Group photos
Oct, 2011
Nov, 2009
Current members
Prof. GuanHua Chen
CURRICULUM VITAEB.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: open system; AI4Science; battery
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
YiMing Guan
B.E. (CSU), M.Eng. (SJTU)Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests:
Hobbies: Swimming
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: u3011607@connect.hku.hk
Man Ho Ng
B.Sc. (HKU)Position: M.Phil. Student
Research interests: TCAD
Hobbies:
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: marco668@connect.hku.hk
Former members
Prof. ZhongMin Su
Current position: Vice president, Northeast Normal University, China
Dr. 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