HKUST Annual Report 2010 - 2011 - page 96-97

人才與獎項
PEOPLE AND PRIZES
92 香港科技大學 2010-2011年報 HKUST 2010-2011 Annual Report 93
獎項及稱譽
Awards and Recognition
■ 生命科學部詹華強教授的「遠志屬藥用植物化學成分、生物活性、品質控制及體內代謝研究」項目
榮獲自然科學二等獎。
Prof Karl Tsim in the Division of Life Science reaped the Second Class Award for the project
“Study on the chemical constituents, biological activities, quality control and metabolism in vivo of
medicinal Polygala plants”;
■ 來自生命科學部的薛紅教授及其研究團隊的「以伽瑪氨基丁酸受體為靶點攻克人類神經精神疾患」
研究項目榮獲自然科學二等獎。
Prof Hong Xue, also from the Division of Life Science, and her research team won Second Class
Award with the project “Fighting Mental Disorders with GABAA receptor as the Target”;
■ 數學系邵啟滿教授及荊炳義教授的「自正則化極限理論及其應用」研究項目榮獲
自然科學二等獎。
Prof Qiman Shao and Prof Bingyi Jing, Department of Mathematics, received
Second Class Awards for the project “Self-Normalized Limit Theory and its
Applications”.
• 生命科學部彭大衛教授獲裘槎基金會頒發優秀科研者獎，以表揚他在細胞生物學的傑出成就。
Prof David K Banfield, Division of Life Science, was awarded the prestigious Senior Research
Fellowship by the Croucher Foundation in recognition of his achievements in the field of cell biology.
• 生命科學榮休教授王學荊教授獲台灣中央研究院選為院士。
Prof Jerry H C Wang, Professor Emeritus of Life Science, was elected as an Academician of Academia
Sinica, Taiwan.
• 物理系童彭爾教授因設計啟發性的實驗以解釋新的物理現象和對實驗物理學國際教研發展的
貢獻，榮膺 2011 年度美國物理學會院士。
Prof Penger Tong, Department of Physics, was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011
for his “insightful experiments to elucidate interesting new physics, and for his many contributions to
the development of international research and education in experimental physics.”
獎項及稱譽
Awards and Recognition
• 理學院院長葉玉如教授同時榮獲兩家全球知名的神經科學及神經精神藥理學國際機構的理事會成員：
精神藥理學專業機構國際神經精神藥理學協會（ CINP），以及由科學家和醫生組成致力推動腦部及
神經系統研究的美國神經科學學會（SfN）。葉教授是該美國學會歷史上首位獲選為 SfN理事會的
國際會員。
Prof Nancy Ip, Dean of Science, was concurrently elected Councilor for two of the world's leading
international organizations for neuroscience and psychopharmacology: Councilor of the Collegium
Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), the world’s leading professional organization
for psychopharmacology; and the Society of Neuroscience (SfN), the world’s largest organization of
scientists and physicians devoted to advancing understanding of the brain and nervous system. Prof Ip
was the first international member being elected SfN Councilor in the history of this US-based Society.
• 化學系任能博教授及其研究團隊的「Biomarker for detection of viral infection — neopterin
in combination with C-reactive protein」研究項目，在奧地利舉行的第 30 屆 International
Winterworkshops on Clinical, Chemical, and Biochemical Aspects of Pteridines，贏得
Blair-Curtius-Pfleiderer-Wachter Award for Pteridine Research。
Prof Reinhard Renneberg, Department of Chemistry, and his team won the Blair-Curtius-Pfleiderer-
Wachter Award for Pteridine Research on a project titled “Biomarker for detection of viral infection
— neopterin in combination with C-reactive protein” at the 30th International Winterworkshops on
Clinical, Chemical, and Biochemical Aspects of Pteridines held in Austria.
• 生命科學部副教授、尊衛理有限公司創辦人兼主席黃允強博士，於香港亞太區企業家大獎 2011 榮獲
最具潛力創業獎。該公司利用由黃博士實驗室研發的人體表皮生長因子（hEGF）作為主要成份，主力
開發化妝及醫療護理產品。
Dr Wan-keung Raymond Wong, the founder and Chairman of Gene-Vinate Ltd (GVN) as well as the
Associate Professor of the Division of Life Science, was selected as the Most Promising Entrepreneurship
Award Winner of the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2011, Hong Kong. GVN has
focused on cosmetic and health care products using human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) developed
in Dr. Wong’s laboratory as the active ingredient.
• 工學院院長李德富教授榮獲美國普渡大學頒發 2010 年傑出電機及計算機工程師獎。他獲湯森路透
選為計算機科學及工程學領域的 ISI Highly Cited Researcher。這份精英科研人員名單包括在特定
學科及指定時間內發表論文獲最多人引述的首 250 名頂尖學者，佔全球有發表論文的科研人員
不足 0.5%。
Prof Khaled Ben Letaief, Dean of Engineering, received the 2010 Outstanding Electrical and
Computer Engineer Award from Purdue University in the US. He was also selected as ISI Highly Cited
Researcher by Thomson Reuters in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. He joined an elite
club of less than half of 1 per cent of all published researchers in the world who are recognized among
the 250 top and most-cited researchers in a defined discipline within a specific time-period.
• 計算機工程學副課程主任繆偉豪教授獲國家自然科學基金委員會頒發 2010/11 年度海外及港澳學者
合作研究基金。
Prof Wai-ho Mow, Associate Director of the Computer Engineering Program, was awarded the
2010/2011 Overseas and Hong Kong, Macau Young Scholars Collaborative Research Fund from the
National Natural Science Foundation of China.