Honours of our Staff
| Year | Honours / Awards | Awardees |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Huang Kun Prize | Prof. W. Yao |
| 2023 | IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award | Prof. H.K. Lo |
| 2022 | 2022 Innovators Under 35 (China) by the MIT Technology Review | Dr. Y. Yang |
| 2022 | Fellow of Optica 2023 | Prof. W. Yao |
| 2022 | Fellow of American Physical Society 2022 | Prof. S. Zhang |
| 2022 | The 2022 CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics | Prof. H.K Lo |
| 2021 | The 2021 (the Ninth) Nishina Asia Award | Prof. W. Yao |
| 2021 | 2021 OCPA Outstanding Dissertation Award | Dr. W.Y. Wang |
| 2021 | 2021 Xplorer Prize | Prof. W. Yao |
| 2021 | RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) | Prof. W. Yao |
| 2020 | One of the 50 Milestone Papers in the Last 50 Years of Physical Review B | Prof. J. Wang |
| 2020 |
Fellow of the American Physical Society 2020 (Bastille Post, Hong Kong Headline Daily, Sing Tao Daily (Canada, Hong Kong)) |
Prof. W. Yao |
| 2020 | Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Award 2020 | Prof. W. Yao |
| 2020 | Ministry of Education Natural Science award (2nd class) | Prof. S.J. Xu & Prof. M.H. Xie (Co-winner) |
| 2018 | 2018 International Dark-Sky Association Dark Sky Defender Award | Dr. J.C.S. Pun & Dr. C.W. So |
| 2018 | HKU Outstanding Departmental Safety Representative (DSR) Award | Dr. J.H.C. Lee |
| 2017 | Outstanding Researcher Award 2016-17 | Prof. X.D. Cui |
| 2017 | Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2016-17 | Dr. S.Z. Zhang |
| 2017 | Croucher Senior Research Fellowship | Prof. X.D. Cui |
| 2016 | Outstanding Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong | Dr. W. Yao |
| 2016 | 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics |
Prof. K.B. Luk and the Daya Bay Collaboration (HKU Members: T. Kwok, M.K.P. Lee, J.K.C. Leung, K.Y. Leung, H. Liu, H.Y. Ngai, C.S.J. Pun, H.C. Wong) |
| 2015 | 2015 Croucher Innovation Award (Co-winner: K.T. Law, HKUST) | Dr. S.Z. Zhang |
| 2014 | 2014 Research Output Prize (Faculty of Science) | Dr. W. Yao |
| 2014 | 2014 Achievement in Asia Award (Co-winner: Y.L. Han, HKUST) | Dr. W. Yao |
| 2013 | Award for Teaching Excellence 2012-13 | Prof. A. Djurisić |
| 2013 | Early Career Award | Dr. S.C.Y. Ng |
| 2013 | Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award | Dr. J.C.S. Pun |
| 2013 | Outstanding Researcher Awards of the University of Hong Kong | Prof. S.Q. Shen |
| 2013 | 2013 China National Award in Natural Sciences (the 2nd class, shared with S.L. Zhu) | Prof. Z.D. Wang |
| 2013 | Croucher Innovation Awards | Dr. W. Yao |
| 2013 | Outstanding Young Researcher Awards of the University of Hong Kong | Dr. W. Yao |
| 2012 | Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award (shared with JSI teaching team) | Prof. A. Djurisić |
| 2011 | Award in Science and Technology (First Class, Guangdong Province) | Prof. Z.D. Wang |
| 2011 | Endowed Professorships - Zhou Guangzhao Professorship in Natural Sciences | Prof. F.C. Zhang |
| 2010 | Outstanding Young Research Awards of the University of Hong Kong | Dr. X.D. Cui |
| 2010 | Croucher Senior Research Fellowship | Prof. S.Q. Shen |
| 2009 | Outstanding Researcher Awards of the University of Hong Kong | Prof. J. Wang |
| 2009 | Croucher Senior Research Fellowship | Prof. J. Wang |
| 2008 | Award for Service Contribution of Faculty of Science, HKU | Dr. C.C. Ling |
| 2007 | Croucher Senior Research Fellowship | Prof. Z.D. Wang |
| 2006 | Fellow of American Physics Society, USA | Prof. K. S. Cheng |
| 2006 | The CSJ (Chemical Society of Japan) Asian International Symposium: The Distinguished Lectureship Award | Dr. A. Djurisić |
| 2006 | Outstanding Young Research Awards of the University of Hong Kong |
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| 2005 | Distinguished Research Achievement Award of the University of Hong Kong | Prof. F.C. Zhang |
| 2004 | National Outstanding Young Scholar Award, the National Science Foundation of China | Prof. Z.D. Wang |
| 2003 | National Natural Science Award (2nd Class Prize) | Prof. K. S. Cheng (Co-winner) |
| 2002 | First Class Natural Science Award from the Chinese Education Ministry | Prof. K. S. Cheng (Co-winner) |
| 2002 | First Class Natural Science Award from the Chinese Education Ministry | Prof. Z.D. Wang (Co-winner) |
| 2002 | Overseas Excellent Young Investigator program at the Institute of Solid State Physics | Prof. J. Wang |
| 2001 | Outstanding Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong | Prof. Z.D. Wang |
| 2001 | Fellow of the American Physical Society | Prof. D.S.Y. Tong |
| 2001 | Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Prof. D.S.Y. Tong |
| 2000 | Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong | Dr. H.F. Chau |
| 2000 | Outstanding Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong | Prof. K.S. Cheng |
| 1999 | Croucher Senior Research Fellowship of 2000/2001 | Prof. K.S. Cheng |
| 1999 | 1999 Achievement in Asia Award | Dr. J. Wang (Co-winner) |
| 1997 | Croucher Senior Research Fellowship of 1997/1998 | Prof. D.S.Y. Tong |
| 1995 | National Natural Science Award | Prof. Z.D. Wang |
| 1993 | National Natural Science Award | Prof. K.S. Cheng |