Informal Seminars & Others

Date and Time	Venue	Speaker Details	Seminar Type	Seminar Title	Host
21 Jul 2026 9:30 am	YEUNG-B5209	Dr. BIAN Kangjie Postdoctoral Research Fellow Scripps Research, USA	Special Departmental Seminar	A radical approach to chemical synthesis enabled by sustainable (photo)catalysis	Ms. Crystal WAN Tel: 3442-7402 Email: crystalky.wan@cityu.edu.hk
5 Aug 2026 11:00 am	YEUNG-B5211	Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski J.C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences Department of Chemistry Carnegie Mellon University, USA	Distinguished Lecture Series	From New Catalytic and Initiating Systems for ATRP to New Materials	Prof. Michael CHAN Tel: 3442-9678 Email: mcwchan@cityu.edu.hk

Past Seminars

Date and Time	Venue	Speaker Details	Seminar Type	Seminar Title	Host
7 Jul 2026 3:30 pm	YEUNG-B5308	Prof. LI Junqi Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Iowa State University, USA	Special Departmental Seminar	Precision synthesis: from atom swapping to atropisomeric metacyclophanes	Prof. SUN Hongyan Tel: 3442-9537 Email: hongysun@cityu.edu.hk)
16 Jun 2026 2:30 pm	YEUNG-G5314	Dr. LIANG Hao Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Chemistry Princeton University, USA	Special Departmental Seminar	Metal Catalyzed Organic Synthesis: From Methods to Mechanisms	Ms. Crystal WAN Tel: 3442-7402 Email: crystalky.wan@cityu.edu.hk

11 Jun 2026 4:30 pm	YEUNG-B5308	Prof. Polly Leilei Chen Principal Investigator and Associate Professor Cancer Science Institute of Singapore Department of Anatomy National University of Singapore	Special Departmental Seminar	HONG KONG RNA CLUB From sensing to silence - dsRNA pathways and their role in immune evasion	Prof. KWOK Chun Kit Tel: 3442-6858 Email: ckkwok42@cityu.edu.hk
30 May 2026 2:30 pm	YEUNG-P4302	Prof. KIM Jong Seung Professor Department of Chemistry Korea University, Korea	Special Departmental Seminar	Molecular engineering of photo-activatable prodrug	Prof. SUN Hongyan Tel: 3442-9537 Email: hongysun@cityu.edu.hk