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IAS Senior Fellow Prof. LAU Kei May Becomes the First-Ever Woman Recipient of J. J. Thomson Medal for Electronics
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6 Nov 2020
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Congratulations to IAS Senior Fellow Prof. LAU Kei May, Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering, for being the first female winner of the J. J. Thomson Medal for Electronics awarded by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for “her fundamental work in compound semiconductor materials and device physics.”
The J. J. Thomson Medal for Electronics, awarded to engineers who have been making significant contributions to the field of electronic engineering, is one of the prestige medals awarded by IET. It is named after Sir Joseph John THOMSON, a British physicist and 1906 Nobel Laureate in Physics.
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IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture YAN Lianke Awarded the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature
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30 Oct 2020
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Prof. YAN Lianke, IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture and Chair Professor of Humanities at HKUST, is the recipient of the 2021 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature awarded by the Institute for US-China Issues of the University of Oklahoma in recognition for his “lifelong contributions to world letters”. This biennial award, conferred wholly on the basis of literary merit, aims to honor outstanding achievement in prose or poetry that best captures the human condition. The 2021 award ceremony and online symposium will be held next March. Some previous Chinese winners include MO Yan (莫言), Xi Xi (西西), and HAN Shaogong (韓少功).
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IAS Senior Visiting Fellows Conferred Honorary Doctorate by HKUST
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13 Jul 2020
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IAS conveys its heartiest congratulations to IAS Senior Visiting Fellow Prof. John HARDY, Chair of Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease at University College London, and former IAS Senior Visiting Fellow Prof. Arup CHAKRABORTY, Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for their conferment of honorary doctorates (Doctor of Science honoris causa and Doctor of Engineering honoris causa respectively) by HKUST in recognition of their distinguished research achievements.
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IAS Senior Visiting Fellows Elected to Prestigious Academies
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27 Apr 2020
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IAS Senior Visiting Fellows Prof. Thomas RANDO, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, and Prof. David Der-wei WANG, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University, are among newly elected Members of The American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS), an honorary society that recognizes world leaders from across disciplines and convenes professions to address important issues.
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IAS Senior Visiting Fellow Prof. Yifan CHENG, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco, who is also a Member of AAAS, was recently elected as Member by The US National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished achievements in original research.
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