Prof. FUNG Yu Kit Simon

Doctor of Philosophy (2006)
Department of Accountancy, CityU

Professor
Department of Accounting
Deakin University, Australia

“I am grateful for the opportunity to study at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) for my PhD in Accounting in early 2000s. During that few years I was exposed to cutting-edge accounting research paradigms, obtained valuable experiences and guidance from the excellent supervisory team, and met internationally renowned scholars during their visits to CityU and academic conferences. I was also invited to present my research works at overseas academic institutions and conferences, which were financially supported by the department and SGS.

My research interests mainly focus on the information perspective of capital market research, and I developed this interest with invaluable advice from and discussions with my supervisor at CityU, faculty members and other visiting scholars. Upon graduation in 2006, I started my academic career at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, applied what I learnt from CityU and continued working with CityU faculties as well as my supervisor. 

Some of my academic publications that appear in good journals are much benefited from my network developed through my CityU study. I was promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2010, and recently joined Deakin University at Melbourne, Australia as a Professor of Accounting in September 2016. All the above-mentioned moves would not be made possible without my first step at CityU. I am proud of being a PhD graduate of CityU and looking forward to hearing more good news of CityU both locally and internationally.” (Dec 2016)

I am a Professor in the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) in Nanjing, China.  I obtained my PhD degree from the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at CityU in 2013,under the supervision of Professor Zuankai Wang. At CityU, the rigorous training and supportive faculty provided me the preparation needed to further develop my research after graduation as a postdoctoral fellow at Purdue University, where I worked under the supervision of Prof. Suresh Garimella for four years. As a result of my combined graduate and postdoctoral research, I was subsequently awarded the "Young overseas high-level talents introduction plan" in 2017, and I joined NJUST that year. Within two years of joining NJUST, I received several funding awards, including National MCF Energy R&D Program (PI, 2018), National Key R&D Programme of China (PI of one sub-project, 2018), National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI, 2018), and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (PI, 2018); these awards are currently supporting my continued research endeavors.

I currently run my own lab conducting research investigations that address scientific, industrial, and social challenges. My research interests include microscale and nanoscale surface engineering for enhanced thermal transport, phase-change heat transfer, and membrane distillation for water desalination. This research has enabled me to co-author 30 peer-reviewed publications in top journals, garnering over 1500 citations (including multiple ESI Highly Cited Papers and journal features). 

I am ever grateful for the research training I experienced at CityU, which provided me with the practical tools and knowledge to excel in my academic career. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to my PhD advisor, as well as the faculty and staff of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at CityU, who have provided me with technical guidance, assistance, and unwavering support. (Jun 2019)
 

“I am currently a full professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China. I earned my Ph.D degree from the City University of Hong Kong in 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Zuankai Wang from Department of Mechanical Engineeringh. My research interest lies in the interfaces between engineering, materials and biology, with an emphasis on the rational design and development of superwetting surfaces for multifunctional applications using the bioinspired approach. As the first author, I have published papers in Nature Physics, Nature Communications, Applied Physics Letters and so on in the past years.

My research has been recognized by the Guinness World Records and was widely recognized by the research community. I was conferred the 2016 Hiwin Doctoral Dissertation Award (by Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, 上銀優秀機械博士論文「優秀獎 」), the 2015 Young Scientist Awards of Hong Kong (Engineering category, 香港青年科學家獎), and the prestigious Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Silver Award (2015 Spring Meeting, 美國材料學會傑出研究生銀獎). In 2017, I received the “Young overseas high-level talents introduction plan” (中組部「青年千人). Over 20 reports citing our work have appeared in top media outlets including Nature Physics News & News, American Institute of Physics, Asian Scientist, Materials World, New York Times and many others. Recently, part of the research was successfully applied in the surface design on aero-engine and airplane.

Every moment, I attribute my achievement to the high-level academic education and professional training of CityU. I am proud to be one of the CityUers. ” (Jun 2019)

Mr. TANG Mathew

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Media (2004)
School of Creative Media, CityU

Founder & CEO
Movie Addict Productions

“In 2004, I wrote, edited and directed my debut feature film《b420》, which was also my thesis work of my MFA program, and received: 
-The Grand Prix Award in The 19th Fukuoka Asian Film Festival
-The Best Film in The 4th Viennese Youth Int'l Film Festival

In 2008 and 2009, I was the Vice President of Celestial Pictures. I also received The Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Service, HK Government (Awarded for the contribution to the HK Film Industry) during that year.

From 2009 to 2012, I was the Head of Productions in EDKO Films Ltd. In the summer of 2012, I founded Movie Addict Productions (www.movieaddict.asia) and the company has produced 4 movies since then.

Since 2007, I have produced over 10 movies including the blockbuster works: Forbidden Kingdom (功夫之王), Cold War (寒戰), Finding Mr. Right 1 & 2 (北京遇上西雅圖 1 & 2). I have also been actively participating in different works in the Film industry as listed below:
-2011 Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) @ Puchon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival – Jury Member
-2014 HAF (Asia Film Financing Forum/FOX) Chinese Film Development Award – Final Jury Member
-Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild – Invited Executive Member (since 2013)
-Hong Kong Film Development Council – Panel of Examiners (since 2011)" (Dec 2016)

Ms TSUI Fung Ling Sara

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (2003)
School of Law

Dr. WU Qing

Doctor of Philosophy (2003)
Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics

Associate Professor and Head, Department of Translation and Interpreting
Vice Dean, School of English and International Studies
Beijing Foreign Studies University

“I was a university English teacher before joining the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics of CityU as a PhD student. I conducted research on translation under Dr ZHU Chunshen’s supervision. My education at CityU has literally reshaped my academic career ever since. 

I was very much impressed at the top scholarship demonstrated by its international faculty, the liberal and encouraging environment for academic pursuit, the wonderful opportunities for research students to make a presence on the international scene, and the various professional supporting services and facilities. All these experiences set me on a path of seeking excellence. 

I could still recall the extensive and inspiring discussions with my supervisor on selected research topics, the well-designed curricula, the eye-opening lectures of the Chinese Civilization Centre, my presentations at international conferences, and my participation in a UN Internship Program at its NY headquarters. Without these stimulating and rewarding experiences, my academic performance and vision would not have been in its current form.” (Nov 2013)

Mr. CHAN Eric

Master of Science in Financial Engineering (2011)
Department of Economics and Finance, CityU

Associate, Corporate Third Party Oversight Risk Management
J.P. Morgan

“Upon graduating from CityU, I have been offered the opportunity to work in the Liquidity Products Team under a leading investment bank. The Master of Science in Financial Engineering (MScFE) programme has equipped me with extensive financial product knowledge, as well as, complex evaluation modelling and programming skills to succeed in different financial roles. It also allowed me to carry out the daily duties efficiently and exceed professional standards. The advanced degree also provided me uniqueness amongst the competitions in the competitive market and opened up more doors to excel in various divisions of the firm. Furthermore, during the programme of study, students are invited to attend weekly professional seminars delivered by experienced industry leaders to exchange market updates and network opportunities. Throughout the compacted course, I have developed everlasting friendships with my fellow classmates of diverse backgrounds from around the world. We shared the common interest and inspired to make differences to our career and society. I truly recommend this challenging programme to motivate individuals who are keen and interested to enhance their quantitative and financial knowledge in the finance industry.” (Nov 2013)

Mr. SZE Wai Pan

Master of Arts in Quantitative Analysis for Business (1994)
Department of Management Sciences, CityU

Founder, Chairman, CEO and Chief Engineer
Freetech Road Recycling Technology (Holdings) Limited (HKG: 6888)

“As an alumni of the Master of Arts in Quantitative Analysis for Business (MAQAB) programme at CityU, I am honored and keen to share my career path and practical applications of quantitative analysis in internal and financial management at the corporate level with the CityU community. 

I do believe that the knowledge learnt from the Master of Arts in Quantitative Analysis for Business (MAQAB) programme has definitely beneficial to my daily work. It trained up my mind using quantitative approach to analyze workshop production planning and scheduling in my manufacturing factory. It is particularly useful when I was needed to deal with those complex & inter-related problems such as pavement recycling equipment movement throughout entire China work sites.

Indeed, the versatile but also practical concepts also assisted me to optimize the allocation of different resources such as financial arrangement. Especially before the Initial Public Offering in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2013, the various techniques learnt brought me to have best presentation of my company towards public. 

As a chairman, CEO of my public listed company, I feel I was lucky to have such useful and meaningful studies and training in CityU. I must take this opportunity to say thank you to those professors for their teaching that was really my precious memories in my life.” (Nov 2013)

Dr. PANDAY Pranab Kumar

Doctor of Philosophy (2009)
Department of Public and Social Administration, CityU

Professor
Department of Public Administration
University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

KWAN Kit Yue Billy

Doctor of Philosophy in Biology and Chemistry
Department of Biology and Chemistry

Prof. CHAN Ka Wah Kara

Doctor of Philosophy (1997)
Department of Applied Social Studies, CityU

Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University

“The secret of success in a research journey is curiosity and passion. In the past 20 years, our research team built a research program in the interaction of children, youth and media. It contributes to the understanding of social psychology and media effect. The first milestone was the securement of a government grant on “Children and Consumers”. 

Professor James U. McNeal, our collaborative researcher, shared with me inside stories of publishing and gave me many good advices. The unexpected school break for the SARS outbreak gave us time to prepare the first book manuscript “Advertising to Children in China”. It also triggers us to continue the line of enquiry to the study of youth and consumption. 

The second milestone was a visiting fellowship opportunity supported by Hong Kong Baptist University to get in touch with like-mind researchers at Copenhagen Business School and Aarhus University. A prolific program with scholars from Denmark on the tween girl study and studies promoting healthy eating among adolescents was established. 

The third milestone was my appointment to serve as the convener of a working group on Environment, Health and Sustainability of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies. I revitalize my research interest in environment and health issues. I was blessed to have opportunities to work with many talented persons in my academic life. Dr. Anna Hui of City University of Hong Kong invited me to join her team on researching creativity. A happy surprise was the hiring of Mr. Ng Yu Leung, a psychology graduate of City University of Hong Kong, as our research assistant. He is such an intelligent and hard-working young man that pushed our research program forward. 

Over the years our research team published over 120 journal articles and book chapters, edited/authored five books, and produced 14 episodes of teaching videos. Four journal articles received Emerald Literati Network Awards. I am grateful to City University of Hong Kong for preparing me to be a visible researcher." (Nov 2013)

In 1998, more than 20 years ago, I received my Ph.D. degree from the Department of Management at City University of Hong Kong. After spending two years as an assistant professor at Lingnan University’s Department of Marketing and International Business, I then joined the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in 2001. In 2005, I moved to the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.

I am currently a Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation as well as the Area Coordinator of the Strategy & Environment Group at the Jones Graduate School of Business. I am also the editor-in-chief of the Quarterly Journal of Management (管理学季刊), one of China’s most prestigious management journals, which I co-founded in 2016.

My research interests focus on technology entrepreneurship and innovation (particularly in China’s transition economy), strategic alliances and multinational firms’ innovation in emerging markets, as well as the growth of China's technology clusters. My articles on the above issues have appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Marketing, Organization Science, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, among others.
 

In 2007, I was ranked among the top 10 scholars in individual contributions to empirical literature on China (2000-2005) by a study published at the Asia Pacific Journal of Management. In 2012, I was ranked among the World’s top 15 innovation management scholars based on top management and marketing journal publications (1991-2010) by a study published at the Journal of Product Innovation Management. In 2001, my work received the Best Paper Award for the Selling and Sales Management Track at the American Marketing Association’s Winter Marketing Educators’ Conference. In 2016, my paper published at Strategic Management Journal (with Yan Zhang in 2010) won the Grief Research Impact Award. That same year, my teaching case “GE China Technology Center: Evolving role in global innovation” won the EFMD Case Writing Competition Award (in the Bringing Technology to Market category). Finally, in 2017, I received the College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award from the City University of Hong Kong.

As I reflect over my years at CityU, I feel so grateful that the University has given me such a solid academic foundation and enabled me to accomplish so many things in life. During my Ph.D. study, I benefited significantly from the opportunities of working closely with my mentor and friend, Dr. Kwaku Atuahene-Gima, and other colleagues both in the Management and Marketing Departments. Also, the international nature of the Ph.D. program empowered me to develop my research on a global scale. The faculty members in the Management department all came from very diverse academic backgrounds, and they were very devoted to high-quality research and teaching. During my time there, the Department had also invited many top scholars overseas to give research workshops and seminars. I got the chance to meet the chief editors from top journals including Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) and Journal of Marketing. Such exposure helped me better understand and conduct high quality research. Indeed, I submitted my first paper from my Ph.D. dissertation to AMJ, which was eventually accepted!

Finally, I feel so blessed that faculty members, administrative staff (at the department, college, and university levels), and my cohorts have provided me so much support during my Ph.D. study. Indeed, this group of wonderful people helped develop my research ideas, practice for my job interviews, and they even helped me plan my wedding! For this and all the other fine things I have received at CityU, I say thank you. (Jun 2019)

Dr. AHLGREN John 

Doctor of Philosophy (2014),
Department of Electronic Engineering, CityU

Software Engineer
Facebook

Dr. TO Christopher

Master of Arts in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (1996)
School of Law, CityU

Consultant on Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

“I embarked on three courses of study at CityU’s School of Law. My main reason for doing so is that the Lecturers are extremely helpful and willing to go out of their way to assist you in grasping the fundamental concepts of each subject thus making studying a pleasure. Although the Bachelor of Laws programme was theoretical in nature which gave one a grounding on the various aspects of Law (which is essential), the other two programmes of study (Postgraduate Certificate in Laws [PCLL] and Master of Arts in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution [MA)] were more practical. 

The structure and contents of these programmes (PCLL and MA) are geared towards those who want to apply theory into actual practice with the twist that you can actually make a difference in reality. 

With society being more argumentative and people striving for fairness, having the skills sets of dispute resolution as taught in the MA programme not only enhances one’s knowledge but could lead towards using such knowledge for the betterment of our society as a whole. What makes this programme unique is that the lecturers are all experience practitioners in their respective fields who have had substantial experience in the use of Arbitration and other forms of Dispute Resolution, not to mention they are highly regarded within the industry. Their lectures are very interactive whereby they will use scenarios derived from actual cases to stimulate students understanding of the subject. This not only provides students with fruit for thought, it actually allows students to grasp the fundamental aspects while visualising how one can apply the skills learnt in class into actually practice. 

Another aspect of this programme which deserves a mention is that all the students are working in different fields and attend classes in the evenings and weekends, nevertheless they each bring a different aspect to the learning process which helps to stimulate learning through participation. If you want to help yourself and others at the same time, this programme and its learning outcomes would be highly useful for your self-development and enhancement. Whereas the PCLL programme helps those who want to qualify to practice law. In fact the skills learned in the PCLL programme definitely assist you in preparing for the real world thus making you a well informed and practical lawyer that is a real asset to society. 

Having the right skills and mind set are crucial in pursuing a career in Law and these core elements are taught by dedicated and experienced practitioners at the University. City University of Hong Kong is without doubt your ideal partner in achieving your aspirations, as it did assist me in achieving my aspiration.

Further to my studies in CityU, I managed to obtain a PhD in Laws at Stirling University and was honored with a DEng at Glasgow Caledonian University, as well as being listed within the Who’s Who of Arbitrators and Mediators globally signifying one’s leading position within the dispute resolution arena, a skill I obtained through embarking on the MA programme at CityU.” (Dec 2016)

Prof. JIANG Yugang

Doctor of Philosophy (2009)
Department of Computer Science, CityU

Professor
School of Computer Science
Fudan University, China

“I am currently a Full Professor in School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. My Lab for Big Video Data Analytics at Fudan conducts research on all aspects of extracting high-level information from big video data, such as video event recognition, object/scene recognition and large-scale visual search. I started to explore this exciting research area when I was a PhD student in the Computer Science Department at CityU during 2006-2009, advised by Professor Chong-Wah Ngo.

Over the years, my research work has led to many awards, including "emerging leader in multimedia" award from IBM T.J. Watson Research in 2009, early career faculty award from Intel and China Computer Federation (CCF) in 2013, the 2014 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)’s China Rising Star Award, and the 2015 ACM SIGMM Rising Star Award. For my contributions to both basic research and real application systems, I also received science and technology achievement awards from key national agencies such as China Ministry of Education. 

All these would not be possible without the exceptional quality of postgraduate training I received at CityU. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the faculty members and staff in CityU CS, who have certainly helped me in achieving my career goals.” (Dec 2016)

Sharon Ingrid Kwok joined Western Sydney University as Career Development Fellow with the desire to explore the mobility of triad society and how the triad network facilitates transnational organized crime operation between Hong Kong, China, and Australia. In addition to research, she also teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate programs, and actively involves in research committee postgraduate program development.

Prior to joining Western Sydney University in 2018, she worked as Research Fellow in Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences in City University of Hong Kong, specializing in the study of triad society and Chinese organized crime. She obtained her PhD (Criminology) from City University of Hong Kong in 2017. Her doctoral thesis was awarded the Best Dissertation from International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, and the Outstanding PhD Thesis Award of City University of Hong Kong.

She has published a number of journal papers including British Journal of Criminology, Qualitative Research, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, and International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, which are high-tier journals in the area of criminology and addition research. She also published several academic book chapters, published by renowned international publishers such as Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Springer. Recently, she also co-edited the first book in organized crime in Belt-and-Road initiative countries - “Organized Crime and Corruption Across Borders: Exploring the Belt and Road Initiative”. This edited book will be published soon by Routledge.

Being the only female researcher conducting ethnographic research on triad society, she has been interviewed by various international media, such as ABC, CNN, TIME, New York Times, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and Strait Times etc. on triad related topics.

Although Sharon studied in different universities in both Asia and Europe, she always regards City University of Hong Kong as her alma mater. City University of Hong Kong not only equipped her with the knowledge and skills in developing her organized crime research, it also offers her numerous valuable opportunities to expand her research areas to drug use and rehabilitation, prison research, and youth studies. (Jun 2019)

“I always appreciate for the opportunity to study at the SEEM of CityU for my PhD starting at 2012, where I received guidance from many excellent academics and established good contacts with many outstanding schoolmates who now also have positions in world-leading universities. Thanks for this experience, I am now collaborating with these scholars in co-supervising students and applying for funds.

Though SEEM is an engineering oriented department, my PhD research focused on the reliability analysis and optimization of various types of complex system arising from industrial applications, especially the networked and degraded control systems, smart grids, and critical infrastructure systems. Thanks to the normative and extensive mathematical training from my supervisor and the engineering background of SEEM, I had been equipped with the solid theoretical knowledge and rich experience about the real applications of mechanical and automation engineering.

The SGS also supported me to conduct my research work at oversea academic institutions and attend international conferences. Coincidentally, I obtained my first academic job as a research associate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), because the professor from ETHZ listened to my conference presentation and was impressed by the novelty of my PhD work. During my research period at ETHZ, some of my peer-review papers which appear in good international journals are the continuations of my research work at CityU.

I was offered a lecturer position at the SEIT, UNSW at 2018, which was not only because of my good research outputs, but also much benefited from my academic network developed through my CityU study. All the above-mentioned progresses in my academic career would not be made possible without my first solid and important step at CityU. I am proud of being a PhD graduate of CityU and looking forward to hearing more good news of CityU both locally and internationally, and collaborating more in the research, supervise and fund.” (Jun 2019)

Dr. PENG Taiquan

Doctor of Philosophy (2009)
Department of Media and Communication, CityU

Associate Professor
Department of Communication
Michigan State University, USA

“I am an Associate Professor with tenure at the Department of Communication, Michigan State University, USA. I studied at the Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) from 2005 to 2008 under the supervision of Prof. Jonathan Zhu. During my 3-year study at CityU, I was awarded three Research Tuition Scholarships and two Outstanding Academic Performance Awards for Research Degree Students. After obtaining my PhD in 2008, I worked as a research fellow at the Web Mining Lab of CityU from 2008 to 2009. Then I worked as an Assistant Professor at Macau University of Science and Technology from 2009 to 2013 and at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore from 2013 to 2016.

I was well vested in cutting-edge interdisciplinary research. I have published 17 articles in SCI/SSCI-indexed journals, with 13 in Q1 journals in Communication (e.g., Communication Research, New Media & Society), Information Science and Library Science (e.g., Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Scientometrics), Computer Science (i.e., IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics), Medical Informatics (i.e., International Journal of Medical Informatics), and Public Health (i.e., AIDS Care). My research has been supported by grants from both the industry and government agencies, including Macao Foundation, General Research Fund (Hong Kong), Microsoft Research, Academic Research Fund (Singapore), National Research Foundation (Singapore), and National Social Science Research Foundation (China).

I cofounded, with Prof. Jonathan Zhu, the Interest Group on Computational Methods within International Communication Association and have been elected the inaugural Chair of the Group in 2016. I am also a Corresponding Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF) Task Force on Big Data.” (Dec 2016)

“As an alumnus of the doctoral program at City University of Hong Kong, I am honored to share my professional experience with the CityU community.

I am currently a full professor at the School of Instrumentation Science and Opto-electronic Engineering, and conjunctly at the School of General Engineering, Beihang University, China. I earned my doctoral degree in Physics & Materials Science from the Department of Physics and Materials Science at CityU in 2013 (Prof. Chan-hung SHEK was my PhD advisor) (I had Bachelor degree from XJTU and Master degree from Fudan University). I joined Beihang University as an associate professor in 2015 and then I was prompted to be a full professor in 2016.

My research interests focus on magnetic compound & sensors, precision instrument & MEMS technology, and artificial intelligence (AI). Since I completed my doctoral degree, I have published 35 articles in peer-refereed SCI journals with 10 of them appearing in the top-tier Q1 journals including Physical Review Letters, npj Computational Materials, and Engineering. The quality of my scholarly work is validated by the awards and recognitions I have received. My work won the National Expert Youth Talent Program of China in 2016, the support from the international strategy collaboration project funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China in 2017, and also the Outstanding Youth Scientist Award at the China-Materials Research Society (C-MRS) Conference in 2018. My academic contribution is also evidenced by my services to the profession. I have served as a guest editor for one special issue “Graphene and other Two-dimensional Materials” together with the 2010 Nobel Prize Laureate, Prof. Dr. K. S. Novoselov at University of Manchester, and two other colleagues in 2018. I serve on the editorial review boards of multiple journals including the Frontiers of Physics and IEEE Access. I also serve as the Director of Global Challenge Scholar Program at Beihang campus, which is one initiative program set up by National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of US.

I believe that my professional achievements have attested to the exceptional quality of the doctoral program at CityU.” (Jun 2019)

Ms. BAO Chiann

Master of Arts in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (2003)
School of Law, CityU

Secretary-General
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

“Coming to Hong Kong for the first time in 2000, I had the good fortune of participating in CityU’s Master of Arts in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution programme. Learning from top professors, participating in invaluable extracurricular activities such as the Willem Vis Moot programme and sitting among a wide range of professionals with practical experiences were but some of the highlights of my time at CityU. These experiences provided me with the ideal foundation in international arbitration and dispute resolution to launch my career and allowed me to establish friendships and connections which have continued to support me throughout. I fondly recollect all the support I received from my professors and colleagues along the way and even to this day, find their advice and encouragement invaluable to my career development. In turn, it is very much a priority of mine to work with the next generation and find ways to educate and develop future dispute resolution practitioners.” (Nov 2013)