The Named Professorships at HKUST honors and celebrates the achievement and impact of our exceptional scholars here at HKUST. Generously supported by donors, our scholars are committed to innovating and propelling our understanding of the world today and nurture the driving force for the future.
The University’s fifth inauguration ceremony of named professorships was held online on August 10, to honor 11 outstanding faculty members and their donors. This year, the professorships were made possible by generous donations rendered to HKUST from long-standing contributors to higher education. They are (in alphabetical order according to their first names): Dr. Colin Lam Ko Yin, Elman Family Foundation, King's Flair Development Limited, Lifestyle International Holdings Limited, Li & Fung, Prosnav Holding Limited, Ms. V. Cheng, Wong Check She Charitable Foundation, and Yan Ai Foundation.
Of the 11 named professors (press release including a video), five comes from the Business School and they are:
Liwei Huang Associate Professor of Business
Prof. Sam GARG, Department of Management
Fung Term Professor of Management
Prof. GONG Yaping, Department of Management
Elman Family Professor of Business
Prof HUI Kai Lung, Department Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management
Liwei Huang Associate Professor of Business
Prof Abhiroop MUKHERJEE, Department of Finance
Lifestyle International Professor of Business
Prof Anirban MUKHOPADHYAY, Department of Marketing
Together with these newly named professors, the School currently celebrates the achievements of ten named scholars. We look forward to additional support from new donors to widen our faculty’s positive impact on academia and our community as well as nurturing new business talent.