Faculty
QUALIFICATIONS
Date Qualification Institute/Issuing Authority
Dec 1999 Ph.D. The University of Hong Kong
Nov 1995 B.Sc. (1st Class Honours) The University of Hong Kong
AWARD
Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association (APA) Prize for young scientists (2009-2010)
Croucher Foundation Studentship (1995-1997)
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Form To Position Employment Institute
Sept 2012 Presence Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, SUSTC
Oct 2005 Aug 2012 Research Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, HKU
Jun 2003 Sep 2005 Research Officer Department of Chemistry, HKU
Jun 2000 May 2003 Post-doctoral Fellow Department of Chemistry, HKU
Dec 1998 May 2000 Research Associate Department of Chemistry, HKU
RESEARCH FUNDING
Principal and Sole Investigator
In P. R. China
Project Title Design of New Bichromophoric and Biluminescent Sensory Systems Based on Rhodamine Derivatives Coupled to Transition Metal Complexes
Funding Source National Natural Science Foundation of China
Awarded Year 2014
Awarded Amount RMB850,000
Project Title Design and Synthetic Strategies Towards Novel Classes of Rhodium(III) Complexes Showing Long-lived Luminescence with Tunable Colors
Funding Source Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality
Grant Title Peacock plan technology innovation fund (2015/01-2016/12)
Awarded Year 2014
Awarded Amount RMB600,000
Funding Source Organization Department of CPC Central Committee
Awarded Year 2012
Awarded Amount RMB2,000,000
In Hong Kong
Project Title Design and Synthesis of Molecular Chemosensors and Logic Gates Based on Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) of Transition Metal Complex Chromophores
Funding Source Research Grants Council
Grant Title General Research Fund (GRF) for 2007/2008
Awarded Year 2007
Awarded Amount HK$545,000
Project Title Monodisperse Luminescent Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Oligomers: Design, Synthesis and Photophysical Properties
Funding Source The University of Hong Kong
Grant Title Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Awarded Year 2010
Awarded Amount HK$40,000
Project Title Luminescent Heterometallic Lanthanide(III) Complexes of d-f Systems
Funding Source The University of Hong Kong
Grant Title Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Awarded Year 2009
Awarded Amount HK$50,000
Project Title Design and Synthesis of Luminescent Polynuclear Heterometallic Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes
Funding Source The University of Hong Kong
Grant Title Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Awarded Year 2008
Awarded Amount HK$100,000
Project Title Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence Properties of Alkynyl Rhenium(I) Diimine Complexes
Funding Source The University of Hong Kong
Grant Title Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Awarded Year 2007
Awarded Amount HK$120,000
Project Title Design and Synthesis of Luminescent Organoplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes with Donor and/or Acceptor Pendants
Funding Source The University of Hong Kong
Grant Title Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Awarded Year 2006
Awarded Amount HK$80,000
Co-Investigator
Project Title Development of Gold(III)-containing triplet light-emitting materials and their application studies in the fabrication of OLEDs
Funding Source Innovation and Technology Council
Grant Title Innovation and Technology Support Programme (Tier 3)
Awarded Year 2010
Awarded Amount HK$999,350
Project Title Development of Gold(III)-containing Triplet Light-emitting Materials and Their Application Studies in the Fabrication of OLEDs and WOLEDs
Funding Source Innovation and Technology Council
Grant Title Innovation and Technology Support Programme (Tier 3)
Awarded Year 2008
Awarded Amount HK$999,350
Project Title Synthesis, Aggregation and Self-assembly of Luminescent Functional Molecules - from Solutions to Polymers, Ordered Thin Films, Inorganic-Organic Hybrids, and Supramolecular and Nano-Assemblies
Funding Source Research Grants Council
Grant Title NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Awarded Year 2007
Awarded Amount HK$719,700
Project Title Development of Organic Optoelectronics Materials Research
Funding Source The University of Hong Kong
Grant Title Faculty Development Fund of The University of Hong Kong
Awarded Year 2006
Awarded Amount HK$700,000
PUBLICATIONS
Summary: (ISI Web of Knowledge, 2015/07/08)
112 publications
H-index = 42
Total citation (excluding self-citation) = 5193