Fall Issue, 2025

This is an electronic newsletter published online by the Department of Academic Personnel Administration to announce faculty academic administrative appointments effective April 8, 2025, unless otherwise specified, as well as new faculty members who have joined us or received joint appointments since April 8, 2025, and before September 30, 2025. This issue also features selected awards and honors received by faculty in recognition of their outstanding achievements in their respective fields over the past year. We extend our warmest welcome to colleagues newly on board and congratulate those who have received appointments. (Names under each section are listed alphabetically by the initial letter of the last name.)

Administrative Appointment

Office of Vice-President (Research)

  • Ricky Shi-Wei LEE 李世玮
    Chair Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
    appointed Acting Vice-President (Research)
    (effective 7 August 2025)

Function Hub

  • Ping GAO 高平
    Professor in the Thrust of Advanced Materials
    re-appointed Head of the Thrust of Advanced Materials
    (effective 1 September 2025)

  • Jiang XU 须江
    Professor in the Thrust of Microelectronics
    re-appointed Head of the Thrust of Microelectronics
    (effective 1 September 2025)

Information Hub

  • Xiaowen CHU 褚晓文
    Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
    appointed Acting Head of the Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
    (effective 8 September 2025)

  • Danny Hin Kwok TSANG 曾宪国
    Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Things
    re-appointed Head of the Thrust of Internet of Things
    (effective 1 September 2025)

  • Jeffrey Xu YU 于旭
    Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
    appointed Acting Head of the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
    (effective 8 September 2025)

Systems Hub

  • Yunda WANG 王蕴达
    Associate Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
    appointed Associate Dean of the Systems Hub
    (effective 1 July 2025)

  • Qiang HUANG 黄强
    Professor in the Thrust of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
    appointed Acting Head of the Thrust of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
    (effective 1 August 2025)

  • Robert Zhong QI 齐众
    Professor in the Thrust of Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering
    re-appointed Head of the Thrust of Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering
    (effective 1 September 2025)

  • Kai TANG 汤凯
    Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
    re-appointed Head of the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
    (effective 1 September 2025)

Society Hub

  • Ye QI
    Chair Professor in the Thrust of Carbon Neutrality and Climate Change
    appointed Dean of Society Hub
    (effective 1 August 2025)

  • Kejun JIANG 姜克隽
    Professor in the Thrust of Carbon Neutrality and Climate Change
    appointed Acting Head of the Thrust of Carbon Neutrality and Climate Change
    (effective 1 July 2025)

  • Ge Lin KAN
    Professor in the Thrust of Urban Governance and Design
    re-appointed Head of the Thrust of Urban Governance and Design
    (effective 1 September 2025)

College of Education Sciences

  • Jinyuan MA 马近远
    Senior Lecturer in the Pillar of General Education
    appointed Head of the Pillar of General Education
    (effective 1 September 2025)