According to metrics compiled by Stanford University and the updated data published on 10 October 2022, eighteen faculty members of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) are listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists (i.e., top 2% in the world in their own areas of specialty), that equates to around 50% of the School’s entire faculty body. This exciting news reflects our faculty’s high academic standards and excellent research performance. This year’s 18 top 2% scientists from SEE are, in alphabetical order, Dr.
Congratulations to Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), who has been conferred the CityU Outstanding Research Award for 2022 in the Junior Faculty category in recognition of his outstanding research, development, and knowledge transfer achievements.
Under the Named Chair Professorship Scheme of City University of Hong Kong (CityU), two faculty members of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) have been named with endowed professors. They are Professor Wang Wenxiong, TUYF Chair Professorship in Oceanography, and Professor Michael Leung Kwok-hi, Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professorship in Energy and Environment.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE), in collaboration with the CFA Institute, hosted an Alumni Event titled “Careers in ESG for Engineers” on 6 October 2022 to introduce the career opportunity in ESG and sustainability to SEE alumni.
Miss Yuwei Du, Dr. Sai Liu and Dr. Aiqiang Pan in Dr. Edwin Tso's research group were awarded as the Idea-Stage Startup Winner in Climate Action Recognition Scheme 2021-22. The Award Ceremony organized by Hong Kong SDG Hub was held on 24 September 2022.
Dr. Jason Lam’s paper titled “The Structural Phase Effect of MoS2 in Controlling the Reaction Selectivity between Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation and Dimerization of Furfural” has been published in ACS Catalysis (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c02137) and featured as the front cover article in Issue 18, Volume 12.
Out of 208 projects from 23 countries and regions, Dr. Denis Yu’s innovation on a new kind of battery, a dual-ion battery (DIB), has earned him a top 20 spot in the Tera-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition, a smart energy innovation competition jointly organised by The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) and State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC) under the theme of “exploring zero-carbon innovations for the future”.
Dr. Sam Hsu’s paper titled “Bandgap Funneling in Bismuth-Based Hybrid Perovskite photocatalyst with efficient Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution” has been published (IF: 15.367; DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202200326) and featured as the back cover in Small Methods.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) held an internal party on 31 August 2022 to express sincere thanks to Professor Chak Chan for his outstanding leadership to SEE over the past six years, and a warm welcome to the new Dean, Prof Chen Guohua, for joining SEE family.
