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Congratulations to IAS Scholars Awarded Research Grants

In the latest round of the annual General Research Fund (GRF) exercise by the Research Grants Council, several IAS faculty members and Junior Fellows who collaborated with HKUST professors successfully received funding support. Below are the funded research projects in diverse disciplines, including physical science, life science, and engineering, which will advance the impact of HKUST in Hong Kong:


Wave-Dark Matter Simulations, Predictions and Confirmation
Principal Investigator:Prof. George SMOOT, IAS TT & WF Chao Foundation Professor; Chair Professor of Physics; and Director of Center for Fundamental Physics, HKUST
　
Co-Investigator:Prof. Tom BROADHURST, IAS Senior Visiting Member;
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of the Basque Country
　

Organic Down-Conversion Materials for Full-Color Micro-LED Microdisplays
Principal Investigator:Prof. Ching W. TANG, IAS Bank of East Asia Professor; Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering, of Chemistry, and of Physics, HKUST
　
Co-Investigator:

Dr. DONG Shoucheng, IAS Junior Fellow; Research Assistant Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering, HKUST
　


Stabilization of Blue OLEDs Using Radical Scavengers as Additives
Principal Investigator:Dr. DONG Shoucheng, IAS Junior Fellow; Research Assistant Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering, HKUST
　
Co-Investigator:Prof. Ching W. TANG, IAS Bank of East Asia Professor; Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering, of Chemistry, and of Physics, HKUST
　

Demonstrating Artificial Gauge Fields in Photonic Topological Metamaterials
Principal Investigator:Dr. GUO Qinghua, IAS Junior Fellow; Research Assistant Professor of Physics, HKUST
Co-Investigator:Prof. CHAN Che-Ting, Daniel C K Yu Professor of Science; Chair Professor of Physics; and Director of Center for Metamaterials Research, HKUST
　

Modulation of Postsynaptic Density Complex Formation by IRSp53
Principal Investigator:Dr. FENG Zhe, IAS Junior Fellow; Research Assistant Professor of Life Science, HKUST
　
Co-Investigator:Prof. ZHANG Mingjie, Kerry Holdings Professor of Science; IAS Senior Fellow; Chair Professor of Life Science; Director of Center of Systems Biology and Human Health; and Associate Director of State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, HKUST
　

Aerodynamic Noise of Multi-Rotor Powered Flying Vehicles
Principal Investigator:Dr. ZHONG Siyang, IAS Junior Fellow, Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, HKUST
　

Manipulating Excited-State Molecular Motion in Nanoparticles towards Efficient Phototheranostics
Principal Investigator:Dr. KWOK Tsz-Kin, former IAS Junior Fellow (2017–19); Research Assistant Professor of Chemistry, HKUST
　
Co-Investigator:Prof. TANG Benzhong, Stephen Kam Chuen Cheong Professor of Science; IAS Senior Fellow; Chair Professor of Chemistry and of Chemical & Biological Engineering; and Director of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction (Hong Kong Branch), HKUST