External Honours and Awards

Below are selected examples of external honours and awards received by our researchers for the contributions that their research had made to society.

Year of Award	Awardee	Department	Award	Awarding Organisation
2023	Professor Xuechen Li	Department of Chemistry	Contribution Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry	Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)
2023	Professor Vivian Yam	Department of Chemistry	2023-24 Bailar Medal	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2023	Dr Wilton Fok	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Invention & Innovation Cai Award (China Delegation) & Prize of the Delegation of Malaysia & Gold Medal (for 'Artificial Intelligence MGF Network for Anomalies Detection')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Professor Barbara Chan	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Programme	Gold Medals with Congratulations of the Jury (for 'Programmable Cell Niche Engineering Platform')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Dr Jie Zhou, Dr Man Chun Chiu, Dr Cun Li and Professor Kwok Yung Yuen	Department of Microbiology	Gold Medal (for 'Respiratory Organoids')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Professor Sun Hongzhe, Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Dr Yuan Shuofeng, Dr Wang RunMing, Dr Li Hongyan, Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-Woo, Dr Cheng Tianfan, Mrs Wang SuYu, and Mr Chan Chun Lung		Gold Medal (for 'Bismuth-based Cocktail Therapy for Coronavirus')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	WISE Research Group		Gold Medal (for 'PERfECT Wearables for Digital Health')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Professor Jiandong Huang and Dr Yefan Hu	School of Biomedical Sciences	Gold Medal (for 'Method of Developing a Peptide-based Vaccine Conjugated with 1V209')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Professor Anderson Shum, Dr. Hassan Sammer Ul and Mr. Nicky Lee	Department of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre	Gold Medal (for 'DipμChip – Capillary Microfluidic Platform for Point-of-care Diagnostics')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Professor Anthony Yeh, Dr Zhong Teng and Dr Run Shi	Department of Urban Planning and Design	Silver Medal (for 'Smart Address Plates for Pedestrian Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Services and Management')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Professor Pengtao Liu, Dr Degong Ruan and Professor Fang Liu	Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine and Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology	Silver Medal (for 'A Novel Stem Cell-based Platform for Antiviral Discovery, Vaccine and Healthy Natural Products')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Dr Ka-Wai Kwok	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Silver Medal (for 'Ultra-thin Flexible Robotic Instruments for Endoluminal Surgery')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Professor Kevin Tsia and Dr Kelvin Lee	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Silver Medal (for 'Automatic Alignment of Microparticles')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Dr Kin Hang Kok	Department of Microbiology	Silver Medal (for 'Interferon-integrated coronavirus vaccine: a next-generation universal live vaccine protects against pan beta-coronavirus infection')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Dr Kin Hang Kok	Department of Microbiology	Silver Medal (for 'NanoComplex')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Prof Wilson Lu, Professor Anthony Yeh and Mr KL Tam	iLab of the Faculty of Architecture and Department of Urban Planning and Design	Bronze Medal (for 'Remote e-Inspection System for the Manufacturing and Delivery of Offsite Modular Construction')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Dr Edmund Tse, Wanying Wang	Department of Chemistry	Bronze Medal (for 'On-site Fertilizer Production for Perpetual Farming')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Professor Chuan Wu, Dr Hao Luo, Dr Zhao Chongyu and Dr Wen Rongwei	Department of Computer Science	Bronze Medal (for 'Smart Elderly Walker')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Dr Louisa Hoi-Ying Lo, Dr William Whitehouse and Professor Julian Tanner	Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre	Bronze Medal (for 'Aptasensor for Sepsis Diagnostic')	48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
2023	Dr Yi Yang	Department of Physics	35 Innovators Under 35 for China	MIT Technology Review
2023	Dr Chao Xiang	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	35 Innovators Under 35 for China	MIT Technology Review
2023	Professor Victor O.K. Li	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Health Longevity Catalyst Award 2022	United States National Academy of Medicine
2023	Professor Barbara Chan	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Health Longevity Catalyst Award 2022	United States National Academy of Medicine
2023	Dr Chenshu Wu	Department of Computer Science	Health Longevity Catalyst Award 2022	United States National Academy of Medicine
2023	Dr Wei-Ning Lee	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Health Longevity Catalyst Award 2022	United States National Academy of Medicine
2023	Professor Pengtao Liu	School of Biomedical Sciences	Health Longevity Catalyst Award 2022	United States National Academy of Medicine
2023	Professor Billy Chow	School of Biological Sciences	Health Longevity Catalyst Award 2022	United States National Academy of Medicine
2022	Professor Xiaobo Yin	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Xplorer Prize 2022	Tencent Foundation
2022	Dr Kaibin Huang	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	IEEE Fellow 2021	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2021	Professor Yuguo Li	Department of Mechanical Engineering	ASHRAE Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award 2021	The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
2021	Professor Vivian Wing-Wah Yam	Department of Chemistry	American Chemical Society (ACS) National Award – 2022 Josef Michl ACS Award in Photochemistry	American Chemical Society
2021	Dr Jian He	Department of Chemistry	Croucher Innovation Awards 2021	Croucher Foundation
2020	Professor Jiandong Huang	School of Biomedical Sciences	Croucher Senior Research Fellowships 2021	Croucher Foundation
2020	Professor Man Fung Yuen	Department of Medicine	Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship 2021	Croucher Foundation
2019	Dr Yufeng Wang	Department of Chemistry	Croucher Innovation Award 2019	Croucher Foundation
2019	Professor Anderson Shum	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2020	Croucher Foundation
2019	Professor Wang Yao	Department of Physics	Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2020	Croucher Foundation
2019	Dr Ping Luo	Department of Computer Science	Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific	MIT Technology Review
2019	Dr Ziyan Guo	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific	MIT Technology Review
2019	Dr Hao Guo	Department of Civil Engineering	Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific	MIT Technology Review
2019	Dr Wendi Li	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Gold Medal with the Congratulations of Jury (for ‘Transparent Conducting Film’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Professor Chuyang Tang	Department of Civil Engineering	Gold Medal (for ‘Portable Water Filter’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Professor Lijian Jin and Dr Tze Chuen Ng	Faculty of Dentistry	Gold Medal (for ‘NJ Toothbrush’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Professor Aimin Xu	Department of Medicine	Gold Medal (for ‘Methods and Compositions for Use of Neutrophil Elastase and Proteinase 3 as Diagnostic Biomarkers’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Dr Hani Said El-Nezamy	School of Biological Sciences	Gold Medal (for ‘A novel probiotic mixture “Prohep” for potential treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Professor Yiu Cheong Dennis Leung	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Silver Award (for ‘Paper Battery’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Dr Yong Hu	Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	Silver Award (for ‘Soft Robotic Glove for Rehabilitation’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Dr Anderson Shum	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Silver Award (for ‘Project ADEN: Affordable Automated Diversified Encapsulation’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Dr Henry Ying Kei Lau	Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering	Silver Award (for ‘The Real Virtuality for Aircraft Inspection (ReVAI) Training System’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Dr Vincent Wai Leuk Tam	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Silver Award (for ‘SmartEat’)	47^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2019	Professor Yizhou Yu	Department of Computer Science	IEEE Fellow 2019	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2019	Dr Lijun Jiang	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	IEEE Fellow 2019	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2018	Professor Ron Shu Yuen Hui	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Fellow	US National Academy of Inventors
2018	Dr Ruibang Luo	Department of Computer Science	Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific	MIT Technology Review
2018	Professor Shu Yuen Ron Hui	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	The Prize of Patent Office Of Cooperation Council for THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF – CCPO and Gold Medal with Special Recognition by the International Jury of Experts (for ‘Passive LED Power Driver: a Smart and Environmental-Friendly Street Lighting Technology’)	46^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2018	Professor Yok Lam Kwong and Professor Cyrus Rustam Kumana	Department of Medicine	Gold Medal (for ‘Arsenol^®: The First Oral Formulation of Arsenic Trioxide’)	46^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2018	Professor Wutian Wu and Mr Hei Ming Lai	School of Biomedical Sciences	Gold Medal (for ‘Development and Applications of Next Generation Histology for 3D Interrogation of Human Brain’)	46^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2018	Professor Anthony Gar-On Yeh and Dr Teng Zhong	Department of Urban Planning and Design	Gold Medal (for ‘Angle Difference Method for Vehicle Navigation in Multilevel Road Networks’)	46^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2018	Dr Tiantian Kong, Dr Zhou Liu, Ms Jingmei Li, Dr Anderson Ho Cheung Shum and Professor Liqiu Wang	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Silver Medal (for ‘Efficient and Rapid Mixing of Highly Viscous Fluids’)	46^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2018	Professor William Weijia Lu, Dr Christian Xinshuo Fang and Mr Sloan Austin Kulper	Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	Silver Medal (for ‘Anti-penetration Bone Implant Device and Method’)	46^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2018	Professor Xuechen Li	Department of Chemistry	Silver Medal (for ‘Development of Next-Generation Antibacterial Drugs’)	46^thInternational Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2018	Professor Liqiu Wang and Mr Ping An Zhu	Department of Mechanical Engineering	TechConnect Global Innovation Award for ‘Omniphobic porous membrane and methods for preparing the same’)	TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo (TCWI) 2018
2018	Dr Mingxin Huang and Dr Binbin He	Department of Mechanical Engineering	TechConnect Global Innovation Award (for ‘Super Steel - A method for the fabrication of a super-strong and ductile multi-phase steel’)	TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo (TCWI) 2018
2017	Dr Giulio Chiribella	Department of Computer Science	Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2018-2019	Croucher Foundation
2017	Professor Kenneth Mei Yee Leung	School of Biological Sciences	Biwako Prize for Ecology	Ecological Society of Japan
2016	Mr Joshua Paul Bolchover and Mr John Chun-han Lin	Department of Architecture	RIBA Award for International Excellence and RIBA International Emerging Architect prize	Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
2016	Professor Nagendra Shan	School of Biological Sciences	International Dairy Foods Association Research Award in Dairy Foods Processing	American Dairy Science Association
2016	Dr Heming Cui	Department of Computer Science	Croucher Innovation Award	Croucher Foundation
2014	Mr John Chun-han Lin and Mr Oliver Patrick Ottevere	Department of Architecture	World Small Project of the Year 2014	World Architecture Festival
2014	Professor Chi Yung Jim	Department of Geography	L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research	International Society of Arboriculture