The Department of Chemistry in HKUST is ranked no. 30 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022

Prof Jianwei SUN has been awarded over HK$6M from the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) to develop new chiral catalysts for asymmetric synthesis. This is the only project funded for fundamental chemistry research in this round of exercise

PhD student Mr. Gianmarco Domenico SUAREZ (Supervisor: Prof. Stefan NAGL) was awarded the Poster Presentation Award at the 28th Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong organized by Hong Kong Baptist University on 6 Nov 2021

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

Prof. Shihe YANG was identified as 2021 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science by Clarivate Analytics

Prof. Ben Zhong TANG was identified as 2021 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry and Materials Science by Clarivate Analytics

Dr. Jacky Wing Yip LAM was identified as 2021 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry by Clarivate Analytics

Dr. Ryan Tsz Kin KWOK was identified as 2021 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Cross-Field by Clarivate Analytics

Prof. He YAN was identified as 2021 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Materials Science by Clarivate Analytics