[November 2024 issue]
25 professors from CUHK have obtained funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China which included five NA-affiliated professors who were awarded “National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars”, “Excellent Young Scientists Fund”, and “Young Scientists Fund”. Details are as follows:
Funding Scheme | Name | Position | Project Title |
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars | Professor Wu Yilin | Professor, Department of Physics | Living Matter Physics and Living Materials Science |
Professor Shi Zhentao | Associate Professor, Department of Economics | Econometrics | |
Excellent Young Scientists Fund |
Professor Chen Zhi | Assistant Professor, Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology | Theory and Applications of Robust Optimisation |
Professor Zhou Renjie | Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | Quantitative Phase Microscopy and Applications | |
Young Scientists Fund | Professor Choi Pui-tung Gary | Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics | Efficient Algorithms for Surface Density-equalising Maps |