Research

• CUHK Physicists Develop Novel Quantum Sensing Techniques Measuring Pressure-driven Superconductivity with Nano-diamonds (12.2019)
• New pattern-forming paradigm found by CUHK Researchers shedding new lights on structure formation, self-assembly and packing (05.2019)
• CUHK Probes the existence of ultralight Bosons with a single gravitational wave measurement (04.2019)
• CUHK-led Research Team participates in "God Particle" experiment recognised by UGC as Area of Excellence Further Development on Fundamental Physics in Hong Kong and Mainland China (03.2019)
• CUHK develops low-cost and high-precision nano chips for Raman spectroscopy (2018)
• First detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars, solving a 50-year old mystery of the origin of gamma-ray bursts (2017)
• CUHK Physicist and Statistician reveal link between magnetic fields and birth rate of stars (2017)
• CUHK Biophysicists discover hidden order in bacterial collective motion (2017)
• CUHK Physicist participated in the gravitational wave discovery, opening up a new window on the Universe (2016)
• Most Precise Measurement of Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Reveals Intriguing Surprise (2016)
• CUHK Physicist unveils mystery of massive star formation (2015)
• New Results from Daya Bay: Tracking the Disappearance of Ghostlike Neutrinos (2013)
• Breakthrough in Ultrahigh-speed Optical Communication Research (2012)
• Discovery of a New Type of Neutrino Transformation (2012)
• New Technology Gives Significant Boost to LED Efficiency (2011)
• Breakthrough in Renewable Energy Development with High-Efficiency Thin Film Solar Cell (2011)
• Breakthrough in Quantum Science and Technology (2011)
• Groundbreaking Quantum Research - A Great Leap in Supercomputer Development (2009)
• Groundbreaking Discovery in Semiconducting Nanowires Advances Nanotechnology (2009)

Honors and Awards

Faculty and Research Staff
• Physics Department Teaching Award 2020 (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• Startup Allowance for Croucher study awards (Prof. Kenny C. Y. NG)
• Highly Cited Researchers 2020 (Prof. LU Xinhui)
• RGC Research Fellow 2020/21 (Prof. WU Yilin)
• CUHK Research Excellence Award 2019-20 (Prof. XU Lei)
• Croucher Senior Research Fellowships 2020-2021 (11.2019) (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award 2018 (Prof. HUI Pak Ming)
• Bronze Medal in the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (04.2019) (Prof. WANG Jianfang and Dr. YIP Hang Kuen)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• Highly Cited Researcher 2018 (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (2018) (Prof. CHU Ming Chung)
• Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science, CUHK (2018-2023) (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science, CUHK (2013-2022) (Prof. LIU Renbao)
• CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2018 (Prof. HUI Pak Ming)
• CUHK Research Excellence Award 2017-18 (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• CUHK Young Researcher Award 2017-18 (Prof. WU Yilin)
• The Croucher Innovation Award 2018 (Prof. Tjonnie G. F. LI)
• Outstanding Referee, The American Physical Society (2018) (Prof. GU Zhengcheng)
• Impactful Publication Award, 2014-2017, Princeton Instruments (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• The 31st Laureate of the Khwarizmi International Award (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• Early Career Award 2017-2018, University Grants Committee (Prof. Tjonnie LI)
• Early Career Award 2016-2017, University Grants Committee (Prof. GU Zhengcheng)
• Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2016 - First-Class Awards in Natural Science (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) (Prof. CHU Ming Chung)
• Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) (Prof. Tjonnie G. F. LI)
• Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize (2016) (Prof. Tjonnie G. F. LI)
• Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2014, the Ministry of Education (Prof. XU Lei)
• Outstanding Referee, The American Physical Society (2014) (Prof. LAW Chi Kwong)
• Outstanding Referee, The American Physical Society (2013) (Prof. Emily S. C. CHING)
• PSHK Lecturer of the Year 2013, Physical Society of Hong Kong (Prof. CHU Ming Chung)
• Outstanding Referee Award, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2013) (Prof. CHU Ming Chung)
• Early Career Award 2012-2013, University Grants Committee (Prof. XU Lei)
• 深圳虛擬大學園2013年度國家級科技項目先進個人 (2013) (Prof. LI Quan)
• 2012 Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards - Second-Class Awards in Natural Sciences (Prof. LIU Ren-Bao)
• 2012-2013年度第三屆黃昆固體物理與半導體物理獎 (Huang Kun Prize) (Prof. LIU Ren-Bao)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (2010) (Prof. XIA Ke-Qing)
• State Natural Science Award 2009 - Second-class Award (Prof. XIA Ke-Qing)
• Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2007-08 (Prof. Emily S. C. CHING)
• Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2005-06 (Prof. XIA Ke-Qing)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (2005) (Prof. Emily S. C. CHING)
• Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK (2004) (Prof. Emily S. C. CHING)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (2003) (Prof. LIN Hai-Qing)
• China Higher Education Science and Technology Award 2001 (2nd Class) (Prof. XIA Ke-Qing)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (1999) (Prof. Kenneth YOUNG)
• 1999 Achievement in Asia Award, Overseas Chinese Physics Association (Prof. Emily S. C. CHING)
• CUHK Young Researcher Award 2017-18 (Prof. WU Yilin)
• CUHK Young Researcher Award 2015-16 (Prof. LI Hua-Bai)
• CUHK Young Researcher Award 2014-15 (Prof. XU Lei)
• CUHK Research Excellence Award 2013-14 (Prof. LIU Ren-Bao)
• CUHK Young Researcher Award 2012-13 (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• CUHK Research Excellence Award 2008-09 (Prof. WANG Jianfang)
• CUHK Research Excellence Award 2007-08 (Prof. LI Quan)
• CUHK Young Researcher Award 2006-07 (Prof. LI Quan)
• CUHK Exemplary Teaching Award in General Education 2015 (Dr. TONG Shiu Sing)
• CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2019 (Prof. GOH Swee Kuan)
• CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2017 (Dr. Alvin H. T. LEUNG)
• CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2016 (Dr. LEUNG Po Kin)
• CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2015 (Dr. TONG Shiu Sing)
• CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2014 (Prof. Emily S.C. CHING)
• CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2018 (Prof. HUI Pak Ming)
• CUHK Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2000, 2007, 2008 (Prof. CHU Ming Chung)
• CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award 2007 (Dr. WONG Wing Hung)
• CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award 2006 (Prof. HUI Pak Ming)
• CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award 2004 (Prof. Kenneth YOUNG)
• CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award 2000 (Prof. CHU Ming Chung)

Students
• Innovation and Technology Scholarship 2020 (Mr. KWOK Yat Long)
• Postgraduate Research Output Award 2019 (Dr. Otto Akseli HANNUKSELA)
• CUHK Young Scholars Thesis Award 2018 (Mr. CHONG Kai Leong)
• Champion, Most Popular Speaker in CUHK Physics Student Conference 2019 (Mr. HO Kin On)
• Best Poster Presentation in 2019 Joint Annual Conference of Physical Societies in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Mr. HO Kin On)
• Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme 2019-20 (Mr. Adrian CHUNG)
• Best Poster Paper Award at the 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics (Mr. LI Nannan)
• First Place in the Science as Art Competition in the 2019 MRS Spring Meeting (Ms. ZHANG Han)
• Innovation and Technology Scholarship 2019 (Mr. YEUNG Chun Yat)
• 2018 Young Scientist Awards (Physical/Mathematical Science) (Mr. LO Hau Yung)
• Croucher Scholarships for Doctoral Study (2018) (Mr. LO Ka Lok)
• Poster Award at The 12th Youth Scholar Workshop on Cold Atoms (2018) (Mr. GUO Zhichao)
• Postgraduate Research Output Award 2017 (Mr. LIU Song)
• Croucher Foundation Fellowships 2018 (Mr. CHONG Kai Leong)
• Croucher Foundation Fellowships 2018 (Mr. PO Hoi Chun)
• Best Presentation Award at The Croucher Summer Course on Neutron Scattering (Mr. CHEUNG Yiu Wing)
• Best Poster Award at J-Physics 2018: International Workshop on New Materials and Crystal Growth (Ms. HU Yajian)
• Poster Award for Nanomaterials for Photonics and Optoelectronics at The 14th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (NANO2018) (Mr. LAI Yunhe)
• Poster Award for Magnetic Nanomaterials for Applications at The 14th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (NANO2018) (Mr. LI Nannan)
• Innovation and Technology Scholarship Award 2018 (Mr. LAM Chun Yin)
• Innovation and Technology Scholarship Award 2017 (Mr. CHAN Pok Fung)
• The 2016 University Physics Competition - Silver Medal (Mr. LO Chim Yui and Mr. WONG Kwan Yue)
• Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2016 in Physical/Mathematical Sciences (Mr. HUANG Shidi)
• Fulbright-Lee Hysan Hong Kong Research Scholar Award 2016-2017 (Mr. YUEN Ka Ho)
• Best presenter, "2016年兩岸三地知名高校 物理學科博士生學術創新論壇" (Mr. YUEN Ka Ho)
• Best Academic Exchange Prize, Young Scholars Conference on Cold Atom Physics 2016 (Mr. GUO Mingyang)
• 2nd Prize, Best Student Poster "Sparklers" at Annual Conference of the Physical Society of Hong Kong 2016 (Ms HU Yajian)
• 2nd Prize, Best Student Poster Awards at Annual Conference of the Physical Society of Hong Kong 2016 (Ms HU Yajian)
• Best Poster Presentation at 'Next Generation Materials for Energy Chemistry' of Faraday Discussion 176 (Mr. HE Jian)
• Best presenter, Annual Meeting of the Hong Kong Astrophysical Society 2015 (Mr. YUEN Ka Ho)
• Best presenter, Annual Meeting of the Hong Kong Astrophysical Society 2015 (Mr. ZHANG Jiajun)
• The 5th International Automated Negotiating Agents Competition 2015 - 5th place (Nash Product) (Mr. NG Chi Wing)
• FameLab Hong Kong 2015 - 2nd runner-up (Mr. LAW Yuk Ting)
• HKSAR Government Reaching Out Award 2014/15 (Mr. LEE Kim Miau)
• HKIE Materials Division: Best Paper on Materials 2014 (Mr. YIP Hang Kuen)
• FameLab Hong Kong 2014 - 2nd runner-up (Miss LUK Sui Man)
• Innovation and Technology Scholarship (Miss LUK Sui Man)
• CUHK Young Scholars Thesis Awards 2014 (Mr. HUANG Shidi)
• 13th Challenge Cup - First Award (Mr. WANG Junxin)
• Best Student Poster Award at Annual Conference of The Physical Society of Hong Kong 2013 (Mr. CHANG Shuai)
• Best Student Poster Award at Annual Conference of The Physical Society of Hong Kong 2013 (Mr. ZHANG Jiajun)
• Best Student Poster Award at Annual Conference of the Physical Society of Hong Kong 2012 (Mr. WANG Fudong)
• The EPL Presentation Awards 2012 in Dynamics Days Asia Pacific 7 (Mr. LEUNG Chung Yin, Joey)
• 2010年全國量子光學大會研究生優秀論文獎一等獎 (Mr. WANG Dawei)
• Best Student Presentation Award in the 14th Annual Conference of the Physical Society of Hong Kong (Mr. HONG Wei)
• Mathematical Contest in Modeling 2010 - Meritorious Winner (Mr. He Zhuli, Mr. Liu Binyang, Advisor: Prof. CHU Ming Chung)
• The Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008 - Best Innovation & Research Gold Award (College & Undergraduates) (Mr. Denis Yin Fan HUEN)
• "Excellent Paper" in MRS International Materials Research Conference 2008 (Ms. LIANG Yao)
• Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2006 (Mr. SUN Chao)
• CUHK Young Scholars Dissertation Award 2004 (Mr. CHEN Tian Wen)