2023

Prof. Simon Wan CHAN and Prof. Rongbiao TONG were promoted to Professor title with effect from 1 July 2023.

Prof. Henry He YAN was conferred the Chair Professor title with effect from 1 July 2023.

The Department of Chemistry in HKUST is ranked no. 1 in Hong Kong and no. 55 worldwide in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023

Research Team Led by Prof. Rongbiao TONG in Dept of Chemistry and Prof. Peiyuan QIAN in Dept of Ocean Science Developed World’s most Productive Chemical Synthesis of Anthracimycin, Paving Way for Development of Potent Antibiotics Against Superbugs

Prof. Rongbiao TONG’s project on "Novel Antibiotics from Genome Mining and Diversity-oriented Synthesis" was awarded by the Research Grants Council Collaborative Research Fund 2022/23 (C6022-22WF) with over HK$5 million funding