Dr. Jacky Wing Yip LAM was identified as 2023 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry and Materials Science by Clarivate Analytics

Prof. He YAN was identified as 2023 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science and Environment and Ecology by Clarivate Analytics

Prof. Yangjian QUAN received the RGC Early Career Scheme Award

Prof. Tengteng CHEN has been selected as one of only five recipients of the Young Talent Promoting Project award from the Chinese Chemical Society

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

Dr. Jianyu ZHANG (Supervisor: Prof. Jianwei SUN & Prof. Benzhong TANG) received the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme Award

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