Lingnan recognises 46 exceptional faculty members for excellence in research and knowledge transfer
Lingnan University recently honoured the achievements of 46 faculty members at the Research and Knowledge Transfer Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2024, recognising exceptional performances in academic research and knowledge transfer. Thanks to the dedication and efforts of these scholars, Lingnan University secured 39 Research Grants Council (RGC) competitive grant projects this year, totalling an impressive $24.4 million - the highest sum awarded over the years, and a 17 per cent increase over last year’s HK$20.8 million. Moreover, Lingnan University obtained outstanding results in the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, with seven out of nine nominated candidates receiving offers, an impressive success rate of 78 per cent.
Officiating guests included Ms Candy Kan Shuk-fun, Assistant Secretary-General (Research) of the University Grants Committee (UGC), Dr Patrick Wong Chi-kwong, Chairman of the Court of Lingnan University and Lingnan Education Organization representative, Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science of Lingnan University, and Prof Xin Yao, Vice-President (Research and Innovation) and Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of Machine Learning, who were all on stage.
Officiating guests (from left to right) Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science of Lingnan University, Dr Patrick Wong Chi-kwong, Chairman of the Court of Lingnan University and Lingnan Education Organization representative, Ms Candy Kan Shuk-fun, Assistant Secretary-General (Research) of the University Grants Committee (UGC), and Prof Xin Yao, Vice-President (Research and Innovation) and Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of Machine Learning of Lingnan University, are on stage at the Research and Knowledge Transfer Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2024.
President S. Joe Qin of Lingnan University delivers the welcoming remarks.
Dr Patrick Wong Chi-kwong gives the opening address.
Prof Xin Yao makes the closing remarks.
The awards included the Research Output Excellence Award, the Young Researcher Output Award, and the Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award. The Science Unit from the School of Interdisciplinary Studies won most of these, with seven awardees, including the two projects that received the highest funding from the RGC: Assistant Professor Inga Elizabeth Conti-Jerpe’s “Calibrating the mixotrophy spectrum: quantifying nutrient inputs and recycling in three corals with different trophic strategies”, and Assistant Professor Anthony Lau’s “Demystifying the origin of tetrodotoxin in the Hong Kong newt”. In addition, Assistant Professor of the School of Graduate Studies Huang Genghua’s funded proposal “When digitisation encounters financialisation: divergent strategies for providing social protection for platform workers in Chinese localities” received a perfect score of 5.0 in the rigorous peer review conducted by the RGC subject panels.
Lingnan University celebrates the outstanding achievements of 46 faculty members in research and knowledge transfer during the ceremony.