Awards & Recognitions

2026

Prof. Guang ZHU
The 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions - Gold Medal
Professor, Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prof. Zili MENG
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. Ping LI
Dean of Humanities and Social Science|Yan Ai Foundation Professor of Social Science|Chair Professor, Division of Social Science
Prof. Jack Chin Pang CHENG
Associate Head and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering|Director of BIM Lab|Director of Center for Digital Twin on the Built Environment|Associate Director of GREAT Smart Cities Institute
Prof. Junfeng CHEN
NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Category C) 2026
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Prof. Qing CHEN
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Chemistry|PG Programs Coordinator (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)|Associate Director of HKUST Energy Institute
Prof. Harry YANG
Assistant Professor in the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
Prof. Yuanyuan ZHOU
Acting Head, Department of Materials|Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering|Program Director of MSc in Materials Engineering|Associate Director of HKUST Energy Institute|Acting Head, Department of Materials and Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prof. Shuai WANG
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering|PG Programs Coordinator (Computer Science and Engineering)
Prof. Jin WANG
2026 Stanford/Elsevier World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists List in Economics and Business (Subfield: Economics)
Associate Professor, Division of Social Science|RPG Programs Coordinator (Social Science)|Associate Director of Center for Economic Growth