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UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Profiles
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Simon Wan CHAN, 陳雲
- Department of Chemistry - Professor
- Division of Environment and Sustainability - Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Qing CHEN, 陳擎
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Associate Professor
- Department of Chemistry - Associate Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Sherry Lixue CHENG, 程立雪
- Department of Chemistry - Assistant Professor
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering - Assistant Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Hong Kong Center for Renewable Energy and Storage (HKCRES)
WU, J. (PI), CHEN, G. (PI), GREY, C. (CoI), FAN, Z. (CoI), LI, G. (PI), CHENG, H. (CoI), YAN, H. (PI), TARASCON, J.-M. (CoI), CHEN, G. (PI), SHAO, M. (PI), LI, J. (CoI), ZHAO, T. (PI), ZHANG, T. (PI), DE VOLDER, M. (CoI), GRAETZEL, M. (CoI), LI, W. (CoI), HU, X. (PI), WANG, Z. (CoI) & OUYANG, M. (PI)
1/09/26 → 31/08/31
Project: Research
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Environment and Conservation Fund Investigating Atmospheric Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds in Hong Kong and GBA: Source, Formation and Environmental Impacts
CHEN, Y. (CoI), WANG, Z. (PI), KOENIG, T. (CoI) & GUO, W. (CoI)
Environment and Conservation Fund / Woo Wheelock Green Fund
1/08/26 → 31/07/28
Project: Research
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Control of Chirality and Spin in Halide Perovskites: from Fundamental Study to Quantum Sensing and Optoelectronics
LU, H. (PI), LEI, S. (CoPI), YANG, S. (Team member) & HUANG, Z. (CoPI)
RGC - Collaborative Research Fund
30/06/26 → 29/06/29
Project: Research
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Expansion of Lectin-directed Protein Aggregation Therapy (LPAT) for Various Metastatic Cancer Cell Types
VONG, K. (PI), HAN, X. (CoI) & LIU, Y. (Team member)
Innovation and Technology Commission, Chemmino Biotechnology Limited
1/06/26 → 30/11/27
Project: Research
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Virtual screening of circularly polarized luminescent materials featuring through-space interactions for biological imaging
XIONG, Z. (PI)
RGC - Junior Research Fellow Scheme
26/05/26 → 25/05/28
Project: Research
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Efficient Development and Biological Application of Chiral Weak Interaction-based Emitters via Virtual Screening
XIONG, Z. (PI)
12/02/26 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Designing Functionalised Bio-carbons to Propel a Biorenewable Hydrogen Economy
EAKALAK, K. (CoPI), Tsang, D. (PI), KHANAL, S. K. (CoPI), LO, I. M. C. (CoPI), XU, C. C. (CoPI), HALPERT, J. E. (CoPI), SHANG, J. (CoPI) & MATUS, K. (CoPI)
RGC - Collaborative Research Fund
1/02/26 → 31/01/29
Project: Research
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Development and Fabrication of High Efficient and Stable All-polymer Solar Cells
YAN, H. (PI) & YU, H. (CoI)
Innovation and Technology Commission, PIE Coating Technology (Shenzhen) Co. LTD.
1/02/26 → 31/01/28
Project: Research
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Research output
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A Binary Catalytic System for Enantioselective Annulation of 3-Amino Oxetanes with Isocyanates Leading to Antiviral Chiral 2-Iminothiazolidines
Han, Z., Duan, M., Wan, Q., Chen, C., Yang, W., Lai, Z., Yu, P., Huang, H., He, M. L., Houk, K. N. & Sun, J., 16 Jan 2026, In: ACS Catalysis. 16, 2, p. 1585-1593 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Acellular oxidative potential and chemical composition of atmospheric PM2.5 in an urban environment in Hong Kong.
NG, P. H., CHENG, Y. & YU, J., 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Poster
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Achieving high-efficiency and stable narrowband organic electroluminescence via synchronously activating hot-exciton and triplet-triplet annihilation processes in multi-resonance emitters
Xiao, C., Zhang, H., Ma, B., Yang, Y., Ou, N., He, J., Chen, Y., Zhao, Z., Ma, D., Wang, Z. & Tang, B. Z., 16 Apr 2026, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 36, 31, 11 p., e27439.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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A Cytosine‑Bulged (3+1) Hybrid G‑Quadruplex Formed by the Chicken DNA Replication Origin
You, Y., Suen, M. C., Miao, H., Geng, Y., Din, R. U., Yuan, M., Xue, Q., Li, X., Xu, N., Guo, Z., Lam, H. M., Lo, K. W., Liu, C. & Zhu, G., 15 Jul 2026, In: Chemistry - A European Journal. 12 p., e71389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Additive-Induced Fibrillation of Acceptor Enhances the Efficiency of Sequentially Deposited Organic Solar Cells Approaching 20%
Liu, Z., Fu, Y., Zheng, W., Wu, J., Zhao, M., Liu, J., Yan, H. & Xie, Z., 2 Feb 2026, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 36, 10, 13 p., e16060.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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A dual-twisted molecular strategy achieves dramatic quantum-yield enhancement in NIR-II AIEgen for high-performance bioimaging
Yang, S., Guo, L., Ou, X., Yao, J., Zheng, J., Zheng, M., Jin, G., Zhou, S. & Tang, B. Z., Dec 2026, In: Biomaterials. 335, 10 p., 124404.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Advances in Zr-mediated radical transformations and applications to total synthesis
OGAWA, H. & NAKAMURA, H., 5 Jan 2026, In: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 22, 1, p. 71-87 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Aerosol organic nitrogen across the global marine boundary layer: distribution patterns and controlling factors
Sun, N., Yu, X., Yu, J. Z., Zhang, B., Li, Y., Hu, Y., Li, Z., Chen, Z. & Shi, G., 3 Feb 2026, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 26, 3, p. 1699-1712 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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A Formal Aldehydic C-H Borylation
Lin, J. & Quan, Y., 1 Apr 2026, In: Synlett. 37, 6, p. 679-686 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Forensics, Sport doping, security and exposome / Junior chair
VORWERK, A. M. (Moderator)
28 Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Two are better than one? Performance of a two-channel GC-EI-TOF-MS with two-stage thermal desorption pre-concentration for online ambient air VOC monitoring / Author
VORWERK, A. M. (Speaker)
27 Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Two are better than one? Performance of a two-channel GC-EI-TOF-MS with two-stage thermal desorption pre-concentration for online ambient air VOC monitoring / Author
VORWERK, A. M. (Speaker)
23 Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Fantastic GC-MS and where to find them: Insights into a GC-MS instrumentation used for online ambient air VOC measurements / Author
VORWERK, A. M. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Fantastic GC-MS and where to find them: Insights into a GC-MS instrumentation used for online ambient air VOC measurements / Author
VORWERK, A. M. (Speaker)
9 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Overcoming Lattice Interpenetration in Zn(INA)2 Diamondoid MOFs
LAU, K. S. (Contributor), Wang, E. (Contributor), SUNG, H. H. Y. (Contributor) & WILLIAMS, I. D. (Contributor)
30 Mar 2026 → 1 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Overcoming Lattice Interpenetration in Zn(INA)2 Diamondoid MOFs
LAU, K. S. (Contributor), Wang, E. (Contributor), SUNG, H. H. Y. (Contributor) & WILLIAMS, I. D. (Contributor)
19 Jan 2026 → 23 Jan 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Ultrapore Engineering of Copper Isonicotinate MOFs Using Ligand Solid Solutions
LEUNG, H. Y. (Contributor), LAU, K. S. (Contributor), Wang, E. (Contributor), Wong, L. W. Y. (Contributor), SUNG, H. H. Y. (Contributor) & WILLIAMS, I. D. (Contributor)
19 Jan 2026 → 23 Jan 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Drug discovery inspired by natural product total synthesis
TONG, R. (Invited speaker)
22 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
Awards
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Best Poster Award in the 32nd Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong
ZHU, Z. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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HKSMS Symposium 2026 Best Poster Award
VORWERK, A. M. (Recipient), 20 Jun 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award
ZHU, Z. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award for Continuing PhD Students in 2025-26
ZHU, X. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Honorary Award
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HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award for Continuing PhD Students in 2025-26
OGAWA, H. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Honorary Award
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Press/Media
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13 HKUST Research Projects Secure Top Funding from RGC Collaborative Research Fund and Research Impact Fund
WANG, D., WANG, S., CHEN, S., TSANG, C. W., ZHAI, Y., ZHANG, F., LI, M., MENG, Z., WANG, G., YANG, Y., LU, H., LI, X. & CHENG, K.-T. T.
7/01/26
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Courses
Datasets
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Dry and wet nitrogen deposition observation in coastal Hong Kong from September 2023 to November 2024
YU, X. (Owner) & YU, J. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 5 Dec 2025
Dataset
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Hourly POC and SOC and other PM2.5 major components (July 2020-December 2021) at the HKUST Supersite, Hong Kong
YU, J. (Owner) & WANG, S. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 20 Sept 2023
Dataset
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Aerosol pH and sensitivity test at Yuen Long site from July 2013 to June 2017
ZHANG, Z. (Owner) & YU, J. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, Dec 2025
Dataset
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PM2.5 major components and select tracers during eleven pollution episodes (30 Aug.-31 Dec. 2020) at the HKUST Air Quality Research Supersite, Hong Kong
YU, J. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 25 Apr 2022
Dataset
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Online measurements data of organic molecular markers and other pollutants at SAES supersite during 2019-2020 wintertime episodes
ZHU, S. (Owner) & YU, J. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 1 Dec 2022
Dataset
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North China Plain and Sichuan Basin OC&EC, IN&ON data during winter 2023-2024
Cao, C. (Owner), YU, J. (Owner) & Wang, G. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 19 Mar 2025
Dataset
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Hourly data three sugars and meteorological parameters @HKUST
YU, J. (Owner) & WANG, Q. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 28 Feb 2025
Dataset
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en-year (2008-2017) PM2.5 major components and select tracers at Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
YU, J. (Owner), CHOW, W. S. (Owner) & Huang, H. X. H. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 28 Jan 2022
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Student theses
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(A) Synthesis of adamantylidene adducts of C₆₀ ; and (B) Calixarene derivatives as potential modifiers in nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis
Cheung, J. Y. S. (Author), 1997Student thesis: Master's thesis
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"Ionic Diels-Alder reactions in the synthesis of analogues of the potent Chinese antimalarial drug Qinghaosu (Artemisinin)"
Lam, K. P. (Author), 1997Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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2,3-anti-selective aldol of benzylic nitriles
Lo, K. M. (Author), 1995Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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3D printing-replication microfabrication techniques and an integrated, individually-addressable microfluidic single-cell array chip
WANG, Q. (Author), WU, H. (Supervisor), 2022Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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A cellular immune response marker : neopterin and its potential applications
Leung, M. F. (Author), 2008Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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A chemical model for mode of antimalarial action of artemisinin
Pai, H. H. O. (Author), 1998Student thesis: Master's thesis
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Achmatowicz rearrangement in total syntheses of diarylheptanoid natural products
LI, Z. (Author), 2017Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Achmatowicz rearrangement in total synthesis of siladenoserinols and berkeleyacetals
MARQUEZ CADENA, M. A. (Author), TONG, R. (Supervisor), 2021Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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A Cyclodepsipeptide Nature Product from Saccharothrix Syringae Targets DNA in Its Mode of Action
DU, K. (Author), GUO, Z. (Supervisor), 2026Student thesis: Doctoral thesis