PhD students Mr. Han YU (Supervisor: Prof. He YAN) and Mr. Kezheng LIAO (Supervisor: Prof. Jianzhen YU) were awarded the HKUST RedBird PhD Award for Continuing Students in 2020-21

PhD student Miss Xueying GUO (Supervisor: Prof. Zhenyang LIN) was awarded the School of Science Research Excellence Award in 2020-21

A research team led by Prof. Jonathan Eugene HALPERT developed an inexpensive, lightweight, and lead-free photo-battery that has dual functions in harvesting solar energy and storing energy on a single device. (Nano Werk and Phy.org)

A group of researchers at HKUST led by Prof. Xuhui HUANG unveil a non-classical nucleation process that enhances ice formation on surfaces

Prof. Benzhong TANG, Prof. He YAN, Prof. Shihe YANG, Dr. Ryan KWOK and Dr. Jacky LAM were identified as 2020 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics

Research team led by Prof. Xuhui Huang discovered how antibiotics target bacterial RNAP to inhibit its gene transcription (This article was published on EurekAlert! on May 4, 2021)

Prof. Jianwei SUN has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Research Team led by Prof. Jinqing HUANG develops a novel Raman spectroscopy platform to characterize intrinsically disordered proteins in dilute solution

UG (CHEM) Yr 4 student Mr. Wing Yin Timothy MA (Supervisor: Prof. Haibin SU) was one of the Finalists of the 2021 Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award (UROP)

Research team led by Prof. Wan CHAN and Prof. Jianzhen YU found that wearing face masks may reduce cancer risks associated with airborne carcinogens