Professor Chung Yin Johnny HO
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YFHKEng [2023]
Associate Vice-President (Enterprise), Chair Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (start on July 2025), City University of Hong Kong
- Founding Member, Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK), 2018
- Research Fellow, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2020
- Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021, (FRSC)
- Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining, 2022, (FIMMM)
- Fellow, Institute of Physics, 2021, (FInstP)
- Professor (Joint Appointment), Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
During his PhD, Johnny specialized in designing nanomaterials, nanofabrication, and nanoelectronic devices, earning the Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship (2007-09). His work includes monolayer doping, nanowire integration, and high-performance devices. After that, as a post-doc researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he researched nanoscale energy-harvesting devices. Now at the City University of Hong Kong, he explores innovative nanomaterials and nanoengineering across chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering for diverse technological applications. Till now, he has published more than 320 journal articles and 30 invention patents. He won the President’s Awards & Outstanding Research Awards at the City University of Hong Kong (2016 and 2024), the World Cultural Council Special Recognition Award (2018), the Semi Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival (2024), etc.
BS
University of California, Berkeley, USA
2002
MSc
University of California, Berkeley, USA
2005
PhD
University of California, Berkeley, USA
2009