Principal Investigator
2023-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong
2016-2022, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong
2014-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow (Prof. Jeremiah Johnson), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2008-2014, PhD in Chemistry (Prof. Marcus Weck and Prof. David Pine), New York University
2004-2008, BS in Chemistry, Peking University
Awards
Outstanding Young Researcher Award (The University of Hong Kong), 2022
NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Fund (HK/Macau) 2020
Croucher Innovation Awards (Croucher Foundation) 2019
Early Career Scheme Fund, RGC, Hong Kong 2017
Post-docs
Dr. Yijiang MU, Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-)
Ph.D. Materials Chemistry
The University of Hong Kong
Office: HOC 404
Email: myjiang@hku.hk
Hobbies: soccer, hiking
Research interests: active colloids, colloidal self-assembly, soft matter
Postgraduate Students
Tianran ZHANG (University Postgraduate Fellowship), PhD candidate (2019-)
B.Sc. Chemistry
Jilin University, Jilin Province, China
Office: HOC 404
Email: zhangtr@connect.hku.hk
Hobbies: Reading, drawing, coding and so forth.
Tianjing LUO, PhD candidate (2020-)
M.Eng. Materials Engineering
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
B.Eng. Polymer Materials and Engineering
Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Office: HOC 404
Email: u3007862@connect.hku.hk
Hobby: traveling
Dongwei ZHANG, PhD candidate (2021-)
M.Eng. Materials Physics and Chemistry
South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
B.Eng. Polymer Materials and Engineering
Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an, China
Office: HOC 404
Email: davy0402@connect.hku.hk
Hobby: cooking, squash and badminton
Runkai ZHAO, PhD candidate (2022-)
M.Res. Plastic Electronic Materials
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
B.Eng. Polymer Materials and Engineering
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Office: HOC 401A
Email: runkai.zhao@connect.hku.hk
Hobby: Sports, Games
Barry Chi Hong LAI, PhD candidate (2023-)
B.Sc. Chemistry (Intensive) – First Class Honours
The University of Hong Kong
Office: HOC 401A
Email: u3556877@connect.hku.hk
Hobby: Games, Sports, K-pop
Zeqi LI, PhD candidate (2023-)
B.Eng. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Office: HOC 404
Email: lizq@connect.hku.hk
Hobbies: Travelling, photography
Ji AO, PhD candidate (2024-)
B.Eng. Bionic Science and Engineering
Jilin University, Changchun, China
Office: HOC 404
Email: aoji02@connect.hku.hk
Hobbies: Playing with kitten, Photography
David, Ho-Wook KWACK, PhD candidate (2025-)
M.Sc. Environmental Materials Science
Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
B. Eng. Chemical Engineering
Dankook University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
Office: HOC 401A
Email: u3011586@connect.hku.hk
Hobby: Game, Foodie, Youtube
Xin XU, MPhil candidate (2025-)
B.Sc. Chemistry (major), Computer Science (minor)
The University of Hong Kong
Office: HOC 401A
Email: xuxin1101@connect.hku.hk
Hobby: Mandopop, Foodie, Games
Xinyu Zhang, PhD candidate (2024-)
B.Eng. Material Science and Engineering
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
M.Res. Soft Electronic Materials
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Office: HOC 404
Email: u3009949@connect.hku.hk
Hobby: Games
Jieyang Zhan, MPhil candidate (2026-)
M.Sc. in Chemical Technologies for Health and Materials
The University of Hong Kong, 2026
B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering
University of Jinan, 2024
Office: HOC 401A
Email: u3637692@connect.hku.hk
Hobbies: Football, Basketball, Piano, and Travelling
Alumni
Visiting Professor
Dr. Hao WU (2023-2024), associate Professor, Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, China
Post-doctoral Fellows
Dr. Erfei WANG(2020-2021), assistant professor, Hubei University
Dr. Lei TIAN (2019-2020), assistant professor, Shenzhen University
Dr. Ming WU (2022-2025)
Dr. Wei LI (2023-2026), assistant professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Dr. Zhisheng Wang (2023-2026), Argonne National Laboratory
Graduate students
Yijiang MU (2017-2022), postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania (https://www.yijiangmu.com/)
Lang WANG (2017-2021), NAMI, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
Zuochen WANG (2016-2021), postdoctoral fellow, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Zhisheng Wang (2018-2023)
Dengping LYU (2018-2024), postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wei XU (2018-2025), HUAWEI
Wendi DUAN (2020-2026), HUAWEI
Tianran ZHANG(2019-2026)
Tianjing LUO (2020-2026)
Dongwei ZHANG (2021-2026)
Yannis Yan Lum HO (2020-2026)
Jiayu ZHOU (2019-2026)
Undergraduates
Xu Fang
Xu Xin
Chan Matthew, M.Res, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Hsu Ka Yuen Vincent
Leung Wing Tung Christy
Lai Chi Hong Barry, PhD student, The University of Hong Kong
Lee Tin Ngai Joshua
Lun King Yin Kenny
Ryan Reese
Payong Jae Elise, PhD student, University of California Irvine
Jiahui LI, PhD student, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Cheung Simon Tsz Hang
Choi Gabrielle KaBik
Zhuoran ZHONG, PhD student, Dartmouth College
Wong Ronnie
Changhao TIAN
Leung Wayne Ka Wing
Purcell Benjamin
Judge Nicola
Master student
Mingrui Wang (2025)
Aijia Zhu (2025)
Jieyang Zhan (2025)
Exchange student
Robert W. Waters, The University of Edinburgh
Matteo Deléhouzée, Université catholique de Louvain