17 faculty members from HKUST’s Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) have been ranked among the world’s Top 2% most-cited scientists for 2024, according to the latest metrics compiled by Stanford University, published on September 16, 2024.
The number of AIS faculty members listed in the report accounts for 36% of our regular faculty. 5 of them have been featured on both lists of career-long and single-year impact. The listing of our faculty members spans across diverse scientific fields, namely Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Economics & Business, Enabling & Strategic Technologies, Engineering, Information & Communication Technologies, Physics & Astronomy, and Social Sciences.
This recognition underscores AIS’ strength in driving interdisciplinary research and new pedagogy, and the diverse expertise of our faculty members. Applause for our top-notch faculty members for their contributions and influence in their respective fields!
Career-long and Single-year Impact (in alphabetical order by surname)
Prof. CHEN Fei PhD, Blaise Pascal University
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Prof. Laurence DELINA
Expertise: Renewable energy; Environmental sustainability; Global and planetary change; Policy evaluations |
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Prof. WU Xun
Expertise: Health policy; Water resource management; Anti-corruption; Policy design and innovations; Technology policy |
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Prof. YU Jianzhen
Expertise: Aerosol chemistry; Analytical chemistry; Atmospheric applications; Environmental analysis |
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Acting Head, Division of Integrative Systems and Design Expertise: Computer networking; Wireless systems; Cyber-physical systems; Mobile computing; Cybersecurity |
Single-year Impact (in alphabetical order by surname)
Prof. Alex Jingwei HE
Expertise: Health policy; Policy design and innovations; Population aging; Social policy |
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Prof. Alexis LAU
Expertise: Air quality analysis, forecasts and management, Air pollution exposure and health impact assessment, Climate adaptation and resilience, Sustainable urban environment, Green and sustainable finance |
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Prof. Kei May LAU
Expertise: Compound semiconductor materials and devices; III-V on Si integration by epitaxy; Photonics devices; Power semiconductor devices |
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Prof. LUO Wenhan PhD, Imperial College London
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Prof. QU Huamin
Expertise: Information visualization, Big data, Human-computer interaction, Artificial intelligence, Mobile augmented reality |
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Prof. XU Dongfang
Expertise: 6G network design; Wireless communication techniques; Optimization theory; Machine learning-based communication |
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Prof. Sai-Kit YEUNG PhD, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Prof. ZHU Pengyu
Expertise: Big data and urban planning, Sustainable transportation, Economic development policy, |
Career-long Impact (in alphabetical order by surname)
Prof. CHAN Chi Ming
Expertise: Surface and interface science; Polymer blends and alloys; Conductive composite polymers; |
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Prof. TSUI Chi Ying
Expertise: AI hardware accelerator; Baseband application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC); Computer architecture; Embedded systems; Energy harvesting; Integrated circuits and systems |
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Prof. YEUNG King Lun
Expertise: Environmental pollution treatment; Nanoporous and nanostructured materials; Biomedical engineering (BME) |
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Prof. Nevin ZHANG PhD, The University of British Columbia
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About World’s Top 2% of the Most-cited Scientists by Stanford University 2024
The “science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators” compiled by Stanford University is based on the top 100,000 scientists by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in the sub-field, using Scopus data. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the standard Science-Metrix classification. Career-long data are updated to end-of-2023 and single recent year data pertain to citations received during calendar year 2023.
Click here to read the latest metrics published on September 16, 2024: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7