HKUST Annual Report 2024-2025

63 AWA R D S A N D R E C O G N I T I O N S Fellows and Board Memberships Honorary Doctorates and Honorary Fellows HKUST Medals Prof. Celine SONG Yunya , Associate Head of Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas, was elected Vice President of the International Chinese Communication Association. Prof. SU Hui , Global STEM Professor and Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was elected as a Fellow of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Prof. SUN Jianwei , Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry, received the Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellowship 2025. Ir Prof. Dan TSANG , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Prof. Kevin CHEN Jing , Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, and Prof. ZHANG Qian , Head of Division of Integrative Systems and Design, were named RGC Senior Research Fellows 2024/25 by the Research Grants Council. Prof. Tom CHEUNG Hiu-Tung , S H Ho Professor of Life Science, and Prof. LIU Kai , Cheng Professor of Science, Division of Life Science, Prof. WANG Yi , Department of Physics, and Prof. ZHU Pengyu , Division of Public Policy, were named RGC Research Fellows 2024/25 by the Research Grants Council. Honorary Fellows Prof. Peter K. BOL , Harvard University’s Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Mrs. Helen KAN , Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of China CITIC Bank International Limited Prof. KO Ping-Keung , Professor Emeritus at HKUST and founder of Silicon Federation International and Celestry Mr. Vincent NG Wing-Shun , SBS, JP, award-winning architect and Senior Director of AGC Design Limited Dr. Samuel YUNG Wing-Ki , GBS, MH, JP, Executive District Director and Honorable Advisor of AIA Hong Kong Dr. Meike SAUERWEIN , Division of Environment and Sustainability, received the Common Core Teaching Excellence Award 2024 for the course ENVR 1080, The Smart Consumer – Uncovering the Hidden Story behind the Product Label . Prof. CHEN Fei , Associate Head of Division of Environment and Sustainability, was elected as a 2024 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Prof. CHEN Lei , Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was named a 2024 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. Prof. Allen HUANG , Head of Department of Accounting, was appointed a Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research. Prof. Janet HSIAO Hui-wen , Division of Social Science, was named a 2024-25 Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association. Prof. LAW Kam-Tuen , Chair Professor, Department of Physics, was elected a 2024 Fellow of the American Physical Society. Prof. LO Hong-Kam , Dean of the School of Engineering, was elected as a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering. Prof. LUK Kam-Biu , IAS Paul CWChu Professor, Department of Physics, was elected 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Honorary Doctorates Dr. Jensen HUANG , Founder and CEO of NVIDIA Mr. Tony LEUNG Chiu-Wai , the Golden Lion-winning actor Prof. Michael LEVITT , Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor at Stanford University Prof. David MUMFORD , a Fields Medalist and Professor Emeritus at Brown University and Harvard University Prof. Frederick FONG Tsz-Ho , Department of Mathematics, was awarded the Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching.