Staff
Awards, promotions and appointments
Awards and external appointments
The following FLASS scholars were either appointed to a major position to contribute their experiences and expertise for the benefit of the community, or they have recently won a major external or internal award.
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Professor Laurence Wood
Associate Head (Visual Arts), Department of Cultural and Creative Arts
Appointment
Associate Head (Visual Arts), Department of Cultural and Creative Arts
Appointment
- Member, Humanities and Social Sciences Panel, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (H3) (until October 2023)
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Dr Hung Keung
Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts
Award
Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts
Award
- Artist of the Year (Media Arts), the 15th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, Hong Kong Arts Development Council
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Dr Sunnie He Yang
Lecturer II, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts
Award
Lecturer II, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts
Award
- Faculty Teaching Award - Certificate of Merit 2020/21
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Dr Gary Chow Chi-ching
Award
- Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Physical Education
- PE subject coordinator
Award
- Faculty Teaching Award 2020/21
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Dr Victor Ho Kwok-Pun
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
Appointment
- Academic Editor, Journal of Function Spaces (2020 JIF=1.807, ranked 47 out of 471) in June 2021
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Dr Richard Wong Tai-choi
Lecturer II, Department of Science and Environmental Studies
Award
Lecturer II, Department of Science and Environmental Studies
Award
- Faculty Teaching Award - Certificate of Merit 2020/21
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Dr Matt Ma Kin-hang
Lecturer II, Department of Social Sciences
Award
Lecturer II, Department of Social Sciences
Award
- Faculty Teaching Award - Certificate of Merit 2020/21
Promotions and appointments
We also congratulate the following FLASS colleagues who took up a new role in teaching, research and administration.
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Dr Andy Tse Choi-yeung
Promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Health and Physical Education on 1 July 2021
Promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Health and Physical Education on 1 July 2021
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Mr Kevin Kam Wai-keung
Senior Lecturer I, Department of Health and Physical Education
Appointed Director of School Partnership and Field Experience Office from 1 July 2021
Senior Lecturer I, Department of Health and Physical Education
Appointed Director of School Partnership and Field Experience Office from 1 July 2021
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Dr Irene Cheng Nga-yee
Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Environmental Studies
Appointed Director of General Education from 1 July 2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Environmental Studies
Appointed Director of General Education from 1 July 2021
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Dr Pei Qing
Promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences on 1 July 2021
Promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences on 1 July 2021
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Dr Vic Li Yu-wai
Promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences on 1 July 2021
Promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences on 1 July 2021
Note: For more information, please refer to the articles about FLASS scholars winning top awards at the 2021 International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, on receiving the President's Awards, and on being awarded funding support from GRF & ECS (2021/22).