Research Highlights
Five HKU Scholars Ranked First in Asia by Discipline by Research.com
Twelve HKU distinguished scholars have been named by the international academic website Research.com among the top 100 scholars globally in their respective disciplines in 2025. Among them, five professors have been ranked first in Asia in their disciplines.
More Five HKU Scholars Ranked First in Asia by Discipline by Research.comHKU Engineer Receives 2025 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award
Professor Chao Xiang, Assistant Professor of HKU's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has been honoured with the 2025 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award for his pioneering research in silicon photonics, specifically his work on “integrating lasers for advanced photonic integrated circuits".
More HKU Engineer Receives 2025 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation AwardOutstanding Researcher Awards 2023-24
Seventeen winners were awarded in the 2023-24 Outstanding Researcher Awards Scheme, the annual awards for research excellence which aim to recognise, honour and reward exceptional work in research by HKU staff. Awardees were celebrated at a presentation ceremony in March 2025.
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