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Academic Staff

Teaching Staff

Emeritus Professors

Honorary/ Visiting / Visiting Research Professors

Honorary Associate Professors

Adjunct/ Visiting Scholars

Research Assistant Professors

Teaching Staff

Prof. Hoi Fung Chau

Professor

B.Sc., Ph.D. HKU; M.IEEE.; F.Inst.P.

Room 520, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 1925

hfchau@hku.hk

Research Interests

Quantum Information Processing, Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Speed Limit
Consultation Hours
Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Guanhua Chen

Adjunct with Department of Physics

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Room 601, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building

2859 2164

ghc@yangtze.hku.hk

Prof. Giulio Chiribella

Professor (by courtesy)

Professor, Department of Computer Science

Room 304, Chow Yei Ching Building

2859 2193

giulio@cs.hku.hk

Dr. Fung Kiu Chow

Assistant Lecturer

B.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. HKU

Room 104C, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

2219 4265

judychow@hku.hk

Research Interests

Computational physics and Econophysics
Consultation Hours
Monday 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m., Thursday 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Xiaodong Cui

Chair Professor, Associate Head

B.S. USTC; Ph.D. Ariz State

Room 209, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 8975

xdcui@hku.hk

Research Interests

Experimental Solid State Physics, 2 Dimensional Semiconductors, Spin Physics, Optical Spectroscopy
Consultation Hours
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Lixin Dai

Associate Professor

B.Sc. HKUST; M.Sc., Ph.D. Stanford

Room 311J, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3910 2166

lixindai@hku.hk

Research Interests

Time Domain Astronomy, Black Hole Astrophysics, Multi-Messenger Astronomy, Large Scale Numerical Simulations
Consultation Hours
Monday 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Aleksandra B. Djurišić

Professor

B.Sc(Eng); M.Sc.(Eng); Ph.D. Belgrade

Room 315, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 7946

dalek@hku.hk

Research Interests

Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics, Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Consultation Hours
Wednesday 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Meng Gu

Assistant Professor

BSc. NJU; M.A., Ph.D. Harvard

Room 311K, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 7848

menggu@hku.hk

Research Interests

Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Stellar Population and the Initial Mass Function, Low Surface Brightness Observations of Galaxies, Environmental Impact on Galaxy Evolution
Consultation Hours
Thursday 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Dong-Keun Ki

Assistant Professor

B.Sc., Ph.D. POSTECH

Room 311C, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3910 2163

dkki@hku.hk

Research Interests

Mesoscopic Physics, Quantum Transport, Low-Dimensional Systems, 2D Materials
Consultation Hours
Monday 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Jenny Hiu Ching Lee

Associate Professor

B.S. CUHK; M.S., Ph.D. Michigan State

Room 516, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 4616

jleehc@hku.hk

Research Interests

Experimental nuclear physics for the studies of the nucleon correlations and the nuclear shell structure evolution. Experimental techniques include direct reactions, in-beam gamma spectroscopy and beta-decay spectroscopy.
Consultation Hours
Monday 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Dr. Kai Ming Lee

Lecturer

B.Sc. HKU; Ph.D. Caltech

Room 415A

3917 2370

kmlee1@hku.hk

Research Interests

Mathematical Physics, Quantum Field Theories and General Relativity
Consultation Hours
Monday 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Man Hoi Lee

Adjunct with Department of Physics

Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences

Room 318A, James Hsiong Lee Science Building

2219 4817

mhlee@hku.hk

Consultation Hours
Monday 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Lain-Jong Lance Li

Chair Professor (by courtesy)

Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Rm 104, Meng Wah Complex

3910 2657

lanceli1@hku.hk

Prof. Jeremy Jin Leong Lim

Professor

B.Sc., Ph.D. Macquarie

Room 531, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

2219 4924

jjlim@hku.hk

Research Interests

Astrophysics - Star Formation, Stellar Activities, Evolved Stars, External Galaxies, Radio Interferometry
Consultation Hours
Wednesday 2:20 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Francis Chi Chung Ling

Associate Professor

B.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. HKU; C.Phys.; M.IEEE; F.Inst.P.

Room 417, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 5248

ccling@hku.hk

Research Interests

Defects in Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Properties of Semiconductors, Carrier Transport in Semiconductors, Semiconductor Junctions, Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy, Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy
Consultation Hours
Monday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Tran Trung Luu

Assistant Professor

B.Sc. VNU; M.Sc. KAIST; Ph.D. LMU

Room 311A, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 2364

ttluu@hku.hk

Research Interests

Ultrafast Optics, Strong-field Laser Physics, Attosecond Science
Consultation Hours
Wednesday 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Zi Yang Meng

Professor

B.Sc. USTC; Ph.D. Uni. Stuttgart

Room 231, Hui Oi Chow Science Building

3917 7850

zymeng@hku.hk

Research Interests

Quantum Many-body Physics, Quantum Phase Transitions and Entanglement, Quantum Monte Carlo and Tensor-networks, Explainable-AI in Physics
Consultation Hours
Monday 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Stephen Chi Yung Ng

Associate Professor

B.Sc., M.Phil. HKU; M.S., Ph.D. Stanford

Room 517, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 7947

ncy@astro.physics.hku.hk

Research Interests

Radio and X-ray Observations of Neutron Stars, Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Supernova Remnants, Cosmic Ray Acceleration, Cosmic Magnetic Fields
Consultation Hours
Monday 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Dr. Jason Chun Shing Pun

Principal Lecturer

B.A., B.S. Roch; M.A., Ph.D. Harv

Room 104D, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

2859 1962

jcspun@hku.hk

Research Interests

Supernovae and Supernova Remnants, Galactic and Extragalactic X-ray and Gamma-ray Sources, Cosmic-ray and Neutrino Physics, Light Pollution
Consultation Hours
Wednesday 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Shunqing Shen

Professor

B.Sc., M.Sc. Ph.D. Fudan

Room 208, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

2859 8901

sshen@hku.hk

Research Interests

Spin Transport in Semiconductor, Topological Insulators
Consultation Hours
Wednesday 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Yanjun Tu

Associate Professor

B.Sc. USTC; Ph.D. Penn

Room 419A, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 4662

yanjuntu@hku.hk

Research Interests

Experimental High Energy Physics, New Physics Searches and the Standard Model Measurements at the Large Hadron Collider
Consultation Hours
Friday 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Zhong Wan

Assistant Professor

B.S. Jilin University; Ph.D. Purdue University

Room 104E, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 1163

zhongwan@hku.hk

Research Interests

Condensed matter experiments, 2D materials, Strongly correlated system, Low temperature quantum transport

Prof. Chenjie Wang

Associate Professor

B.Sc. USTC; Ph.D. Brown

Room 311L, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 7847

cjwang@hku.hk

Research Interests

Topological phases of matter, strongly correlated systems, quantum transport in mescoscopic systems, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Consultation Hours
Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Zidan Wang

Chair Professor

B.Sc. USTC; M.Sc., Ph.D. Nanjing

Room 528, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 1961

zwang@hku.hk

Research Interests

Topological Quantum Physics, Quantum Computing and Quantum Information, and Condensed Matter & Cold-atom Physics
Consultation Hours
Monday 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Maohai Xie

Professor

B.Eng. Tianjin; M.Sc. Chinese Acad of Sc; Ph.D. Lond; DIC

Room 415C, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 7945

mhxie@hku.hk

Research Interests

Quantum Materials, Molecular-beam Epitaxy, Surface Characterizations
Consultation Hours
Tuesday 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Yi Yang

Assistant Professor, HKU-100 Scholar

B.Sc. Peking; M.Sc. Peking; Ph.D. MIT

Room 311E, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3910 2165

yiyg@hku.hk

Research Interests

Topological Photonics, Plasmonics, Photonic Crystals, Free Electron Optics
Consultation Hours
Tuesday 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Xiaobo Yin

Professor (by courtesy)

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Room 7-26, Haking Wong Building

3910 2659

xbyin@hku.hk

Prof. Wang Yao

Chair Professor, FAPS, FOSA

B.S. Peking; Ph.D. Calif

Room 529, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 4809

wangyao@hku.hk

Research Interests

Twistronics, Moire superlattices, 2D materials, Valleytronics

Prof. Binzheng Zhang

Associate Professor (by courtesy)

Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences

Room 327, Hui Oi Chow Science Building

3917 1453

binzh@hku.hk

Dr. Man Kit Yip

Lecturer

Ph.D. HKU

Room 415B, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 2366

mankit@hku.hk

Research Interests

Mesoscopic System, Condensed Matter Physics
Consultation Hours
Tuesday 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Shuang Zhang

Chair Professor, FOSA, FAPS, Interim Head

M.S. Northeastern; Ph.D. UNM

Room 521, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

2859 7944

shuzhang@hku.hk

Research Interests

Metamaterials; Topological Photonics; Metasurfaces; Nanophotonics

Prof. Shizhong Zhang

Professor, Associate Head

B.S. Tsinghua; Ph.D. Illinois

Room 526, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 7943

shizhong@hku.hk

Research Interests

Ultra-cold Atomic Gases, Superfluidity and Superconductivity
Consultation Hours
Tuesday 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Prof. Xiang Zhang

Chair Professor, President

2859 2100

Research Interests

Materials Physics; Optical Physics; Low-dimensional Quantum Systems

Prof. Yuxin Zhao

Associate Professor

B.Sc., PKU; Ph.D, HKU

Room 420, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

3917 2858

yuxinphy@hku.hk

Research Interests

The application of algebra representation and topology in condensed matter
Consultation Hours
Thursday 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (2024/25 Sem 2)

Emeritus Professors

Prof. Kwong Sang Cheng

Emeritus Professor, FAPS

B.Sc. CUHK; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Col; FRAS; FAPS

hrspksc@hku.hk

Theoretical Astrophysics, Neutron Star Physics, Pusars, Gamma-ray Bursts, Strange Stars

Prof. Jian Wang

Emeritus Professor, FAPS

B.Sc. Peking; Ph.D. Penn; FAPS

jianwang@hku.hk

General Quantum Transport Theory, Spintronics, Nanoelectronics

Honorary/ Visiting / Visiting Research Professors

Prof. Gang Chen

Honorary Professor

B.Sc. USTC; Ph.D. UCSB

gangchen@hku.hk

Research Interests

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Prof. Donglai Feng

Honorary Professor

B.Sc. USTC; M.Sc. USTC; Ph.D. Stanford; MCAS

dlfeng@ustc.edu.cn

Research Interests

Electronic structure of highly correlated electron systems and their artificial microstructures, including cuprate and iron-based high-temperature superconductors, Mott insulators, magnetic materials, low dimensional systems, topological matters, complex organic materials etc.

Prof. Teruya Ishihara

Honorary Professor

B.& M. Sci. U. Tokyo, Ph.D Tohoku U

ishihara@hku.hk

Research Interests

Metamaterials, Metasurfaces, Topological Photonics, Hybrid Perovskites, Optical Nonlinearity

Prof. Stefan Maier

Visiting Research Professor

B.Sc. TUM; M.Sc., Ph.D. Caltech

Stefan.Maier@physik.uni-muenchen.de

Prof. Enge Wang

Honorary Professor

Ph.D. Beijing, MCAS

egwang@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

Prof. Jian Wang

Honorary Professor

B.Sc. Peking; Ph.D. Penn; FAPS

jianwang@hku.hk

Research Interests

General Quantum Transport Theory, Spintronics, Nanoelectronics

Prof. Shijie Xu

Honorary Professor

B.S. Hebei UT; M.S., Ph.D. Xian Jiaotong, Senior MOSA

sjxu@hku.hk

Research Interests

Optical properties including nonlinear optical properties and ultrafast phenomena of semiconductor nanostructures. Luminescence and imaging of individual quantum dots are also our interest.

Prof. Fuchun Zhang

Visiting Professor

B.Sc. Fudan; Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic & State

fuchun@hku.hk

Research Interests

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, in particular Strongly Correlated Electron Systems including high temperature superconductivity

Honorary Associate Professors

Adjunct/ Visiting Scholars

Dr. Yanting Cheng

Visiting Lecturer

Research Interest

Cold Atom

Mr. Chun Wing Choy

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Research Interest

Tropical Cyclone, Climate Studies

Prof. Kim Ho Ip

Adjunct Professor

kimhoip@LN.edu.hk

Dr. Po Leung

Adjunt Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Queen Mary University of London

Room 519, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building

alexpl@hku.hk

Research Interest

Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Astrostatistics, Machine Learning in Finance, Bioinformatics

Mr. Wai Po Tse

Adjunt Assistant Professor

Research Interest

Climatology, Climate Change

Mr. Wai Kin Wong

Adjunt Assistant Professor

Research Interest

Weather Forecasting

Research Assistant Professors

Dr. Yuanda Liao

Research Assistant Professor

B.Sc. SCUT; Ph.D. IOPCAS

ydliao@hku.hk

Research Interests

Quantum Monte Carlo, Quantum many-body computation

Dr. Luca Pizzimento

Research Assistant Professor

Ph.D. INFN Roma Tor Vergata

lpizzime@hku.hk

Research Interests

Detector, HEP, Front-end, Electronics

Dr. Yipu Xia

Research Assistant Professor

B.Sc. HKBU; Ph.D. HKU

xiayp@hku.hk

Research Interests

Surface Science: Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Two-dimensional Materials, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Dr. Dawei Zhai

Research Assistant Professor

B.Sc. BIT; Ph.D. OU

dzhai@hku.hk

Research Interests

2D materials, Twistronics, Straintronics, Layertronics
Consultation Hours
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon (2024/25 Sem 2)