News and Achievements

A research project led by Professor Alex JEN, Lee Shau Kee Chair Professor of Materials Science, entitled “Development of Printable Perovskite Solar Cells for Transformative Clean Energy and Sustainable Society”, has been selected as one of the first eight approved projects (out of more than 190 applications) of the Green Tech Fund (GTF).

Dr. Xianpeng Hu, Associate Professor of the Department of Mathematics, has been conferred the title of RGC Research Fellow by the Research Grants Council (RGC) for his excellent research achievements.

The College of Science Orientation was held in hybrid mode on 24 August 2021, to welcome and familiarise freshmen with the College.

Seventy talented prospective PhD candidates around the globe attended the third Science Summer Camp online on 13 and 14 July 2021 to explore opportunities of research education at CityU Science.

As the first of its kind in Hong Kong, the new Department of Biostatistics is uniquely positioned under the College of Science to achieve its vision of advancing health data science, as well as enhancing collaborations with existing experts to synergise interdisciplinary education and research across the University.

The State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP) at CityU has been endorsed by the United Nations (UN) to initiate a ten-year "Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM)" Programme to collect and study environmental pollutants in the estuaries of major cities around the globe so as to formulate a long-term policy of promoting clean estuaries.