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EMINENT MINDS
Prof Sir Christopher Pissarides, IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large,
was the first Nobel Laureate appointed to the HKUST faculty, joining the Institute
in January 2013. Prof Pissarides was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
in 2010 for his “analysis of markets with search frictions”, together with Profs Peter
Diamond of MIT and Dale Mortensen of Northwestern University.
Prof Ching Tang, hailed as the “Father of OLED” (organic light-emitting diodes),
accepted the IAS Bank of East Asia Professor appointment and will join in Fall 2013.
OLEDs are applied in an extensive range of display applications, such as mobile
phones, digital cameras and large-screen televisions. The Hong Kong-born and raised
scholar is the first Chinese recipient of the prestigious Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
HKUST Jockey Club
Institute for
Advanced Study
The HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study provides
a home for catalytic interaction between the world’s foremost
scientists and scholars, and a cutting-edge knowledge hub to
inspire faculty and students, drive development, and ignite
public interest in the latest discoveries