Group photos
Oct, 2011
Nov, 2009
Current members
Prof. GuanHua Chen
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B.Sc. (Fudan), Ph.D. (Caltech)
Group principal investigator
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Honorary Professor, Department of Physics
The University of Hong Kong
Honorary positions:
Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (2005-)
Adjunct Professor, Zhongshan University (2002-2005)
Guest Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (2002-2006)
Guest Professor, Northeast Normal University (1999-)
Senior Visiting Scholar, Fudan University (2003-2005)
Senior Visiting Scholar, Tsinghua University (2005-2011)
Prizes and awards:
1st place in China-US Physics Examination and Application (CUSPEA) program (1985)
HKU Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2001-2002)
National Natural Science Award (First Class), Education Ministry of China (2008)
Outstanding Young Scholar of China, NSFC (2009-2010)
Fellow of American Physical Society (2014)
Professional Services / Standing:
Fellow of American Physical Society (2014-)
Fellow of Royal Chemical Society (2011-)
Vice-President of Hong Kong Institution of Science (2013-2015)
Editorial board membership:
Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
Molecular Simulation
European Physical Journal B
Board member for Journal of Physical Chemistry and Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Scientific pedigree:
* Guanhua Chen obtained his Ph.D. in Physics in June 1992 from Prof. William A. Goddard III, Professor at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) in Pasadena CA
* William A. Goddard III obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering Science in October 1964 at from Prof. Pol Duwez, Professor at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) in Pasadena CA
* Pol Duwez received his D.Sc. in 1933 from Prof. Emile Henriot at U. Brussels in Belgium
* Emile Henriot received his D.Sc. in Physics in 1912 from Marie Curie, Professor at the Sorbonne, Paris France
* Marie Curie received her D.Sc. in 1903 from Prof. Becquerel at the Ecole Phys. Chim. Ind, Paris France
Office: CYMC Rm601
Email: ghc@everest.hku.hk
Dr. ShuGuang Chen
B.Sc. & M.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Research assistant professor
Research interests: computational chemistry
Hobbies: photography
Office: 17W 915
Dr. ZiYang Hu
B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Research assistant professor
Research interests: Molecular Dynamics for Open System
Office: 17W 915
Email: hzy@yangtze.hku.hk
Wai Yuet Chiu
B.Sc. (HKU)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: ML-aided drug discovery
Hobbies:
Office: 17W 915
Email: finney@connect.hku.hk
Shuai Wang
B.Sc. & M.Phil. (BUCT)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: OLED
Hobbies: Sports, music
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: shuaiw@connect.hku.hk
Guang Jiang
B.Sc. & M.Phil. (HIT)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Phase field
Hobbies:
Office: 17W 915
Email: jiangg97@connect.hku.hk
RongZhi Gao
B.Sc. (NKU)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Open system, molecular dynamics
Hobbies:
Office: 17W 915
Email: rzgao@connect.hku.hk
XiangYi Zhou
B.Sc. (Tongji), M.Phil. (THU)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests:
Hobbies:
Office: 17W 915
Email: u3008673@connect.hku.hk
XueJian Leng
B.Sc. (BIT)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Electrochemistry
Hobbies:
Office: 17W 915
Email: lengxj@connect.hku.hk
Yang Zhou
B.E. (ECUST), M.Phil. (SUSTech)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: DFT exchange-correlation functional
Hobbies: Swimming
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: yzhou7@connect.hku.hk
YiLing Zhu
B.Sc. (SDU)Position: M.Phil. Student
Research interests: computational chemistry
Hobbies: traveling
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: ylzhu@connect.hku.hk
JianBo Tang
B.Sc. (SEU)Position: M.Phil. Student
Research interests: TCAD
Hobbies: Electronic Sports, ACGN
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: u3009879@connect.hku.hk
YaLun Zheng
B.Sc. (HIT), M.Sc. (Uni Gottingen)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: AI+QM/MM computation
Hobbies: Swimming & Hiking
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: yalun@connect.hku.hk
DanFei Gu
B.E. (ECUST), M.Sc. (THU)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Electrochemistry
Hobbies:
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: flynn228@connect.hku.hk
Chong Han
B.E. & M.Eng. (CSU)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Electrochemistry, Lithium-metal battery
Hobbies:
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: hanchong@connect.hku.hk
JianMing Li
B.E. (CQUT), M.Eng. (HIT, Weihai)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Lithium battery, Battery management system
Hobbies: Hiking
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: jmli@connect.hku.hk
PingChao Hao
B.E. & M.Eng. (THU)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Electrochemistry, state estimation
Hobbies:
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: u3010682@connect.hku.hk
Former members
Prof. ZhongMin Su
Current position: Vice president, Northeast Normal University, ChinaDr. Satoshi Yokojima
B.Sc. 1990 (Keio Univ., Japan), Ph.D. 1995 (Keio Univ., Japan)Current position: Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Research interest: theoretical and computational chemistry, theoretical physics, analysis of many-body systems, such as the dynamics of the electronic systems
Email: yokojima@yangtze.hku.hk
Prof. WanZhen Liang
Ph.D. 2001 (HKU)Current position: "Minjiang Scholar" endowed Professor, Xiamen University, China
Email: liangwz@yangtze.hku.hk
Chun Kit Tsang
DongHao Zhou
Dr. Man Fai Ng (Andy)
B.Sc. 1998 (HKU), Ph.D. 2003 (HKU)Current position: Senior Research Engineer, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore
Email: ngmf@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg
Prof. XiuJun Wang
B.Sc. (NENU), Ph.D. (Sichuan Univ.)Current position:
Professor and Chairman, Department of Applied Chemistry
Deputy Dean, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
South China University of Technology, China
Email: xjwang@yangtze.hku.hk
Prof. Chi Yung Yam
B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)Current Position: Professor, UESTC (Shenzhen)
Research interests: theoretical and computational chemistry
Hobbies: soccer
Email: yamcy@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Chi Chiu Ma (Martin)
B.Sc. 2000 (HKU), Ph.D. 2004 (HKU)Email: martin@yangtze.hku.hk
Prof. LiHong Hu
B.Sc. & M.S. (NENU), Ph.D. (HKU)Current position: Professor, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, NENU
Research interests: drug design and quantum dissipation theory
Hobbies: golf, badmiton, swimming, reading novels
Email: lhhu@yangtze.hku.hk
Prof. Xiao Zheng
B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKU)Current position: Professor, Fudan University
Research interests: theoretical and computational chemistry
Hobbies: soccer
Email: xzheng@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Lai Ho Wong
B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)Research interest: artificial neural network and two electron repulsion integral
Hobbies: basketball
Email: alarry@yangtze.hku.hk
Prof. Fan Wang
Ph.D. (PKU)Current position: Professor, Sichuan University, China
Email: fan@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. JianZhou Zheng
B.Sc. (XMU), Ph.D. (HKU)Worked as: Ph.D. Student, Research Associate
Current position: Associate/Assistant Vice Precident, Nomura Singapore Limited
Hobbies: hiking, photography
Email: jzzheng@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Jian Sun
B.Sc. & M.E. (NKU), Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Research Officer
Research interests: Machine Learning, Computational Simulation
Hobbies: photography, hiking, table tennis, squash
Dr. XiaoJing Ren
B.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)Worked as: Ph.D. Student
Current position: China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation(Sinopec)
Email: ren@yangtze.hku.hk
XiaoBo Li
B.Sc. (PKU), M.Sc. (HKU)Worked as: M.Phil. Student
Current position: Project Manager, China Fortune Strategic Investment
Email: clzs@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Yan Mo
B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKUST)Current position: Associate Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, ECNU
Email: moyan@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Heng Tian
B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: computational chemistry
Dr. ChunLei Zhang
B.Sc. & M.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: system biology, study of E.coli flagella motor
Dr. Siu Kong KOO
B.Sc., M.Phil. & Ph.D. (HKU)Worked as: Ph.D. Student, Research Associate
Research interests: computational chemistry
Email: koo@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. ZhenYu Yin
B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKU)Worked as: Ph.D. Student, Research Associate
Research interests: computational chemistry
Dr. LingYi Meng
B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (ICCAS)Worked as: Post-doc fellow
Current Position: Research Associate, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University
Research interests: computational simulation on electronics
Hobbies: hiking, watching movies
Email: lymeng@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Hang Xie
B.Sc. & M.Sc. (Fudan), Ph.D. (HKUST)Worked as: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: Molecular Electronics, and Molecular Simulation
Hobbies: Reading books, travel and having fun with friends
Email: xiehang@yangtze.hku.hk
Yang Xie
B.Sc. 2007 (HKU)Worked as: undergrad helper
Current position: Ph.D. student, Department of Physics, Cornell University, USA
Research interests: spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscope (SI-STM) studies in strong coupling oxides materials
Hobbies: jogging, traveling, fine arts, foreign cultures
Email: yx48@cornell.edu
Fan Liu
B.Sc. 2009 (Zhejiang University)Worked as: undergrad helper
Current position: Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech, USA
Hobbies: chemistry, neuroscience, Tai-chi
Email: liufan.brooks@gmail.com
Nuo Wang
B.Sc. 2010 (HKU)Worked as: undergrad helper
Current position: Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UCSD, USA
Hobbies: drawing
Email: wolich22@gmail.com
Yuan Shi
B.Sc. (HKU)Worked as: undergrad helper
Research interests: synergetic, pattern evolution, density functional theory
Hobbies: violin, hiking, running, poetry
Email: waterfollower@hotmail.com
Tao Jiang
undergrad (HKU)Worked as: UnderGrad Helper
Research interests: Neural Network
Hobbies: Reading Novels, Guitar
Email: jiangtao@yangtze.hku.hk
Karan Handa
undergrad (I.I.T. Guwahati)Worked as: UnderGrad Helper
Research interests: Computational Chemistry, Density functional theory
Hobbies: Football,Music
Email: karanhanda97@gmail.com
Dr. Hui Cao
Worked as: Research AssociateCurrent Position: Professor, School of Environment Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Research interests:
Hobbies:
Email: caoh@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Tao Song
B.Sc. & M.Sc. (BNU), Ph.D. (HKU)Worked as: Research Associate
Research interests: Neural Network Application in First-principle Calculation
Hobbies:
Email: songtao@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Kit Peng
B.Sc. (SCNU), Ph.D. (SYSU)Worked as: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: Semiconductor Nanodevice Simulation
Hobbies: reading, movie, swimming, snow boarding
Email: pengjie@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. RuLin Wang
B.Sc. (Qufu Normal Univ.), Ph.D. (USTC)Worked as: Research Assistant
Research interests: Computational Physics
Hobbies: Reading
Email: rulin11@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Qing Zhang
B.Sc. (NJU), Ph.D. (HKU)Research interests: Density functional theory, Ehrenfest dynamics
Dr. Yu Zhang
B.Sc. (SYSU), Ph.D. (HKU)Worked as: Ph.D. student
Current Position: Post-doc fellow, Northwestern University
Research interests: Quantum transport and dissipation
Hobbies:
Email: zhy@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Ying Huang
B.Sc. (Fudan), Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Computational Chemistry
Hobbies: Basketball, Reading
Dr. Yan Ho Kwok
B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: Computational Chemistry
Hobbies: jogging, movies, computer games
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: kwokyanho@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Jiang Wu
B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: DFT exchange-correlation functional development
Hobbies:
Office: 17W 915
Email: wujiang@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Jun Li
B.Sc. (Fudan), M.Phil. & Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: Fast Algorithms in NEGF
Hobbies:
Email: lijun@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. JianQiao Zhang
B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)Research interests: quantum computing
Hobbies: movies, fashion, delicious food
Dr. Stanislav Markov
Ph.D. (Univ. of Glasgow, UK), M.Sc. (Tech. Univ. of Sofia, Bulgaria)Worked as: Research Assistant Professor
Research interests: electron device physics and simulation, device variability and reliability, oxide interfaces
Hobbies: swimming; tango argentino
Dr. Yi Zhou
B.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)Hobbies:
Email: yizhou[at]yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. WeiJun Zhou
B.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)Research interests: Density Functional Theory
Hobbies: Sightseeing
Email: zwjchem@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. Promise L Chin
B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)Research interests: Computational Chemistry
Hobbies: Bridge
Email: prochin@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. ZiYao Xu
B.Sc. (Fudan), Ph.D. (HKU)Research interests: MD Simulation
Hobbies:
Email: xuziyao@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. QiZhou Chen
B.Sc. (HKBU), Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Post-doc fellow
Email: chenqz@yangtze.hku.hk
Dr. GuanYa Yang
B.Eng. (Osaka), Ph.D. (HKU)Research interests: Machine Learning
Dr. Lin Xu
B.Sc. (JLU), Ph.D. (PKU)Worked as: Research assistant professor
Position: Post-doc fellow, UCSB
Dr. Yuan Zhuang
B.Sc. (SCU), Ph.D. (HKU)Position: Post-doc fellow, HKQAI
Research interests: DFT exchange-correlation functional development
Hobbies:
Office: 17W 915
Email: andyzy13@connect.hku.hk
Dr. BeiNi Zhang
B.Sc. (CQU), Ph.D. (HKUST)Worked as: Research assistant professor
Research interests: CV