2019/20 School of Science Postgraduate Research Excellence awardees announced
LIFS is pleased to announce that the following candidates have been selected for the School of Science Postgraduate Research Excellence Award:
Name
PhD Program / Year
Supervisor
AU Kin Chung Franco
Life Science
Prof. Robert QI
CHEN Yiyun
Life Science
Prof. Jiguang WANG
LI Shaohua
Life Science
Prof. Tuan Anh NGUYEN
LIN Xi
Life Science
Prof. Zilong WEN
NGUYEN Thuy Linh
Life Science
Prof. Tuan Anh NGUYEN
The selected winners will receive an amount of HKD $20,000.
AU Kin Chung Franco
AU Kin Chung Franco received the Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and the MPhil in Life Science at HKUST. AU is currently a PhD student in Prof. Robert Qi‘s lab and has presented at multiple conferences including the EMBO Conference in 2017. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Hong Kong PhD Fellowship from 2015 to 2019. During AU’s time here at LIFS, DING’s research has contributed to many publications in high-quality journals such as Journal of Cell Biology, Developmental Cell and Nature Communication.
CHEN Yiyun
CHEN Yiyun received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and MPhil in Life Science at HKUST. CHEN is currently a PhD student in Prof. Jiguang Wang‘s lab and has received multiple awards and scholarships including the George K. Lee Foundation Scholarships for 2018/19. CHEN has presented in numerous conferences including the EpiHK Symposium and the Gordon Conference on Genome Architecture in 2019. CHEN’s research has also contributed to publications in Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics, and Science Immunology.
LI Shaohua
LI Shaohua received a Bachelor of Natural Science degree in Biotechnology at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, China. LI is currently a PhD student in Prof. Tuan Anh Nguyen‘s lab and has received the Postgraduate Scholarship from HKUST. LI’s research has led to several publications journals including Nature Communication, Nucleic Acids Research and RNA.
LIN Xi
LIN Xi received a Bachelor of Science degree at Nankai University in China. WANG is now a PhD student in Prof. Zilong Wen‘s lab and has received numerous awards including the Second Prize of Excellent Postgraduate Research and ZEISS Zebrafish Scientific Research Award from the China Zoological Society. WANG’s research has contributed to many publications in journals such as Blood Science, Developmental Cell and Journal of Genetics and Genomics.
NGUYEN Thuy Linh
NGUYEN Thuy Linh received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy at Hanoi University of Pharmacy in Vietnam and a Master of Science degree in Pharmacology at Seoul National University in Korea. NGUYEN is currently a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Tuan Anh Nguyen. NGUYEN was the recipient of the Postgraduate Studentship Award for International Research Students from HKUST and NGUYEN’s research has contributed to publications in various journals including Nuclei Acids Research, Nature Communications and Biochemistry.
To be eligible for the School of Science Postgraduate Research Excellence Award, the applicant must be an existing research postgraduate students in year 2 or above and those who graduated after the commencement of Spring semester of the previous year.
The selection criteria are based on the candidates’ research capability and research achievements during their whole postgraduate program at HKUST.
