PhD Advisors at The University of Hong Kong 香港大学 HK
Quick answer: The University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong has 1686 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 132 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 The University of Hong Kong, 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 (132)
Professors at The University of Hong Kong with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Amanda Kingsze Cheung
Research Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ We are recruiting talented individuals to join our team in various capacities. Opportunities include research involvements, clinical services, or administrative support. Join us if you love to be a part of a supportive and collaborative environment! To learn more about each position, please visit ht…
Individual Differences, Child Development, Vulnerabilities, Parenting, Behavioral Genetics
Anya Adair
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Funded MPhil Opportunity
A funded MPhil place is offered for a suitable candidate researching. Visit https://english.hku.hk/Postgraduate/MPhil_and_PhD/Funded_MPhil_Opportunity for details.
Book history; Digital humanities; Law and Literature; Manuscript studies; Medieval English literature; Old and Middle English literature; pre-modern English legal history
Research and Supervision Interests: Old and Middle English literature; medieval English literature; law and l…
Bo Dai
Assistant Professor · HKU Research Institutes and Centres
⭐ Looking for researchers/interns/phds/post-docs. Contact at doubledaibo [at] gmail [dot] com, bdai [at] feeling-ai [dot] com, and bdai [at] hku [dot] hk.
Generative AI; Interactive AI; AI and Creativity; Real-to-Sim-to-Real
C. Sun
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Ph.D. and MPhil positions: Students with B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, Robotics are welcome to apply. Please visit https://chensunmac.github.io/openings/ for details. Postdoc and visiting research positions: Professor Chen Sun is lookin…
Uncertainty quantification for complex AI-driven systems; Safe planning in dynamic environment considering social norms; Fault diagnosis and prognosis for complex hybrid systems
CHAN PUN, Kit Ling
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ Not applicable.
Autism, Changing Student Behaviour, Catering for students with diverse learning, Disability and its impact, Support system for staff and students, Educational Inquiry
CHAN, Annie K. L.
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ Not applicable.
Science Education, Teacher Education and Development, Technology-enhanced Learning
CHEN, Jinsong
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision. I am seeking highly motivated PhD candidates with a solid foundation in latent variable modeling (psychometrics) and machine learning techniques (data science). The ideal student will bridge the gap betwe…
Psychometric modeling (including latent variable models and structural equation models); Bayesian methods for latent variable and measurement models; Machine learning approaches for quantitative and textual data analysis.
CHEN, Youjie
Assistant Professor · HKU Scholars Hub (University-Wide Research Profiles)
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
CHEUNG, Wai Ming
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Chinese Language and Literature Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Literacies and Languages; Teacher Education and Development; University-School Partnerships
Charlene Lok-man Lam
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ I am taking in graduate students and research interns (undergraduate) in the year 2025-26. Students with a background in clinical neuroscience, clinical psychology, computer science or engineering are encouraged to apply. If you would like to join the lab as a graduate student/post-doc fellow/resear…
Fear and anxiety, Memory reconsolidation, Neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology and mental health issues, Neuroimaging
Chih-mao Huang
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ Research internship opportunities in Dr. Huang’s lab are ideal for students and early-career researchers interested in Cognitive, Social, and Clinical Neuroscience of Aging. Interns have the chance to participate in cutting-edge projects involving neuroimaging data analysis (fMRI, EEG, DTI), neurofe…
Dr. Huang specializes in geroscience, with a dedicated focus on the cognitive functioning and mental health of older adults. His research addresses core topics such as brain and cognitive sciences, network neuroscience of human cognition, cognitive and social neuroscience of agin…
Dr BARRETT, Elizabeth
Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ Not applicable.
Childhood Bilingualism; Effects of experience/training (e.g. bilingualism, music training) on language and cognition in children; Evidence of effectiveness of interventions for children with special educational or communication needs.
Dr CHAU, Lilian N.L.
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ Not applicable.
Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Social and Emotional Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, Teacher Education and Development
Dr CHENG, Anthony K. L.
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Science textbooks (using SFL-CDA approach); Interdisciplinary STEM Education; Dialogic teaching; Spirituality and teacher identity
Dr CHIU, Dickson K. W.
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Information management, service science/computing, workflow, information systems, Internet technologies, m/e-commerce, agents, database, exception handling, conceptual modeling
Dr LEE, Diana P. L.
Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Assessment of Children's Learning and Development; Early Literacy; Language Teaching; Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Education
Dr LEE, Queenie A. Y. (李安怡)
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counseling, Teacher Education and Development; School Guidance and Counselling, Career Facilitation and Counselling, School Connectedness, Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing
Dr TSE, Alex W. C.
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Technology-enhanced Learning, Science Education, Assessment, Testing and Measurement, Curriculum and Instruction, Collaborative Learning
Dr YANG, Ruby C. C.
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
F.N. Zhang
Associate Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ PhD and MPhil positions: Students with B.S. or M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related fields are welcome to apply. Please send me your CV and academic transcripts, and indicate your research interests. Postdoc and vi…
Shared transportation and logistics systems; Autonomous vehicle/UAV systems; Transportation network modeling and optimization; Transportation economics; Transportation data analytics
FENG, Shihui
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision. **I am currently looking for PhD students who are interested in learning analytics and AIED**
Complex networks, Learning analytics, Social computing, Social network theory
Frances Jingwen JIN
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ For PhD/MPhil applicants, please find information on this webpage: https://www.pandmlab.hku.hk/general-5
Would like to get involved in our research? You can find our volunteer/research assistant/study participant recruitment information here: https://www.pandmlab.hku.hk/participate-join-us
I will no…
Our interdisciplinary research bridges affective science, neuroscience, and clinical psychology to better understand the psychological and neural mechanisms of affective experiences. We are also interested in emotion-related mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression.
Francisco T.T. LAI
Assistant Professor · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
⭐ The Epi-Multimorbidity Lab, headed by Francisco, is actively recruiting motivated postdoctoral fellows, PhD students or research assistants. Interested candidates should email fttlai@hku.hk their CV and samples of research works for an expedited review and consideration.
Real-world evidence for psychotropic drugs; Long-term safety of medications; Psychosomatic multimorbidity; Health service research in multimorbidity; Psychiatric epidemiology
HUI, Sau Yan
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Self-regulated learning, Chinese Language assessment, Chinese Language curriculum development, Teaching and learning of Chinese Language as a second / foreign Language.
Hanwool Choe
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Professor Choe supervises both MPhil and PhD students. If your research interests align with her areas of expertise, please contact her via email with your CV and research proposal.
Interactional Sociolinguistics; Qualitative Discourse Analysis; Social Media; Family, and Food.
Henry K.S. NG
Lecturer · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ I am looking for intern students who can contribute to my environmental psychology projects. The projects seek to investigate the relationships between human behavior and environmental indicators. Students skilled in Geographic Information System techniques (e.g. QGIS) and analyzing remote sensing d…
Environmental Psychology, Geographical Information System, Remote Sensing Data
Ho CHEN
Professor, Chair of Cybersecurity · HKU Research Institutes and Centres
⭐ I am recruiting graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and research scientists. Please send me your CV.
Computer Security, Machine Learning, Program Analysis and Testing
Hongjian CAO
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ I am always willing and happy to mentor students in various capacities, including thesis advisor, committee member/examiner, as well as internship supervisor. Please refer to the posting below for more information and feel free to contact me if interested.
Professionally, I identify myself as a family psychologist and a developmental psychologist. My studies seek to understand human development in the context of family systems.
Broadly, my primary research interest centers on a wide array of topics, including: (a) maternal adaptat…
Hongyang LI
Assistant Professor · HKU Research Institutes and Centres
⭐ We are taking in 2026/2027 Internship. Newbies / undergraduates are welcome! Please refer to this page for more details. Post-doc / Ph.D. / MPhil: No need to contact me first. We usually hire HKPFS or HKU Presidential Scholarship level candidates. For informal inquiries or initial contact, please em…
Embodied AI, Autonomous Driving
J. Liu
Associate Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ The Automation and Intelligent Robot Lab is hiring strong candidates at postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate levels. With a strong belief in interdisciplinary research in electrical, mechanical and biomedical engineering, we innovate and integrate the cutting-edge techniques to invent enabling …
Micro/nano Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Sensors and Actuators, Multi-Scale Automation, Advanced Manufacturing.
J.Y. Chen
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ The Agentic Intelligence Lab has two fully-funded Ph.D. positions starting in Fall 2025. For more information, please check https://agentic-intelligence-lab.org/openings/.
Learning for Sequential Decision-Making and Continuous Control
J.Y. Li
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Prof. Jiayang Li is looking for Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers to join his lab starting in Fall 2025. Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact Prof. Li directly via email at jiayangl@hku.hk. For more detailed information about the positions, please visit Prof. Li's personal webs…
Algorithmic Game Theory, Bilevel Optimization, Machine Learning, Transportation Economics, Transportation Systems Optimization
JANG, Sung Tae
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Equity, Equality and Social Justice in Education; Educational Change, Leadership and Administration; Diversity, Ethnicity and Identity; Educational Policy; Research Methods and Methodologies
Jacqueline Wai-yan TANG
Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ I am currently recruiting student research interns interested in educational psychology and parenting-related projects. Interns will assist with tasks such as preparing research materials, collecting data, and supporting the work of an educational psychologist.
You are encouraged to apply if you:
•…
Early identification and assessment
Early childhood intervention
Socioemotional development
ASD & ADHD
Learning difficulties
Jian-Qiao ZHU
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ I am actively seeking students at all ranks (undergraduate, master’s, and PhD) who have strong interests in bridging Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. Our goal is to develop novel theories and tools that can predict, explain, and ultimately shape the behavior of both humans and AI syste…
Bayesian Models of Cognition, Deep Learning, Large Language Models, Probabilistic Machine Learning, Judgment and Decision Making, Large-scale Automated Behavioral Experiments
Jiandong Zhou
Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
⭐ Seeking MPhil/PhD/Post-Doc candidates
We are seeking motivated graduate students to conduct research on metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease using large-scale cohort data, spanning epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, and health services research, using medical statistics, data sc…
Medical statistics, case-control study designs, population cohort studies, casual effects analysis (propensity score matching, inverse probability weighting, Bayesian modeling, double machine learning), large language agent models (LLM agents), multi-state Markov models, and cost…
Jiang Bian
Assistant Professor · HKU Business School (Faculty of Business and Economics)
⭐ I am hiring research assistants to work with me on projects at the intersection of technological innovation, strategy, and entrepreneurship. This position is ideally suited for motivated students looking to develop their research skills in preparation for applying to doctoral programs in economics, …
Innovation Management, Technology Entrepreneurship, Collaborative Strategy
Jimmy DE LA TORRE
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Assessment, Testing and Measurement; Research Methods and Methodologies; Technology-enhanced Learning
Jingcun CAO
Assistant Professor · HKU Business School (Faculty of Business and Economics)
⭐ I recruit Research Assistant (RA). If you are interested in the RA position, please send your CV and transcript to jcao@hku.hk.
Substantive: Mobile App Ecosystem, Platform Sustainability, Health Care; Methodology: Causal Inference, Applied Machine Learning, Randomized Field Experiment, Econometrics;
Karson KUNG
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ Our research group is always looking for new talents (e.g., post-doctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, and research interns). Interested applicants should contact Karson (karson.kung@hku.hk) directly.
Gender similarities and differences in education, health, and work; Organising effects of prenatal and early postnatal exposure to androgenic hormones such as testosterone; Causes, correlates, and consequences of childhood gender-typed behaviour; Male preponderance in neurodevelo…
Kathy Kar-man Shum
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ We are looking for highly motivated interns who love to work with children and teenagers to join our projects in 2025-2026. Interns will be involved in a school-based intervention project for students with ADHD and other projects in the lab.
Intern Duties:
Interns will help with data collection in …
ASD & ADHD
Socioemotional development
Early childhood intervention
Reading acquisition
Biliteracy development
Kevin W. H. Tai
Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Education · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Multilingualism and Translanguaging; Conversation Analysis for Second Language Acquisition; Classroom Discourse; Multilingual Education; Language Policy and Medium of Instruction Policy; Content and Language Integrated Learning; English Medium Instruction; Interpretative Phenomen…
LAI, Wendy M. Y.
Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ Not applicable.
Drama Education; Literature in Translation; Modern Chinese Literature; Chinese language education
LAU, Chun Man Lawrence
Clinical Assistant Professor · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
⭐ Projects in the above areas for undergraduate students (medical and non-medical), MPhil and PhD candidates are available. Enthusiastic and committed students are encouraged to contact me via email.
Arthroplasty Design, failure, and survival analysis; Artificial intelligence and health informatics; Musculoskeletal advanced imaging; Periprosthetic Joint Infection; Osteoporosis and sarcopenia; Robotic assisted hip and knee joint replacement; Revision hip and knee replacement; …
LI, Yongyan
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Scholarly literacy practices; English for Research Publication Purposes pedagogies; English for Academic Purposes teachers’ professional development; the issue of plagiarism in the Chinese context; intertextual education
LIN, Jionghao
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Learning Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Education, Human-Centred Computing
LUK, Lillian Y. Y.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Research Interest: career development learning; experiential learning; engineering education; generic skills development and assessment; global competency development; work readiness
M.M. Hu
Assistant Professor (Geotechnical Engineering) · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ General Research Fund: "Environmental Geomechanics: from Chemical Aging to Biochemically Improved Soils", PI, by Research Grant Council, HK [Top-quality students in need; Can support HKPF/HKU-PS]
Environmental Geomechanics and Geotechnics; Physico-chemical Processes in Geo-systems; Multi-scale Multi-physics Instabilities in Geomaterials; Pattern Forming Instabilities in Porous Materials; Geomechanics for Unconventional Energy Resources; Geological CO2 Sequestration and Ut…
Magda Nutsa Kobakhidze
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Comparative Education; Privatization of Education (Shadow Education, Education Markets); Globalization and Education; Large-scale International Assessments (PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS); Qualitative Research Methods.
Max Z.J. Shen
Chair Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Available Positions: https://sites.google.com/view/shaochong/opening-positions
Integrated Supply Chain Design and Management
Data Driven Logistics and Supply Chain Optimization
Design and Analysis of Optimization Algorithms
Energy Systems Optimization
Transportation System Planning
Melody Jia-Qi XU
Senior Professional Practitioner · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ I am currently looking for student research interns who are interested in mental health, positive psychology and mindfulness related projects. Interns will be involved in materials preparation, data collection, preliminary data analysis, and communication with the research participants.
Please cont…
Mindfulness for children and adults
Language-related difficulties
Positive Education
Mental Health
Early Psychosis
Ni, Michael Y
Clinical Associate Professor · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
⭐ Various positions are available (https://www.familycohort.sph.hku.hk/a), including Research Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral fellows, Postgraduate and undergraduate students. For enquiries, please contact familyco@hku.hk.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Nicole J. Tavares
Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ Not applicable.
English Language Education, Technology-enhanced Learning, Teacher Education and Development, Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Collaborative Learning
OUYANG, Guang
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
PARK, Somin
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision. Potential PhD students are encouraged to contact me regarding supervising in the following areas: early literacy development and learning, research design drawing causal inferences, bilingualism and bilit…
Early Childhood Education; Literacies and Languages; Bilingualism and Multilingualism; Teacher Education and Development
Ping Luo
Associate Professor · HKU Research Institutes and Centres
⭐ We're actively recruiting Postdocs, PhDs, and RAs. Please drop me an email via pluo.lhi@gmail.com.
Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
Prof. Benjamin BECKER
Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ Contact us for opportunities
My MIND & AI Lab drives innovation at the intersection of Neuropsychology and Artificial Intelligence to advance Mental Health and Social-Cognitive Affective Sciences. Leveraging recent technological and computational progress, we investigate the neural underpinnings of social-co…
Prof. Cecilia CHENG
Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ Research Internship Opportunities: Project Title: "Individual differences in coping with stress among Chinese patients" - Adopting a psychosocial interactionist approach, this project seeks to explicate why patients handle stress in an adaptive manner. Intern Selection: Preferably second-year psycho…
Social and Personality Psychology
Health Psychology
Applied Social Psychology
Cross-cultural Psychology
Prof. Fan CAO
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ I would be more than happy to provide internship opportunities. Please contact me.
My research interests include reading development and disorders, second language learning, as well as joint attention in young children with ASD. I study these research questions as a way to understand neural plasticity. I am interested in the neural mechanisms underlying these d…
Prof. Liu Jiacheng
Assistant Professor · HKU Scholars Hub (University-Wide Research Profiles)
⭐ I am currently establishing the Mars Geosciences Laboratory at The University of Hong Kong and am actively recruiting highly motivated Ph.D. students continuously, as well as a postdoctoral researcher in the near future.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Prof. Shirley X. LI
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ We have a series of research projects available for ambitious and highly motivated students who want to gain hands-on research experiences: 1. Reward Processing and Eveningness in Youth Depression: A Longitudinal EEG Investigation
Main duties: Assisting in EEG and overnight experimental procedures (…
Sleep disorders
Sleep and psychopathology
Sleep and cognition
Affective disorders, psychosis
Child & adolescent mental health
Prof. Vanessa See Heng YIM
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ Interested students are encouraged to email an expression of interest statement, transcript and CV to Dr. Vanessa Yim. Please also state your availability per week. Priority will be given to the individuals who are flexible with schedule and potential evening meetings. Interns will be involved in di…
Eating Disorders; Psychological trauma & PTSD; Digital mental health; Youth mental health; Mental health in disadvantaged populations, task-sharing and low-intensity interventions in resource-limited settings (low and middle-income countries); Community psychology, participatory …
Prof. Wai Sze CHAN
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ RESEARCH INTERNSHIP (2024-2025)
Sleep and disordered eating
Treatment of Insomnia and Disordered Eating
Digital Mental Health
AI-Interventions
Professor BAKHTIAR, Mehdi
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Stuttering and Fluency Disorders; Neurogenic Communication Disorders; Neuromodulation in Speech and Language Disorders; Development of speech and language tests
Professor CAMPBELL, Paul
Assistant Professor (Educational Administration and Leadership) · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Educational Change, Leadership and Administration; Educational Policy; Primary and Secondary Education; Teacher Education and Development
Professor CARLESS, David
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Feedback literacy; Human and non-human sources of feedback; Assessment redesign for AI; Interactive oral assessment
Professor CHAN, Catherine K. K.
Honorary Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Change, Leadership and Administration; Educational Policy; International and Comparative Education; University-School Partnerships
Professor CHAN, Karen M. K.
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Motor speech and swallowing management in elderly and head and neck cancer survivors; Magnetic stimulation for treating swallowing and motor speech
Professor CHAN, Kennedy K. H.
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Science Education; Teacher Education and Development
Professor CHAN, Stephanie W. Y.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Early Childhood Development and Education; Language and Cognitive Development of Young Children; Executive Functions; First and Second Language Acquisition; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
Professor CHEN, Logan C.
Assistant Professor in STEM education · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Conceptual Change in STEM. Human-Centric Design Thinking in Project Based Learning. STEM Identity and Interest Development AI in STEM Education. Computational thinking and Algorithmic Thinking. Equity and diversity in STEM+C (C for computer science) education. (In-service and pre…
Professor CHEONG, Choo Mui
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Reading-writing connection, Integrated writing, Large-scale assessment
Professor CHOI, William T. M.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Speech perception, Music cognition, Reading, Psycholinguistics
Professor Eric Yuk Fai WAN
Associate Professor & Chief of Research, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
⭐ Seeking MPhil/PhD candidates: We are seeking highly organized and motivated graduate students to conduct research in the areas of medication safety, pharmacoepidemiology, epidemiology, public health and health intervention/service using big data cohort. We are welcome any new research idea in these …
1) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of primary care health services; 2) Effectiveness of pharmacotherapy in particular antidiabetic drugs, antihypertensive drugs and lipid lowering agents using target trial emulation; 3) Innovative prediction model for non-communicable diseas…
Professor FRYER, Luke
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Assessment, Testing and Measurement; Educational Psychology; Motivation; Research Methods and Methodologies; Technology-enhanced Learning
Professor FUNG, Daniel K. T.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Listening strategies, self-regulated learning, vocabulary acquisition, assessment, English Medium Instruction (EMI), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), Language across the Curriculum (LAC), bilingual education, teacher education
Professor FUNG, Dennis C. L.
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Science Education; Collaborative Group Work;
Professor GREEN, Clarence G.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision. * I am currently looking for PhD students
English Language Education, Learning Sciences, Data Sciences and Digital Humanities, Language Processing and Dyslexia, Literacies and Languages
Professor HEW, Timothy K. F.
Kintoy Professor in Educational Technology; Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Technology-enhanced Learning
Professor HORTA, Hugo
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Higher Education Policy and Practice
Professor JIANG, Lianjiang George
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Digital multimodal composing, bi/multilinguals' digital literacies, multimodality/multiliteracies in technology-supported L2 writing and feedback
Professor JUNG, Jisun
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Educational Policy; Higher Education Policy and Practice; Research Methods and Methodologies
Professor KONG, Anthony P. H.
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Speech and Hearing Sciences; Communication Sciences and Disorders; Assessment, Testing and Measurement; Brain and Cognition; Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Professor KONTOROVICH, Igor’
Associate Professor · HKU Scholars Hub (University-Wide Research Profiles)
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision. I am looking for PhD students with a strong background in mathematics, data and computer science, technological design, and/or qualitative and quantitative methods. Please feel free to fill out the Expres…
Mathematics Education; Collaborative Learning; University-School Partnerships
Professor LAI, Chun
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Self-directed language learning with technology; Technology-enhanced language teaching; language learning beyond the classroom
Professor LAM, Wai Ip
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Network Analysis in Chinese Language Education; Teaching of Chinese literary language; Discourse comprehension; Teaching Chinese to culturally & linguistically diverse students.
Professor LAU, Carrie G. L.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Second Language Development; Home learning Environments; Preschool Quality; Social and Emotional Development; Early Childhood Education Policy
Professor LEE, Min
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ Accepting PhD and EdD students
Learning Sciences, Assessment, Testing and Measurement, Technology-enhanced Learning, Collaborative Learning
Professor LEUNG, Jessica S. C.
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Science Education, Nature of Science, Socioscientific Issues, Epistemic Cognition
Professor LIANG, Biyao
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Mathematics Education; Teacher Education and Development; Primary and Secondary Education; Learning Sciences; Collaborative Learning
Professor LIN, Chin-Hsi
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Chinese Language and Literature Education; Learning Sciences; Literacies and Languages; Motivation; Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language; Technology-enhanced Learning
Professor LIU, Lukas Z.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Instructional Systems Design, Computational Thinking, Game-based Learning, Learning Analytics
Professor LO, Yuen Yi
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
English language teaching; Bilingual education; Classroom discourse; Medium of Instruction policy; Cross-curricular collaboration/ Language across the curriculum; assessment and assessment literacy in bilingual education
Professor LOH, Elizabeth K. Y.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language; Chinese Language and Literature Education; Technology-enhanced Learning; Motivation
Professor MIRHOSSEINI, Seyyed-Abdolhamid
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Social and cultural aspects of English language education; Language education ideologies and policies; Critical English medium instruction; Writing and publishing in English as an additional language; Qualitative research methodology; Critical discourse studies; Critical sociolin…
Professor NG, Manwa Lawrence
Associate Dean (Outreach and Engagement), Director, Speech Science Laboratory, HKU, Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Laryngectomy, Speech Instrumentation, Voice Disorders, Accent Identification, Quantification and Modification, Neuromodulation for Speech Deficits
Professor RAPPLEYE, Jeremy A.
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Globalization and policy transfer ('borrowing/lending') in education; globalization, international development; Theoretical debates in comparative education, focusing on recognition and dialogue with marginalized or underrepresented contexts; decoloniality in knowledge production…
Professor REICHERT, Frank
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Civic and Citizenship Education; Social and Political Psychology; Youth Studies; Civic Education; Diversity, Ethnicity and Identity; International and Comparative Education; Research Methods and Methodologies
Professor TAI, Chung Pui
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Teaching Chinese as a First Language; Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language; History of Education in Hong Kong; Tangut; Zhuang
Professor TAN, Cheng Yong
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Educational Change, Leadership and Administration; Equity, Equality and Social Justice in Education; Organisational Leadership and Development; Parents and Family Issues in Education; Sociology and Philosophy of Education
Professor TANG, Ding-lan
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Speech motor control, Speech perception, Neuromodulation (TMS, tDCS), Brain imaging (MEG, EEG) during spoken language, Stuttering
Professor TO, Carol K. S.
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Child Development, Chinese Language and Literature Education, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Speech and Hearing Sciences
Professor TONG, Xiuli Shelley
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Autism Spectrum Disorders; Bilingualism and Multilingualism; Brain and Cognition; Language Processing and Dyslexia; Special/Inclusive and Gifted Education; Speech and Hearing Sciences
Professor TSO, Ricky V. Y.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Educational Psychology
Cognition in the Special Population
Reading and Writing developmental
Special Education in College
Psychoeducational Assessment
Professor WANG, Dan
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Sociology of Education; Social Justice and Equality; Rural Education and Rural Development in China
Professor WANG, Maggie M.
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Opportunities for Post-doctoral Fellowships
RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS) https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/funding_opport/pdfs/nomination.html
Learning Sciences; Technology-enhanced Learning; Educational Psychology; Collaborative Learning; Neuroscience and Learning
Professor WONG Chak Lui, Carmen
Professor · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
⭐ Research projects and postgraduate positions are available. Please contact Dr. Carmen Wong for inquiries.
Tumor microenvironment formation
Cancer metabolism
Roles of hypoxia in cancer development
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer. It is the fifth most common cancer in the world and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. High mortality…
Professor WONG, Eddy C. H.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Apraxia of speech in children and adults; Speech sound disorders in children; Pitch-variation skills in children and adults; Clinician training; Speech-language pathology/speech therapy education
Professor WONG, Gary K. W.
Associate Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision. I constantly look for self-motivated candidates who desire to pursue a PhD degree under my supervision. If you are interested and have passion on research in my area (1st priority is given to those PhD ap…
Constructionism, computational thinking, computer science and engineering education, artificial intelligence education, STEAM education, immersive digital learning environment
Professor WONG, Lena L. N.
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Communication Sciences and Disorders; Health and Health Professions Education; Speech and Hearing Sciences
Professor YANG, Lili
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Higher Education; Cross-Cultural Comparison in Higher Education; Higher Education in Chinese Societies; Global Science; Political Philosophy and Education
Professor ZHANG, Chenwei
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Information Science and Management; Data Sciences and Digital Humanities; Technology-enhanced Learning; Learning Sciences
Professor ZHANG, Li-fang
Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Cross-cultural investigations of 1) individual differences (e.g., intellectual styles, creativity, giftedness, motivation, personality, metacognition, cognitive distortion, critical thinking, and defense mechanisms) in human learning, development, and performance; 2) leadership, …
Professor ZHANG, Qiaoping
Associate Professor · HKU Scholars Hub (University-Wide Research Profiles)
⭐ I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Robin Zhengxi SHAO
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ We have ongoing projects which can provide internship opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate students with a major in Psychology, Neuroscience, or Cognitive Sciences. Please get in touch with me for details.
My research interests include
1) affective and cognitive neuroscience on healthy individuals,
2) clinical neuroscience on individuals with mood disorders and “high-risk” populations,
3) the neural, biological and behavioural mechanisms of stress and resilience,
4) brain plasticit…
S. N. Liu
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am actively hiring Ph.D. students, MPhil students, research assistants, and PostDoc scholars for 2027 Spring / Fall (English | 中文), come join my lab and let's work together! Note: I've received a high volume of applications and may take longer to respond. Thanks for your patience.
ML for Systems, Systems for ML
Network Security and Privacy
Cyber-physical Intelligence and Digital Health
S.C. Lin
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ The openning of PhD admission, Postdoc Fellows, Research Assistants, please refer to the personal website.
Data-driven Decision-making; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR); Logistics and Supply Chain Optimization; Smart Scheduling
SHEA, Ka Hon Graham
Clinical Assistant Professor · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
⭐ Projects in the above areas are available for research postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are highly motivated individuals. A background in molecular biology, biomaterials and drug delivery is preferred for ongoing basic science projects. Enthusiastic and committed candidates are en…
Basic / clinical studies on the pathophysiology and treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Use of artificial intelligence for prognostication of spinal disorders; Ontogeny and application of bone marrow-derived neural progenitors towards cell therapy; Application of chondr…
Saetbyul (Clara) Kim
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ Interested students are encouraged to send an email to Dr. Saetbyul Kim, including their topics of interest, academic transcript, and curriculum vitae (CV).
Social/Moral development
Sustainable positive youth development
Psychological well-being
Civic learning/Social emotional learning
Curriculum and instruction
Educational intervention
Tanya Kempston
Principal Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ Not applicable.
Drama in Language Learning; Process Drama and Education; Play and Child Development.
Tao Yu
Assistant Professor · HKU Research Institutes and Centres
⭐ We are actively looking for strong and motivated students to join our group! If you are interested in working with us, please read recent papers, fill in the form with thoughts on extensions. Sorry, I'm afraid I generally can't respond to all individual emails.
Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Dialog Systems, Natural Language Interfaces
WONG, Alan Siu Lun
Professor · School of Biomedical Engineering
⭐ Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Dr. Wong and our lab webpage (https://awhku.github.io) for more details.
We aim to develop and apply enabling technologies in CRISPR-based genome engineering, protein engineering, high-throughput screening, synthetic biology, etc to interrogate and understand complex biological systems, as well as design and engineer therapeutics to provide new biomed…
WONG, Louis Ngai Yuen
Associate Head (Research) and Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU · Faculty of Science
⭐ PhD positions (2027 September intake) are available for applicants with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, or a related subject, and who have achieved First or Second Class Honours (or an equivalent GPA). For information on scholarships, funding, and fees, please vis…
Underground engineering, slope engineering; Thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) coupling in fractured/porous geomaterials; Application of artificial intelligence in engineering geology
WONG, Vincent W. L.
Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am available to supervise EdD students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Educational Change, Leadership and Administration; Educational Policy; Higher Education Policy and Practice; Organisational Leadership and Development; Teacher Education and Development
Wu, Zhenqin
Assistant Professor · School of Biomedical Engineering
⭐ I am seeking enthusiastic PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers to join my journey. Feel free to reach out if you are interested!
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
X. Li
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ We actively welcome exceptional postdoctoral researchers, PhD applicants, research assistants and visiting students or scholars.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Y. Xu
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Ph.D. and MPhil positions: Students with B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, Robotics, Material Science or related fields are welcome to apply. Please send me your CV and academic transcripts and indicate your research interests. Please visit…
Intelligent Additive Manufacturing: AI-enabled process control and optimization; Advanced Structural and Functional Materials: Extreme-environment composites, ceramics, and metamaterials.; Agentic AI for Science: LLM-enabled scientific discovery and materials design; Physical AI …
YANG, Rui
Dean; Professor, Chair of Education · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not accepting any further PhD/EdD/MPhil applications.
Culture and Cultural Studies; Education in China; Higher Education Policy and Practice; International and Comparative Education; Sociology and Philosophy of Education
YEN, Miao-ju Louisa
Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Education
⭐ Not applicable.
Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction, Teachers' Cultural Beliefs, Cross-cultural Education, International Education.
Yanchao Yang
Assistant Professor · HKU Research Institutes and Centres
⭐ The team of Professor Yang is constantly looking for talents with the ambition to build fundamentals for autonomous agents so that they can learn from unlimited data streams toward intelligent interactions with the physical world. This quest is related but not limited to computer vision and graphics…
Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Representation Learning, Self-Supervised Learning, Geometric Processing, Robotics, and Human-Machine Interaction.
Yuan-Wei YAO
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
⭐ PhD/MPhil applicants: I am accepting PhD/MPhil students for the 2026-27 application cycle. If you are interested in joining our lab, please send me an email with your CV and a letter of motivation. In addition to meeting the academic standards required by the admissions committee, successful candida…
Decision-making (including neuroeconomics); Behavioral addictions (problematic social media use, internet gaming disorder, etc.); Internet psychology (effects of the internet and emerging technologies on cognition and behavior); Digital health; Computational modeling (reinforceme…
ZENG, Lily M.
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Education
⭐ I am not taking on graduate supervision in 2026-2027.
Learning experience and engagement of university students; Professional development of university teachers; Adaptive learning
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AJ Libunao
Deputy Director of Bachelor of Journalism, Media and Artificial Intelligence and Lecturer · Faculty of Social Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
ASHTON, Louise Amy
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU · Faculty of Science
Tropical rainforest ecology; Biodiversity and the role of insects in ecosystem function; Ecological responses to environmental change; Canopy ecology
AU YEUNG, Ho Yu
Associate Dean (Student Affairs) and Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, HKU · Faculty of Science
Supramolecular Chemistry of Topologically Non - Trivial Molecules; Molecular Recognition and Detection of Challenging Species
Abraham Wai Hin WAN
Assistant Lecturer · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Educational Simulation
Geriatric Nursing
Adeoye, John
Assistant Professor in Digital / Precision Dentistry · HKU Scholars Hub (University-Wide Research Profiles)
Oral Cancer, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Cancrum Oris (noma), Salivary Biomarkers
Aelrun Goette
Award-winning Filmmaker and Director · Faculty of Social Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ajay Kumar Agrawal
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ajay Kumar Agrawal
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Akaniro Ifunanya Rejoice
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Akaniro Ifunanya Rejoice
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alain Chiaradia
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alain Chiaradia
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Albert Hung-yee Chen
Cheng Chan Lan Yue Professor and Chair of Constitutional Law · Faculty of Law
Constitutional Law, Legal Theory / Jurisprudence, Comparative Public Law
Professor Chen’s current research interests include constitutional law, comparative law, and legal and political philosophy. His works in recent years cover six specific areas: (1) the constitutional and leg…
Alec Kirkley
Assistant Professor · HKU Research Institutes and Centres
Network Science, Statistical Physics, Complex Systems, Statistical Inference, Urban Science
Alec Kirkley
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alec Kirkley
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alec Stone Sweet
Professor, SIR Y.K. PAO CHAIR IN PUBLIC LAW · Faculty of Law
International Law and Politics; Comparative Law and Politics; International Arbitration; Human Rights
Alessandra Cianchetta
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alex Chan
Associate Professor of Teaching · HKU Business School (Faculty of Business and Economics)
Investments, Derivative Securities, Fixed Income Securities, Risk Management, Behavioral Finance, Exchange Rate Systems, Education
Alex Shi
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexa Lam
Professor of Legal Practice · Faculty of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexander Beyer
Honorary Lecturer · Faculty of Social Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alfred W.K. Tsim
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ali, Sheikh Taslim
Assistant Professor · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
mathematical and statistical epidemiology, modelling of infectious diseases and optimisation of control policies
Alice Vialard
Associate Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alina Yee Man NG
Lecturer; Associate Director, Doctor of Nursing Programme · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Palliative and End-of-life care; Interprofessional Education; Nursing Education
Allen Liu
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alton Yin Wai Wong
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alwin Chan
Principal Lecturer · Faculty of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amanda Whitfort
Associate Professor, Director of Knowledge Exchange & Impact · Faculty of Law
Animal Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Trial Practice and Advocacy; Environmental Law; Green Crimes; comparative criminal justice and administration in Hong Kong, Australia, the United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of China; environmental laws of Hong Kong
An Jiafu
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew LUO
Member, HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, HKU · HKU Research Institutes and Centres
Explainable AI and Human-Machine Interplays; Generative Modeling, Visual Reasoning, Scene Representations; Vision language models, multimodal scene representations, explainable AI
Andrew Lau
Honorary Lecturer · Faculty of Social Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Xu
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Young
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Young
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Z. Xu
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andy S. BACK
Assistant Professor · HKU Business School (Faculty of Business and Economics)
Social Networks, Network Narration, Network Agency, Status and Networks
Andy W L Chung
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andy W. L. Chung
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anfernee Kai Wing TSE
Lecturer · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Biomedical Science, Nutritional Science, Food Science and Safety
Angel Tsz Ting YIP
Assistant Lecturer · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Angus Young
Senior Lecturer · Faculty of Law
Corporate Governance, Financial Regulations and Crimes, Risk and Compliance
Anjuli I. Gunaratne
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
Caribbean Literary Studies (Anglophone and Francophone); Global Anglophone and World Literature; Literary theory; Postcolonial Literature and Theory
Ankit Tibrewal
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anna Di Luce
AI Film Producer & Director · Faculty of Social Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anneli Giencke
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anthony C. W. Lam
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anthony G.O. Yeh
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anthony G.O. Yeh
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anthony Hong YANG
Associate Professor of Practice · HKU Scholars Hub (University-Wide Research Profiles)
Tokenization of Real World Asset with RWA
Valuation and Pricing of Digital Asset
Family Office and Asset Inheritance
Global Asset Management
Anthony Kin Hei CHAN
Lecturer · Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Cardiac Nursing
Nursing education
Anthony Walker
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anthony Walker
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Arnab Dutta
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Arnab Dutta
Professor · Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aron Wai Chun Tsang
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Athena W M Leung
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Athena W. M. Leung
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Austin Strange
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Sciences
Chinese foreign policy, international political economy, international development, trade, diplomacy.
Axel Schneppat
Honorary Lecturer · Faculty of Social Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
BAO, Zhigang
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, HKU · Faculty of Science
My research interest inculdes Probability, Statistical Physics, and High-dimensional Statistics. In particular, I am interested in Random Matrix Theory, Free Probability Theory, and their applications.
BOONEN, Tim J.
Associate Professor · School of Computing and Data Science
Actuarial Science, Capital Allocation, Game Theory, Insurance Economics, Optimal (Re)insurance, Longevity Risk Modelling, Risk Sharing
Bai Xue
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ban Han
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bay Wong
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Becky H T Yeung
· Faculty of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
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