WLA Young Scientist Forum - Materials Science & Engineering

World Laureates Association – Young Scientist Forum in the topic of ‘Materials Science & Engineering’ will be held on 30 October 2021 (Saturday), 9:00am to 11:00am. The session will be moderated by our faulty, Prof. Jinglei Yang, Associate Professor from the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. He will also give a presentation in the session. Other presenters are world renowned scientists from the field.

Presenters include:

 Laureates

① Hongjie Dai, 2006 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

② Konstantin Novoselov，2010 Nobel Prize in Physics

③ Fraser Stoddart, 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

④ Omar Yaghi, 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry

Young Scientists

① Huanyu (Larry) Cheng, Associate Professor of Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics,The Pennsylvania State University

② Xu Deng, Professor, Insititute of Fundemental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

③ Wei Gao, Assistant Professor of Medical Engineering, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology

④ Xu Hou, Professor of the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and the College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University

⑤ Sheng Xu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nanoengineering at University of California San Diego

⑥ Jinglei Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

⑦ Liang Zhang, Zijiang Outstanding Young Professor, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University

The forum will be held online via Zoom. All HKUST faculty members and students are welcomed to join.

More information about the forum organizer: https://en.wlaforum.com/