Hong Kong Baptist University

09/20/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/19/2024 19:34

HKBU researchers attained funding from Hong Kong Scholars Program 2024

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We are honoured to share the exciting news that five HKBU researchers have been awarded funding for the Hong Kong Scholars Program 2024. The awarded HKBU Professors are Professor Christy Cheung from the School of Business, Professor Kelvin Leung, Professor Shi Jue and Professor Wang Jun from the Faculty of Science, and Professor Yu Zhiling from the School of Chinese Medicine.


The "Hong Kong Scholars Program" was jointly launched by the Society of Hong Kong Scholars and the China National Postdoctoral Council under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Its aim is to effectively pool the talents and research resources of Hong Kong and the Mainland to train outstanding postdoctoral fellows. The postdoctoral fellows named the "Hong Kong Scholars" will come to Hong Kong to start their postdoctoral research work under professors at various universities in Hong Kong. This Program will help professors in Hong Kong solicit high-quality PhD graduates from leading universities on the Mainland, thus promoting academic and scientific exchanges and collaboration between both sides.


Eligible Hong Kong supervisors must be currently conducting high-level research projects. Prioritised for this Program are those with experience in obtaining projects through international competition(s), or a track record in conducting national key projects.


Details of the awardees and their awarded projects:

Awarded Supervisors Awarded "Hong Kong Scholars" (Chinese names only) Awarded Projects
Professor Christy Cheung 劉欣 Understanding users' deep engagement and deviant behaviors in metaverse through the sociotechnical perspective: A mixed-methods research approach
Professor Kelvin Leung 周楊健 Catalytic degradation and removal of microplastics from water
Professor Shi Jue 徐郁蕊 Dynamic behaviors and multiscale system mechanisms underlying tumor-immune interactions in 3D tumor microenvironment
Professor Wang Jun 蔣鵬英 Transition metal-catalyzed asymmtric C-P bond formation
Professor Yu Zhiling 鄧波 Pharmacological studies of natural compounds derived from Chinese medicines in treating therapy-resistant cancers