Health, Semiotics, Higher Education, Multilingualism, Multi-modal, University Students, Health Campaign

Fei LI

Senior Lecturer, Chinese Language Education and Assessment Centre · Pure Portal Faculty
Linguistics, Arts, Literature

Feifei ZHOU

Associate Professor, Department of English; Programme Director of the Master of Arts in Digital English Studies Programme, Department of English · Pure Portal Faculty
Her research interests include theories of language and communication, sociolinguistics, social semiotics, and digital discourse.

Feng WU

Professor, Department of Accountancy · Pure Portal Faculty
Likelihood, Difference in Differences, Information Asymmetry, Conservatism, Law, Corporate Tax, Accounting Standard, forecasting accuracy

Francisco Javier OLIVOS RAVE

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
HM Sociology; Cultural sociology; Stratification; Subjective well-being; Computational methods

Frankie LAM

Director, Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning; Associate Professor of Practice, School of Graduate Studies; Acting Director of Lingnan Institute of Further Education · Pure Portal Faculty
Student Learning, Generative Artificial Intelligence, Hong Kong, Art Education, COVID 19 Epidemic, Social Science, Student Performance, Formative Assessment, University Teacher, Systematic Review, Educational Sciences, Higher Education, Training Course, University Students, Stude…

Fuxiang HUANG

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Image Retrieval, Unsupervised Domain Adaptation, Information Retrieval, Domain Adaptation, Hashing, Person Re-Identification, Foundation Model, Adversarial Machine Learning

GAO Yi Angela

Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing and International Business · Pure Portal Faculty
Interfirm Relationships, Influencer Marketing, Influencer, In-Depth Interview, Survey Analysis, Economic and Social Development, Instagram, Marketing Strategy

GUO Haifeng

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Video Compression, Hardware Design, intra prediction mode, Compression Efficiency, Motion Compensation, Real-Time Application, Intra Prediction, Prediction Mode

GUO Ying

Assistant Professor · Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Electrochemistry, Electrodes and Electrolytes Design, Electrocatalysis and Electro-synthesis, Aqueous Batteries and Flow Batteries

Ga-eun Grace OH

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Consumer psychology, Self-control, Food consumption, Health behaviour, Aging consumers/workers, Social Influence

Gan RUAN

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Multi-Objective Optimization, Optimization Problem, Multiobjective, Knowledge Transfer, multi-objective evolutionary algorithm, Pareto Optimal Set, Transfer Learning, Reference Point

Gary John MUDDEMAN

Senior Lecturer · Pure Portal Faculty
Chinese, Student Interaction, Language Integrated Learning, Student Participation, University Students, Interaction Pattern, Content Analysis, Student Exchange

Gerui WANG

Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
Art, technology, history, film & media studies, digital humanities.

Getrude Dadirai GWENZI

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Zimbabwe, Caregiver, Global South, Social Services, Home Care, Social Policy, Child Welfare, Rural Areas; SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Ginbert Permejo CUATON

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Environmental sociology and eco-social policy in the context of disasters, displacement, and climate action in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam; H Social Sciences (General); JQ Political institutions Asia; GE Environmental Sciences…

Gleb PAPYSHEV

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Artificial Intelligence, Economic and Social Development, Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Russian Federation, Explainability, Generative Artificial Intelligence, Self-Regulation, Consumer Protection

Gregory William WHITTEN

Assistant Professor of Teaching; Associate Programme Director, Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree Programme · Pure Portal Faculty
currency unions, international trade, exchange rate regimes, macroeconomics, and applied econometrics

HAYWARD William

Lam Woo & Co Ltd Chair Professor of Psychology, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences · Faculty of Social Sciences
Cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience, specifically in visual perception of faces and objects, and visual attention. I have used a broad range of research methods to study these issues, including eye-tracking, EEG, and fMRI, as well as behavioural methods.

HE Pengfei, Dr.

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Industrial Data Science · Pure Portal Faculty
Traveling Salesman Problem, hybrid genetic algorithm, Harvester, Vehicle Routing, Genetic Algorithm, Edge, Benchmark Instance, Local Search

HO Chui Fun Selina

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Museum and curatorial studies, Art museums and technologies in China, Hong Kong art and culture, Exhibition studies of Chinese Art

HO Yuen Wan

Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology; Programme Director of the Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in Business Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology · Pure Portal Faculty
Social Isolation, COVID-19, Affective Experience, Arousal, Positivity Effect, United States of America, Loneliness, Relationship Orientation

HOI Man Nor Mandy

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Faculty of Social Sciences
Child and adolescent development Parent education Positive psychology Psychopathology Psychotherapy

HONG Fuhai

Associate Professor, Department of Economics · Faculty of Social Sciences
Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

HONG Hee Kyung, Ms.

Lecturer · Pure Portal Faculty
English, Native Speaker, Academic Writing, Explicit instruction, L2 learners, Proficiency

HONG Sandra

Part-time Lecturer (English) · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

HOU Zhimin

Assistant Professor · School of Data Science
Embodied AI, Robotics; Reinforcement Learning; Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning; Human–Robot Interaction and Collaboration

HSU Tzu Pin

Professor, Department of Chinese · Pure Portal Faculty
Classical Chinese

HUANG Yi

Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
Decision-making Social psychology Successful aging Social neuroscience Neuroeconomics

Han YE

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
Decision Making, Bargaining Power, Married Couple, Legal Decision, Chinese, Difference in Differences, Courts, Spouses

Hang XIAO

Assistant Professor; Programme Director of the Master of Liberal Sciences Programme; Programme Director of the Master of Science in Cross-disciplinary Technologies+ Programme · Pure Portal Faculty
Carbon Dioxide (Material Science); Sorbent (Material Science); Mechanical Property (Material Science); Poisson Ratio (Material Science); Nanotubes (Material Science); Film (Material Science); Carbon Dioxide Capture (Chemical Engineering); Graphene (Material Science)

Hao TONG

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Routing Problem, Problem Instance, Optimization Problem, Location Problem, Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm, Optimization Algorithm, Metaheuristics, Evolutionary Algorithm, Building-Blocks, Dynamic Optimization, Optimization Framework, Multi-Objective Optimization, Knowl…

Haomin GONG

Associate Professor, Department of Chinese; Head of the Department of Chinese · Pure Portal Faculty
Modern and contemporary Chinese literature, Chinese film studies

Haoran XIE

Professor, Associate Dean of the School of Data Science, Director of LEO Dr David P. Chan Institute of Data Science · Pure Portal Faculty
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Educational Technologies

Hay Ching CHAN

Lecturer, Department of Chinese · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Hin Fat TSANG

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Guppy Fish, Gambusia, Functional Response, Raw Fish, Ephemeroptera, Co-Teaching, General Education, Law

Hin Shing Billy LEUNG

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Economics; Associate Programme Director of the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Global Economics and Banking Programme, Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Hiu Lap KWAN

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
China, Ride-Hailing, Labor Process, Reproductive Medicine, Precarious Employment, Gig Economy, Emotional Labor, Emotions

Ho Chun WONG

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy · Pure Portal Faculty
Hong Kong, COVID-19, Social Media, Loneliness, Ageism, Systematic Review, Meta Analysis, Mental Health

Ho Ming HO

Professor of Practice for the Master of Science in International Banking and Finance (MIBF) Programme (self-financed), Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
COVID-19, China, Crisis, Asia

Ho Yin Martin YICK

Professor of Teaching, Department of Operations and Risk Management; Part-time Academic Advisor (RIM-SF Programme), Department of Operations and Risk Management; Part-time Examiner, Office of the Faculty of Business · Pure Portal Faculty
Corporate Finance, Systematic Risk, Corporate Governance

Hok Ko PONG

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
University Students, Hong Kong, Economic and Social Development, Chinese, Career Adaptability, Education, Adolescence, Corporate Social Responsibility

Hon Fai CHEN

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy · Pure Portal Faculty
Social theory, Historical sociology, Sociology of knowledge, Sociology of religion

Hon Kwong LUI

Professor, Department of Marketing and International Business · Pure Portal Faculty
labour economics, applied marketing research, and Hong Kong economy; income distribution, internal mobility, and travel patterns

Hon Wing Billy CHIU

Assistant Professor, Division of Artificial Intelligence · Pure Portal Faculty
Named Entity Recognition, Word Embedding, Intrinsic Property, Scientific Paper, Text Classification, Heterogeneous Graph, Trustworthiness Prediction, Natural Language Processing

Honghua CHEN

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Point Cloud, de-noising, shape descriptor, Aircraft, Experimental Result, Interactivity, Pose Estimation, Intrinsic Property

Hongyan GENG

Asst Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
Zirconium, China, Tectonics, Permian, Orogenic Belt, Magmatism, Craton, Mongolia

Huimin Helen DU

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
China, Hong Kong, Rural Areas, Chinese, Rural Population, Residential Mobility, Public Housing, Housing Market

IP Man Him, Matthew

Part-time Lecturer · Faculty of Arts
Area of Specialization: Ethics (especially metaethics) Areas of Interest: Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Sport, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Jan Piaw Thomas VOON

Associate Professor, Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA), Public Finance, Agricultural Economics and the Chinese Economy

Janet HO

Associate Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
metaphor studies, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and English language teaching

Jason Derrick HARDING

Professor, Department of English; Head of the Department of English · Pure Portal Faculty
Review, Poem, English, T.S. Eliot, Scholars, Twentieth Century, Modernist, Authors

Jean-Michel MOREL

Chair Professor, Division of Industrial Data Science · Pure Portal Faculty
de-noising (Computer Science), image denoising (Computer Science), Image Processing (Computer Science), Level Line (Mathematics), Time Series (Earth and Planetary Sciences), Computer Vision (Computer Science), Satellite Image (Earth and Planetary Sciences), Natural Image (Mathema…

Jennifer Nicole HEAD

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Jia Xiang LIEW

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Peridynamic Model, Peridynamics, Microelectromechanical System, Relative Humidity, Mechanical Property, Fracture Mechanics, Reinforced Plastic, Destructive Method

Jiang CHENG

Associate Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Insurance Regulation, Earnings Management, Auditing and Tax, Organizational Forms, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance

Jianhua YU

Assistant Professor, Department of Operations and Risk Management · Pure Portal Faculty
Online Chat, Sentiment Analysis, Social Comparison, Videoconferencing, User Engagement, Collaboration, Cultural Identity, Live Streaming

Jiaorao WANG

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Predictive Control Model, Piecewise Affine Models, Nonlinear System, Distributed Model, Control Algorithm, Identification Model, Vertebral Column, Source-Free Domain Adaptation

Jiaxin YU

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
System Identification, Dimensional Data, State Space, Space Model, Process Monitoring, Time Series Analysis, Fault detection, Time Series

Jiaxing SHEN

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Adaptive and Personality-Aware LLMs, Trustworthy Generative AI , Human Dynamics and Context-Aware Intelligence, Intelligent Services for Real-World Domains

Jicheng LI

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Artificial Intelligence · Pure Portal Faculty
Long Short-Term Memory Network (Chemical Engineering), Long Short-Term Memory (Chemical Engineering), Complex Pattern (Computer Science), Temporal Dimension (Computer Science), Experimental Result (Computer Science), Time Series Data (Computer Science), Large Language Model (Comp…

Jieyu LIN

Assistant Professor; Part-time Academic Advisor (RIM-SF Programme) · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Jin GAO

Associate Professor of Teaching; Part-time Thesis Supervisor; Associate Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes; Part-time Examiner; Programme Director of the Master of Science in Finance Programme; Programme Director of the Master of Science in Risk, Insurance and Actuarial Analytics Programme · Pure Portal Faculty
Asset Pricing Theory, Corporate Finance, Risk Modeling in Financial Products, Dynamic General Equilibrium Models to Problems in Risk Sharing and Financial Products Demand

Jin Yao

Assistant Professor · Faculty of Business
Interface of Finance, Operations, and Risk Management (iFORM), Sustainable Operations, Business Analytics

Jingyuan LI

Professor, Department of Operations and Risk Management; Part-time Academic Advisor (RIM-SF Programme); Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
Theory of Risk and Insurance

John N. ERNI

Chair Professor of Cultural Research, Dean of the Faculty of Arts · Pure Portal Faculty
Hong Kong, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, Law, Politics, Discourse, AIDS, Popular

Jonathan FONG

Associate Professor, Division of Science; Associate Dean (Administration and Education) of the Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies; Director of Core Curriculum · Pure Portal Faculty
I am interested in understanding the patterns and processes that shape biodiversity. My research touches on topics in evolutionary biology, systematics, and conservation genetics. Originally trained in herpetology (study of amphibians and reptiles), I am also interested in mycolo…

Junji XIAO

Professor, Department of Economics; Associate Dean (Taught Postgraduate Studies), Office of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Programme Director of the Master of Science in International and Development Economics Programme (Joint Programme with SWUFE), Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth; Chinese; Automobile; Welfare Analysis; China; Sales; USA; Film Cameras; Taxation

Junyuan JIA

Research Assistant Professor, Associate Programme Director of MA in Creative and Media Industries · Faculty of Arts
Recording Industry, Popular Music and Folk Songs, Sound Archive, Cylinder and 78rpm Discs, Early Recordings, Performing Arts

KAN Shiu Tao Tobby

Asst Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
Education, Virtual Reality, Metaverse, Immersive Virtual Reality, Technology Adoption, Digital Heritage, Narrative Method, Media Production

KAN Shiu Tao, Tobby

Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Arts
Digital Animation, Virtual Reality, interactive art, Cinematography

KE Yujie

Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
Thermochromics; Vanadium; Hydrogel; Film; Smart Windows; Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance; Optical Property; Wettability

KWAN Peggy

Part-Time Lecturer (French) · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

KWOK Chi

Assistant Professor, Department of Government and International Affairs · Pure Portal Faculty
Injustice, Normativity, Political Theory, Democracy, Book Reviews, Hong Kong, Justice, Politics

KWONG Ho Wang

Research Officer · Pure Portal Faculty
Discourse, Qualitative Research, Hong Kong, COVID-19, Narrative, Crisis, Tuition Fee, Quantitative Research

Ka Chung Tom KWONG

Senior Project Officer, Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
Caregiving, Hong Kong, Nongovernmental Organizations, China, Chinese, Living Arrangements, Thematic Analysis, Familism

Ka Hou LEONG

Lecturer, School of Graduate Studies; Associate Programme Director of the Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Heritage Management Programme, School of Graduate Studies · Pure Portal Faculty
Industrial Heritage (Social Sciences); Creative Industry (Social Sciences); Cultural Industry (Social Sciences); Case Study (Arts and Humanities); Macao (Arts and Humanities); Revitalization (Social Sciences); Performing Art (Arts and Humanities); Hope (Arts and Humanities)

Kai Chun Katon LEE

Asst Professor of Teaching, Department of History · Pure Portal Faculty
Chinese, Craftsmanship, Pride, Post-War, Hong Kong, Cold War, Tourism, Social Boundary

Kam Ming MOK

Assistant Professor of Teaching; Programme Director of the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) in Sports Coaching and Event Management Programme · Pure Portal Faculty
RC1200 Sports Medicine; Ankle; Knee; Injury Prevention; Biomechanics; Health; Wellness

Kangdi LU

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Artificial Intelligence · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

Kefan CHEN

Lecturer, Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
Online Transaction, Field Experiment

Kim Ho IP

Professor of Practice, Wong Bing Lai Music and Performing Arts Unit; Head of Wong Bing Lai Music and Performing Arts Unit · Pure Portal Faculty
intercultural performance, Expression, I Ching, Idioms, Chinese Music, Multi-sensory, Pathway, John Cage, Chinese

Kin Chi LAU

Prof., Part-time Programme Coordinator · Pure Portal Faculty
Translation and cultural studies, Gender studies, Contemporary China studies, Comparative literature

Kuan Hsiang HUANG

Lecturer · Pure Portal Faculty
現當代華文文學、香港文學、臺灣文學、文學展覽

Kwan Yeung Kester LEE

Assistant Professor of Teaching · Pure Portal Faculty
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics

Kwok Yiu Edward CHOI

Senior Research Officer, Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries · Pure Portal Faculty
Mental Health, Quality of Life, Nursing Student, Feasibility Study, Nomogram, COVID-19, Health Promotion Program, Discriminant Validity

LAI Rachel

Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

LAI Wan Lung Kent

Managing Director, Master of Science in International Banking and Finance Programme, Department of Economics · Pure Portal Faculty
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

LAM Ho Wa Hodar

Research Assistant Professor; Associate Programme Director, Master of Science in Work and Organisational Psychology Programme · Faculty of Social Sciences
Loneliness & solitude Leadership Leader-follower relationships Emotions at work Well-being interventions

LAU Annie

Part-time Lecturer (English) · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

LAU Chi Pang

Professor, Department of History; Director of Jockey Club Hong Kong History Learning Programme, Hong Kong and South China Historical Research Programme; Co-ordinator, Hong Kong and South China Historical Research Programme · Pure Portal Faculty
Hong Kong History, Ming and Qing China, Modern China, Chinese Intellectual History

LAW Lilian

Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Arts
English language teaching and learning

LEE Alan Lap Fai

Associate Professor, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Faculty of Social Sciences, Programme Director, Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) Programme, Director, Major in Social Data Science, Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) Programme · Faculty of Social Sciences
Visual perception, Perceptual confidence and metacognition, Sensory adaptation, Perceptual learning, Cognitive neuroscience, Computational neuroscience

LEE Chun-Wing, Alan

Part-time Lecturer (English) · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

LEE Hung Kai

Professor, Department of Chinese · Pure Portal Faculty
Etymology

LEE Joanna

Assistant Lecturer · Faculty of Arts
Teaching English as a Second Language and Technology-Enhanced Learning

LEE Kwan Yeung, Kester

Assistant Professor of Teaching · School of Data Science
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics

LEUNG Hin Shing Billy

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Economics; Associate Director, Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Global Economics and Banking (GEB) Programme, Department of Economics · Faculty of Social Sciences
behavioral economics and industrial organization

LEUNG Ho Man, Dr.

Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Social Policy · Pure Portal Faculty
Information Seeking (Psychology), Hong Kong (Social Sciences), Information Processing (Psychology), COVID-19 (Psychology), Vaccination (Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science), Health Information (Social Sciences), Subjective Norm (Psychology), Human Papillomavirus (…

LEUNG Ho Man, Leo

Lecturer · Faculty of Social Sciences
Health Behaviour, Health and Risk Communication, Mental Health, Information Seeking and Processing Behaviour, Determinants of Health and Well-Being, Digital Media and Emerging Technologies

LEUNG Humphrey

Lecturer · Faculty of Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.

LI Bo

Associate Professor, Department of Translation · Pure Portal Faculty
History of Translation; Literary Translation; Translation Theories; Translation and Gender; Interpreting

LI Jia

Associate Professor · Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Carbon Capture and Storage, Direct Air Capture, Negative Emission Technology

LI Jicheng

Reseach Assistant Professor · School of Data Science
Deep Learning, Long-Term Prediction, Predictive Maintenance, Dynamic System Modeling

LI Liangliang

Acting Dean, Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) and Associate Professor of the Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies · Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Energy Storage and Conversion, Solid-State Batteries, Electronic Packaging

LI Nan

Assistant Professor · School of Data Science
Operation Management, Game Theory, AI Agent, Algorithmic Discrimination in Online Trading Platforms, AI for Education

LI Wenhui, Ms.

Senior Research Officer, Learning Analytics · Pure Portal Faculty
Cyberbullying; Emotion Regulation; Digital Literacies; Emotion-Regulation Strategy; Subjective Well-Being; Mediation Model; Intervention Program; Primary Student

LI Zeqiang

Research Assistant Professor · Pure Portal Faculty
tracking control, Nonlinear System, Numerical Simulation, Computational Simulation, Multi Agent Systems, Initial Condition, Tracking Error, Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

LI Zongxi

Assistant Professor, Programme Director, Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics · School of Data Science
Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation

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