Distinguished Research Achievement Award
The Distinguished Research Achievement Award is the University's highest research honour. Awards are made to outstanding researchers who have achieved international distinction and to be at the forefront of their chosen field only once every two years.
| Name | Department/School | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Guochun Zhao | Earth Sciences | 2021 |
| Professor Ngaiming Mok | Mathematics | 2011 |
| Professor Vivian W W Yam | Chemistry | 2007 |
| Professor F C Zhang | Physics | 2005 |
| Professor H Tong | Statistics and Actuarial Science | 2002 |
| Professor Chi Ming Che | Chemistry | 2000 |
Outstanding Researcher Award
The Outstanding Researcher Award is conferred for exceptional research achievements of international merit, supported by documented evidence of the quality and quantity of candidates' research publications, their ability to attract research grants and their involvement in high-impact applied research work.
| Name | Department/School | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Shuang Zhang | Physics | 2024 |
| Professor Xiang David Li | Chemistry | 2023 |
| Professor Xuechen Li | Chemistry | 2018 |
| Professor Xiaodong Cui | Physics | 2017 |
| Professor Guochun Zhao | Earth Sciences | 2016 |
| Dr Wang Yao | Physics | 2015 |
| Professor Hailiang Yang | Statistics and Actuarial Science | 2014 |
| Professor Shunqing Shen | Physics | 2013 |
| Professor G K Y Chan | Chemistry | 2012 |
| Professor W Zang | Mathematics | 2011 |
| Professor H Sun | Chemistry | 2010 |
| Professor J Wang | Physics | 2009 |
| Professor W T Wong | Chemistry | 2008 |
| Professor M L Chye | Biological Sciences | 2007 |
| Professor D L Phillips | Chemistry | 2006 |
| Dr B K C Chow | Zoology | 2005 |
| Professor J G Malpas | Earth Sciences | 2004 |
| Professor D Yang | Chemistry | 2003 |
| Professor W K Li | Statistics and Actuarial Science | 2002 |
| Professor T W K Fung | Statistics and Actuarial Science | 2001 |
| Professor Z D Wang | Physics | 2001 |
Outstanding Young Researcher Award
The Outstanding Young Researcher Award is made to academic staff at the rank of Associate Professor and below the age of 40, who demonstrates outstanding research accomplishments of international recognition, involvement in high-impact applied research work and ability to attract research grants.
| Name | Department/School | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Jian He | Chemistry | 2024 |
| Professor Zhongxing Huang | Chemistry | 2024 |
| Professor Junzhi Liu | Chemistry | 2023 |
| Dr Yufeng Wang | Chemistry | 2022 |
| Dr Binzheng Zhang | Earth Sciences | 2022 |
| Dr Zhiwen Zhang | Mathematics | 2021 |
| Dr Timothy Carlton Bonebrake | Biological Sciences | 2020 |
| Dr Ho Yu Au Yeung | Chemistry | 2020 |
| Dr Neil Ryan McKenzie | Earth Sciences | 2020 |
| Dr David M Baker | Biological Sciences | 2019 |
| Dr Ben Kane | Mathematics | 2018 |
| Dr Shizhong Zhang | Physics | 2017 |
| Dr Jinyao Tang | Chemistry | 2017 |
| Dr Xiang David Li | Chemistry | 2016 |
| Dr Moriaki Yasuhara | Biological Sciences | 2015 |
| Dr Xuechen Li | Chemistry | 2014 |
| Dr Liu Zhonghui | Earth Sciences | 2013 |
| Dr Wang Yao | Physics | 2013 |
| Dr M Wang | Biological Sciences | 2012 |
| Dr X Cui | Physics | 2010 |
| Dr W Y Lui | Biological Sciences | 2009 |
| Dr P H Toy | Chemistry | 2008 |
| Dr A S T Wong | Biological Sciences | 2007 |
| Dr A B Djurišić | Physics | 2006 |
| Dr T W Ng | Mathematics | 2006 |
| Dr H Z Sun | Chemistry | 2005 |
| Dr W K Chan | Chemistry | 2004 |
| Dr M F Zhou | Earth Sciences | 2004 |
| Dr J T Yu | Mathematics | 2003 |
| Dr S F Chen | Botany | 2003 |
| Dr G H Chen | Chemistry | 2002 |
| Professor S M S Lee | Statistics and Actuarial Science | 2002 |
| Dr M Sun | Earth Sciences | 2001 |
| Dr K P Ng | Mathematics | 2001 |
Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award
The Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award is granted in recognition of supervisors of research postgraduate students whose guidance has been of particular help to their students in the pursuit of research excellence. Awards are open to teachers who have served as supervisors of research postgraduate students.
| Name | Department/School | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Professor David Dudgeon | Biological Sciences | 2020 |
| Professor Wai Ki Ching | Mathematics | 2019 |
| Professor Kenneth M Y Leung | Biological Sciences | 2016 |
| Professor Hongzhe Sun | Chemistry | 2013 |
| Dr Meifu Zhou | Earth Sciences | 2008 |
| Professor S F Chen | Botany | 2006 |
| Professor W T Wong | Chemistry | 2003 |
| Dr F C C Leung | Zoology | 2002 |
| Professor W K Li | Statistics and Actuarial Science | 2000 |
Research Output Prize
The Research Output Prize is a Faculty-based award that accords recognition to an author (or team of authors) of a single piece of research output published. Such output items can take in the form of publications, artistic productions or patents.
*HKU members
| Name | Research Paper | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tracey-Leigh*, Cheng, Wenda*, Xing, Shuang*, Bonebrake, Timothy C.* and other researchers | "Genomic analyses reveal poaching hotspots and illegal trade in pangolins from Africa to Asia", Science, 382(6676), 1282-1286. | 2024 |
| Chen, Wei*, Xinshun*, Lin, Jingyang*, He, Yanling*, Djurišić, Aleksandra B.*,& other researchers | "Monolithic perovskite/organic tandem solar cells with 23.6% efficiency enabled by reduced voltage losses and optimized interconnecting layer", Nature Energy, 2022, 7(3), 229–237 | 2023 |
| Pengwei Xu*, Zhongxing Huang* | “Catalytic reductive desymmetrization of malonic esters”, Nature Chemistry, 2021, Vol. 13, pp. 634-642 | 2022 |
| C.A. Tang, A.A.G. Webb*, W.B. Moore, Y.Y. Wang, T.H. Ma, T.T. Chen | “Breaking Earth’s shell into a global plate network”, Nature Communications, 2020, Vol. 11, 3621 | 2021 |
| L.A. Ashton*, H.M. Griffiths, C.L. Parr, T.A. Evans, R.K. Didham, F. Hasan, Y.A. Teh, H.S. Tin, C.S. Vairappan, P. Eggleton | “Termites mitigate the effects of drought in tropical rainforest”, Science, 2019, Vol. 363, Issue 6423, pp. 174–177 | 2020 |
| Xin Li*, Xiao-Meng Li*, Yixiang Jiang*, Zheng Liu*, Yiwen Cui*, Ka Yi Fung*, Stan H. E. van der Beelen*, Gaofei Tian*, Liling Wan, Xiaobing Shi, C. David Allis, Haitao Li, Yuanyuan Li, Xiang David Li* | "Structure-guided development of YEATS domain inhibitors by targeting π-π-π stacking", Nature Chemical Biology, 2018, Vol. 14, pp. 1140-1149 | 2019 |
| Joseph R. Michalski*, Eldar Z. Noe Dobrea, Paul B. Niles & Javier Cuadrosn | "Ancient hydrothermal seafloor deposits in Eridania basin on Mars”, Nature Communications volume 8, Article number: 15978 (2017) | 2018 |
| Jun Li*, Cecilia Ying Ju Sung*, Nikki Lee*, Yueqiong Ni, Jussi Pihlajamäki*, Gianni Panagiotou*, Hani el-Nezami* | "Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2016, Vol. 113, No.9, pp. E1306 – E1315 | 2017 |
| Jason R. Ali*, Jonathan C. Aitchison | "Exploring the Combined Role of Eustasy and Oceanic Island Thermal Subsidence in Shaping Biodiversity on the Galápagos", Journal of Biogeography, 2014, 41(7): 1227–1241" | 2015 |
| Zhirui Gong, Gui-Bin Liu, Hongyi Yu, Di Xiao, Xiaodong Cui*, Xiaodong Xu and Wang Yao* | "Magnetoelectric effects and valley-controlled spin quantum gates in transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers", Nature Communications 2013, 4: 2053 | 2014 |
| Dr Moriaki Yasuhara, School of Biological Sciences and Department of Earth Sciences | 'Latitudinal species diversity gradient of marine zooplankton for the last three million years', Ecology Letters, Volume 15, No. 10, October 2012 pp. 1174-1179 | 2013 |
| Professor K W Ng, Patrick S C Poon Professor in Statistics and Actuarial Science* who has co-authored a book with Dr Gary G L Tian | 'Dirichlet and Related Distributions: Theory, Methods and Applications', published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, New York in June, 2011 | 2012 |
| Professor W Zang* Other authors include Xujin Chen and Zhibin Chen. | "A Unified Approach to Box-Mengerian Hypergraphs" in Mathematics of Operations Research Vol. 35, No. 3 (August 2010), 655-668 | 2011 |
| Jessica Y.S. Chu*, Leo T.O. Lee*, C.H. Lai*, H. Vaudry, Y.S. Chan*, W.H. Yung, Billy K.C. Chow*. | 'Secretin as a Neurohypophysial Factor Regulating Body Water Homeostasis', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), 2009 | 2010 |
| Professor T W K Fung and Dr Y Q Hu | Statistical DNA Forensics: Theory, Methods and Computation, published by England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2008), 262 pages | 2009 |
| Professor J T Yu* and Professor Vesselin Drensky | 'The Strong Anick Conjecture is True', published in Journal of the European Mathematical Society, 9 (2007), 659-679 | 2008 |
| Dr P Chiu*, Dr Geng Zhe and Dr Chen Bin | 'Total Synthesis of Pseudolaric Acid A', published in Angewandte Chemie-International Edit/page/detail/350#2007ion, 45, 37 (2006), 6,197-201 | 2007 |
| Professor Ngaiming Mok | "Prolongation of infinitesimal linear automorphisms of projective varieties and rigidity of rational homogeneous spaces of Picard number 1 under Kahler deformation" published in Inventiones Mathematicae (2005) | 2006 |