Professor Michael Leung Kwok-hi is a Professor in the School of Energy and Environment, and Director of the Ability R&D Energy Research Centre of City University of Hong Kong (CityU).
Professor Leung’s current research interests include solar photocatalysis, fuel cells, and advanced refrigeration and air-conditioning. He has published over 200 journal papers, and 18 books or book chapters, and has been granted 10 patents. He was listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists, according to metrics compiled by Stanford University in 2020 and 2021, and was listed as a “Highly Cited Researcher” in 2018 by Clarivate Analytics for his exceptional research performance. He is also listed in “The Most Cited Scholar in Energy Science and Engineering” by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, in collaboration with Elsevier.
Professor Leung received a Silver Medal at Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days 2022. Other recent awards include the “President’s Award” at CityU (2016), the “Technology Project Award (City-level)” by the Shenzhen City Technology and Innovation Committee (2017), and the “Hong Kong Awards for Industries” (2018 and 2019). He has received funding of over HK$43 million for various scientific research projects as Principal Investigator from the Innovation and Technology Fund, the Research Grants Council, and the Environment and Conservation Fund in Hong Kong, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and others. Professor Leung is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), a Registered Professional Engineer, a Chartered Engineer, a Representative (China) on the Board of Directors of the International Solar Energy Society, and the Past Chairman of the Energy Institute (Hong Kong Branch). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of HKIE Transactions and serves on the Editorial Board of Applied Energy.