| The
Nobel Connection at HKBU Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Baptist University |
| The 2001 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner, Professor K. Barry Sharpless, was
the post-doctoral research supervisor of our chemistry colleague Professor
Albert Lee. All together, five scientists at HKBU had worked under the direct
supervision, either as Ph.D. students or post-doctoral researchers, of a
Chemistry Nobel Laureate. Four of them are from the Chemistry Department. Prof. Rick W. K. Wong, Chemistry Department and Dean of the Science Faculty, with GEOFFREY WILKINSON (Nobel Prize, organometallic chemistry, 1973) at Imperial College. more details... Dr. M. H. Mok (Retired in 2006. Former vice-President of Administration, former Head of the Chemistry Department) and Dr. S. K. So (Physics Department), with JOHN C. POLANYI (Nobel Prize, dynamic of chemical elementary processes, 1986) at the University of Toronto. Dr. Frank S. C. Lee (Retired in 2003), Chemistry Department, with SHERWOOD ROWLAND (Nobel Prize, ozone depletion, 1995) at the University of California, Irvine. more details... Prof. Albert W. M. Lee, Chemistry Department, with K. BARRY SHARPLESS (Nobel Prize, asymmetric catalysis, 2001) at MIT. more details... |
Professors Polanyi, Sharpless, and Rowland visited our University in
1991, 1996 and 2000 respectively.
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