10 SEE Faculty Members Awarded GRF Research Grants in 2025/26 Exercise
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is proud to announce that ten of its faculty members have successfully secured funding from the Research Grants Council (RGC) under the General Research Fund (GRF) for the 2025/26 exercise. The awarded projects have collectively received over HK$9 million in funding, supporting a diverse range of impactful research initiatives in energy, environment, and sustainability.
Awarded Projects and Principal Investigators:
| Principal Investigator (PI) | Project Title |
| Prof. Wen-Xiong WANG, Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) |
Assessing Micro / Nanoplastic Impacts on Fish Cardiovascular, Brain, and Liver Systems Under Environmentally Relevant Conditions |
| Prof. Zhiguo YUAN AM, Chair Professor |
High-speed and high-resolution hybrid hydraulic modelling in support of digital control of sewer systems |
| Prof. Chunhua LIU, Chair Professor |
Smart Integrated Energy and Information Transmission in Microgrid: Novel Design and Application of Lego Power Module based Energy Router |
| Prof Patrick LEE, Professor |
A 10-Year Longitudinal Study of Bacterial and Viral Communities in Indoor Built Environments Worldwide |
| Prof Angus YIP, Professor |
Electrically Driven Amplified Spontaneous Emission Towards Metal Halide Perovskite Laser Diodes |
| Prof. Wei WU, Associate Professor |
Ternary Deep-Eutectic-Solvent Tuned by Carbon-Quantum-Dot for Large-Concentration-Glide and Highly-Stable Membrane-Mediated Microchannel Absorption Thermal Battery with Swirling Enhancement |
| Prof. Jin SHANG, Associate Professor |
Selective gas admission and adsorption enabled by molecular trapdoor mechanism in channel-type porous crystalline solids for gas separation |
| Prof. Yiming QIN, Assistant Professor |
Laboratory Investigation of Particle Surface Organic Peroxy Radicals Chemistry |
| Prof. Xuan WANG, Assistant Professor |
Under-appreciated anthropogenic coarse particulate matter in China: quantifying the emission and impacts on climate and atmospheric chemistry |
| Prof. Xue WANG, Assistant Professor |
Carbon dioxide electrolysis to ethylene with high efficiency in acidic media |
This remarkable achievement underscores SEE’s unwavering commitment to advancing interdisciplinary research and driving innovation in response to global challenges. The awarded projects reflect the School’s breadth and depth of expertise, further reinforcing its leadership in addressing sustainability issues through high-impact research.
SEE extends its heartfelt congratulations to all the awardees and looks forward to the valuable contributions their research will bring to the advancement of the field.