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is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Graduate School and
Professor of Physics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He got
his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the
California Institute of Technology. His research interest is on wave
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Medicine, CUHK. He got his Bachelor of Science and Master of Philosophy
degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Doctor of Philosophy
degree from the University of Illinois, USA.
His research interests are:
• Phytochemistry, including isolation,
characterization, and structural elucidation of chemical constituents
of medicinal plants.
• Development of botanical products/drugs,
including Chinese medicines.
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H.K. CHENG is the Professor of the Department of Biochemistry
and also a member of the Center of Novel Functional Molecules at The
Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Professor Cheng received his Bachelor of Science degree from The Chinese
University of Hong Kong and Doctor of Philosophy degree from University
College London. He has carried out extensive research on molecular
endocrinology and on the identification and development of drugs from
both natural and synthetic sources.
He had previously worked in the University of California, San Francisco
and Genentech Inc. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the College
of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Zhejiang University, China. He is also
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is presently the Chairman and Professor of the Department of Biochemistry
and the head of United College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Philosophy degrees
from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Doctor of Philosophy
degree from the University of Hong Kong. His major research focus
is on tumor biochemistry, Chinese Medicine and bio-informatics. |
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presently the Professor of the Department of Biochemistry in the Chinese
University of Hong Kong and the Managing Director of the Hong Kong
Institute of Biotechnology. He obtained his undergraduate degree in
Biochemistry and Economics and Ph.D. degree in Biophysics from the
University of California, Berkeley. |
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in the promotion of Biotechnology in Hong Kong. From 1995 to 1999,
he was a member of the Biotechnology Committee under the Hong Kong
GovernmentIndustry Department. He is also a founding and council member
of the Hong Kong Biotechnology Association. |
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number of conferences and workshops in various biotechnology topics.
Professor HO is currently honorary professor of the Guangzhou Medical
University and Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China
and he has also acted as consultants to a number of biotechnology
companies in Hong Kong. |
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KWONG is currently the Finance Manager of The Chinese University
of Hong Kong. She has over 25 years experience in senior management
and financial operation in both private and public organizations.
Mrs. Kwong is a Fellow member of both the Association
of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. Currently, she is the Honorary Auditor
of The Chinese University Women’s Organization and the Honorary
Financial Advisor of the Staff Association of Shaw College.
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is the Professor and Director of the School of Pharmacy, CUHK. Professor
Lee is a world-renowned leader in ocular drug delivery as well as
macromolecular drug delivery. He previously held leadership posts
at the University of Southern California, ALZA (a Johnson & Johnson
company), and the US Food and Drug Administration. He was elected
to the presidency of two leading global scientific societies and presently
serves as editor-in-chief of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews and
Pharmaceutical Research. In 2003, he was awarded an Honorary
Doctor of Science degree from the University of London, United Kingdom.
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is the Associate Dean (Research) and Professor of Chemical Pathology
of the Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He
received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge
and a Doctor of Medicine and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the
University of Oxford. His major research interest is the biology and
diagnostic applications of cell-free DNA and RNA in human plasma.
He has authored or co-authored over 185 publications in international
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Professor Samuel SUN is
the Professor of the Department of Biology and Director of the
UGC Area of Excellence on Plant and Fungal Biotechnology, the
Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his Bachelor of Science
Degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Doctor of
Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. His research interest
is on plant molecular biology and biotechnology, plant gene isolation,
rice quality improvement and functional genomics. He served a
number of research and academic positions of increasing responsibility,
including Principal Scientist at ARCO Plant Cell Research Institute,
Professor at the Department of Plant Molecular Physiology of the
University of Hawaii. He also holds a number of administrative
positions including member of the Advisory Committee at the Institute
of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taiwan and Board Member of the Germplasma
Improvement Program, National Engineering Research Centre for
Vegetables, China.
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