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Prof. Henry N C Wong obtained his B.Sc. degree with First Class Honors from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1973 and was subsequently awarded a Shell Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies in the United Kingdom. He furthered his study at University College London where he obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1976. After two postdoctoral research years at Harvard University, Prof. Wong returned to University College London to begin his independent research undertaking as Ramsay Memorial Fellow. From 1980 to 1982, Prof. Wong did research at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences. He returned to CUHK in 1983 and was the Chairman of the Department of Chemistry from 1995 to 1997. Prof. Wong was Head of New Asia College of CUHK from 2002 to July 2010 and was Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President of CUHK from 2009 to 2013. He was Dean of Science from 2012-2018, and again as Head of New Asia College from 2014 to 2020. He is currently X.Q. Deng Presidential Chair Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), as well as Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Research Professor of CUHK.

Prof. Wong’s research interests are concerned with the syntheses and studies of natural and non-natural molecules. He serves on the editorial boards of several international and national journals. He received the degree of Doctor of Science from the University of London in 1994. Prof. Wong has also been actively contributing to the research and scientific development on the mainland. He is currently Chairman of the Management Committee, Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Distinguished Long-term Visiting Professor of Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, and honorary professor and guest professor of many tertiary institutions on the Chinese mainland. Prof. Wong has received many prestigious awards over the years, He won the 2nd Class State Natural Science Award of China in 1997. He was a Croucher Senior Research Fellow in 1999-2000 and was elected to The Chinese Academy of sciences in 1999, The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) (formerly known as The Third World Academy of Sciences) in 2004, and The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Website of Prof Henry Wong at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

April 2024