Campus Digest
Ten HKBU professors to serve as supervisors for Hong Kong Scholars Program to guide top research talent from the Chinese Mainland
Monday, 21 September 2026
In the latest cycle of the Hong Kong Scholars Program, ten HKBU scholars have been paired with outstanding young researchers from universities in the Chinese Mainland, including leading institutions such as Peking University, to serve as their supervisors.
The supervisory team, which includes Professor Michael Ng Kwok-po and Professor Xu Jianliang, Chair Professors of the Faculty of Science and Technology, and Professor Zhang Ge, Chair Professor of the School of Chinese Medicine, will guide the incoming researchers as postdoctoral fellows to advance their research in areas including climate science, paediatric diseases, and AI, propelling cross-border academic exchange and development.
With the number of supervisors more than doubling from the previous cycle, this achievement reflects HKBU’s sustained commitment to nurturing research talent nationwide and playing a key role in supporting the technological and knowledge advancement of both the nation and academia.
2026 Hong Kong Scholars Program | HKBU Mentors and Awarded Fellows
Faculty/School | HKBU Supervisors | Awarded Hong Kong Scholars (Chinese only) | Awarded Projects |
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Professor Gao Meng | 裴巧敏 | Climate-Chemistry Interactions in Asia |
Faculty of Science and Technology | Professor Chen Li | 鄭艷萍 | Research on Key Technology for Modeling Cross-Domain Sequential Behaviors in Recommender Systems |
Faculty of Science and Technology | Professor Kelvin Leung | 羅亞婷 | Exposome and the Elucidation of Metabolic Mechanisms in Paediatric Diseases |
Faculty of Science and Technology | Professor Michael Ng | 王余超 | Tensor Decompositions: Beyond Regular and Discrete |
Faculty of Science and Technology | Professor Xu Jianliang | 曹宇坤 | Vector Data Management |
Faculty of Science and Technology | Professor Zhang Lu | 趙鵬程 | From Microorganisms to Small Molecules: Functional and Structural Based Joint Characterization and Reverse Design of BGC–Product |
Faculty of Science and Technology | Professor Zhao Jun | 符裕 | Advanced Catalysis for Sustainable Chemicals and Energy Carriers |
School of Chinese Medicine | Professor Zhang Ge | 馮瑾 | AI-Powered Aptamer Therapeutics: Precision Engineered from Molecular Disease Insights |
2026 Hong Kong Scholars Program (Great Bay Area Projects) | HKBU Mentors and Awarded Fellows
Faculty/School | HKBU Supervisors | Awarded Hong Kong Scholars (Chinese only) | Awarded Projects |
School of Chinese Medicine | Professor Chong Wai-po | 李允家 | The role of Interleukin 24 in regulating ocular inflammation: a novel cytokine for the treatment of autoimmune uveitis |
School of Chinese Medicine | Professor Simon Han | 楊志軍 | Investigating the structure-bioactivity relationship of herb polysaccharides |
The Hong Kong Scholars Program and the Hong Kong Scholars Program (Great Bay Area Projects) are jointly launched by the China National Postdoctoral Council under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Human Resources and Social Security Department of Guangdong Province and the Society of Hong Kong Scholars. It aims at effectively pooling talent and research resources of Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland to train outstanding postdoctoral fellows.