INSTITUTE FELLOWS
The Institute’s Fellows reflect the solid strength of HKU as a leading hub of transportation research in Asia. As of December 2024, we have 24 Institute Fellows – all being academic staff at the University of Hong Kong. We come from six Faculties – Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine.
Professor C C CHAN
HONORARY PROFESSOR
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering President, Electric Vehicle Association of Asia Pacific Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K.
Field of Interest:
Electric and hybrid electric vehicles, Intelligent transportation system
PROFESSOR
C C CHAN
HONORARY PROFESSOR
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering President, Electric Vehicle Association of Asia Pacific Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K.
PROFESSOR
Reynold C K CHENG
PROFESSOR
Department of Computer Science
PROFESSOR
Mingxin HUANG
CHAIR PROFESSOR AND HEAD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PROFESSOR
Yong-Hong KUO
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Data and Systems Engineering
PROFESSOR
Dennis Y C LEUNG
PROFESSOR
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PROFESSOR
Weifeng LI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE DEAN
Department of Urban Planning and Design
PROFESSOR
Becky P Y LOO
PROFESSOR
Department of Geography
DR
Chen SUN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Data and Systems Engineering
PROFESSOR
W Y SZETO
PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE HEAD
Department of Civil Engineering
DR
Junshi XU
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Geography
PROFESSOR
Anthony G O YEH
CHAIR PROFESSOR AND ACTING HEAD
Urban Planning and Geographic Information Systems, Department of Urban Planning and Design Academician, Chinese Academy of Science
DR
Xiaohu ZHANG
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Urban Planning and Design
PROFESSOR
Jiangping ZHOU
PROFESSOR
Department of Urban Planning and Design
PROFESSOR
Felix W H CHAN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Faculty of Law
DR
Timothy D HAU
HONORARY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Faculty of Economics and Finance, HKU Business School
DR
Jintao KE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Civil Engineering
PROFESSOR
Ka Li Frankie LEUNG
TAM SAI-KIT PROFESSOR AND DIVISION CHIEF
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
DR
Jiayang LI
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Data and Systems Engineering
PROFESSOR
Xingjian LIU
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Urban Planning and Design
DR
Jun MA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Urban Planning and Design
DR
Guibo SUN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Urban Planning and Design
PROFESSOR
S C WONG
FRANCIS S Y BONG PROFESSOR IN ENGINEERING AND CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
Department of Civil Engineering
DR
Tianren YANG
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Urban Planning and Design
DR
Fangni ZHANG
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Data and Systems Engineering
DR
Zhan ZHAO
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Urban Planning and Design
HONORARY FELLOWS
IR
T N CHENG
FORMER PRESIDENT
Hong Kong Institution of Highways and Transportation
Field of Interests
Highways engineering; Transportation planning; New town development
DR
Wilson LI
CONSULTANT AND CHIEF OF SERVICE
Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
HONORARY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, HKU & CUHK
Field of Interests
Trauma surgery; Trauma audit; Injury prevention; Rehabilitation after injury;
Post traumatic stress syndrome; Disaster preparedness; Public health;
Sports medicine; Road safety; In depth analysis for traffic accidents
IR
W C MOK
FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (AIR POLICY)
Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR Government
Field of Interests
Vehicular emission control and policy; Electric vehicles; Hybrid electric vehicles; Air quality
MR
W H TSANG
PAST PRESIDENT
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong
(The Council 2016-2018)
Field of Interests
Evolution of transport demand and travel behaviour; Emphasis on sustainable development and environmental measures; Development of transport technologies and applications
MR
Richard HALL
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Citybus Limited
Field of Interests
Public transport
IR
T F LEUNG
FORMER ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT
Transport Department, HKSAR Government
Field of Interests
Road safety; Intelligent Transport Systems; Traffic management
PROFESSOR
C K MAK
UNIVERSITY FELLOW AND HONORARY PROFESSOR
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Field of Interests
Transportation planning, Urban planning
IR
W L TANG
FORMER DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
Planning and Technical Services, Transport Department, HKSAR Government
Field of Interests
Transport and urban planning; Traffic management; Smart mobility and walkability; Development of new towns and road infrastructures
DR
K L TSUI
CONSULTANT
Accident & Emergency Department, Pok Oi Hospital
Field of Interests
Traumatology; Traffic injury prevention; Disaster medicine; Drug and drink driving (driving under influence); Bicycle injuries
AFFILIATE FELLOWS
MR
Alain J F CHIARADIA
HONORARY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Urban Planning and Design, HKU
Field of Interests
Urban morphometrics
DR
Alice S Y CHOW
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Social Science, The Education University of Hong Kong
Field of Interests
Urban form and travel studies; Sustainable transport policy; Transit-oriented development; Excess commuting
DR
Fang BIAN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
Field of Interests
Transport accessibility; Spatial network analysis; Transport politics; Transport policy analysis
DR
Grantham K H PANG
HONORARY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HKU
Field of Interests
Intelligent transport systems; LEDs for signaling and communication intelligent control; Fuzzy system and neural net
Associate Fellow
Jane Smith
Researcher
University of Science
Field of Interests
Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
DR
Jixiang LIU
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University
Field of Interests
Travel behaviour; Socioeconomic difference; Machine learning
DR
Ka Ho TSOI
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong
Field of Interests
Transport decarbonisation; Electric mobility; Low-carbon transport; Mobility and infectious diseases; Transport equity
DR
Mingxuan CHEN
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Department of Civil Engineering, HKU
Field of Interests
Bike sharing systems, Bike repositioning problems, Green transport, Shared mobility
DR
Si QIAO
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong
Field of Interests
Smart transport, Human mobility, Transport equity and social justice, Spatial planning
DR
Yanan LIU
ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
School of Architecture, Southwest Jiaotong University
Field of Interests
Travel behavior, Urban design
PROFESSOR
Yi-Jia WANG
PROFESSOR
College of Water Conservancy & Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University
Field of Interests
Water-soil-human-machine-art coupling mechanism and mining; Data-driven smart agricultural management; Human-machine-environment cooperative production economics and technology management; The transportation problem of agriculture; Harvesting logistics
DR
Albert Y S LAM
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER & CHIEF SCIENTIST
Fano Labs
Field of Interests
Autonomous vehicle; Computational intelligence; Smart city; Smart grid
Principal Fellow
Anna Garcia
Consultant
Digital Solutions LLC
Field of Interests
Cloud Computing, IoT
DR
Feng ZHANG
MATPP PROGRAMME OFFICER
Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong
Field of Interests
GIS and Transport
DR
James Jixian WANG
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Management Sciences and Research Centre on One-Belt-One-Road, City University of Hong Kong
Field of Interests
Port-city relationship; Transportation geography; Travel behaviour modelling; Time budget/use studies; Urban public transport in Hong Kong and China; Container port systems
DR
Jiemin XIE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
Field of Interests
Railway planning, Transit optimization, Passenger behaviour modelling, Intelligent transportation systems
Senior Fellow
John Doe
Professor
Institution of Technology
Field of Interests
Data Science, Big Data Analytics
Junior Fellow
Michael Brown
Analyst
Company XYZ
Field of Interests
Cybersecurity, Network Security
Fellow
Sarah Johnson
Scientist
Research Institute of Health
Field of Interests
Bioinformatics, Genomics
PROFESSOR
Tony N N SZE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Field of Interests
Road safety; Injury prevention; Driver behaviour; Application of statistical methods
DR
Yang ZHOU
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Department of Urban Planning and Design, HKU
Field of Interests
Travel behavior; Transport geography; Smart mobility; Sustainability transportation;
intelligent transportation system; Transportation big data; Machine learning
DR
Yineng WANG
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Department of Data and System Engineering, HKU
Field of Interests
Emerging Mobility Services, Electric & Autonomous Transportation, Game-theoretical Analysis, Machine Learning
STUDENT FELLOWS
MS
Bingyu LUO
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Transportation economics, Spatial economics, Land use planning
MR
Ceyu LIU
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Data
Systems Engineering
Field of Interests
Transport network planning, Public transport, Bicycle sharing, Machine learning, Deep learning
MR
Dongze LI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Data
Systems Engineering
Field of Interests
Transport network modelling and optimization, Crowd-shipping logistics application, Transport/urban data analytics
MR
Hongzheng SHI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Operational management & operations research, Disruption management, Artificial intelligence for transportation
MR
James GACHANJA
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Transport and Land Use Planning; Spatial Econometrics; Poverty and Inequality Analysis Built Environment Studies
MS
Jia CUI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Operations research; Transportation optimization; Shared micro-mobility
MR
Jiguang WANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Data-driven optimization, Operations research, Urban mobility, Integer programming
MS
Jinyan ZU
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Pedestrian safety, Micromobility usage, Link-level street design
MR
Junheng WANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Artificial intelligence for transportation
MR
Kaihang ZHANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Modelling, optimization, and application of emerging technologies, On-demand urban mobility, Public transportation systems, Micro-mobility and flexible mobility, Transportation enables services
MS
Lina ZHOU
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Telework and its spatial implications, Job-housing balance and relocation, Travel behaviour changes and urban simulation
Student Fellow
Michael Lee
Graduate Researcher
123 University
Field of Interests
Environmental Science
MR
Qiande HE
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Transit design
MR
Runqiu HU
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Bike-sharing system optimization; Green transportation; Smart and sustainable transportation
MR
Shaocheng JIA
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Intelligent perception and control, Connected and automated transportation,
Stochastic modelling and optimization, Machine learning
MS
Songyi CUI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Data
Systems Engineering
Field of Interests
Urban rail transit optimization; Transportation network reliability; Traffic simulation; Traffic forecasting
MR
Tao LI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Traffic management and control
MR
Wang CHEN
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Intelligent transportation system, Shared mobility
MR
Wenbo SUN
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Data
Systems Engineering
Field of Interests
Optimisation; Traffic control
MS
Xiaohan WANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Traffic prediction, Shared mobility, Smart cities
MR
Yifan Xia
MPHIL CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Transportation systems, Traffic prediction, Bike-repositioning problem
MR
Yiming HAN
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Transit-oriented development; Housing studies; Planning decision-making;
Rural and suburban studies
MS
Yiqing LIANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Geography
Field of Interests
Rural transportation
MR
Zhenwei GONG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Data
Systems Engineering
Field of Interests
Air transport modelling and optimization, Transport data analytics, Transport economics
MISS
Zhuangyuan FAN
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Geography
Field of Interests
Transport geography
MR
Ce WANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Shared mobility, Ride sourcing, Operational management
MR
Chaofan WANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Activity-based model, Agent-based model, Transport planning, Shared micro-mobility, Urban analytics
Student Fellow
Emily Brown
Internship Coordinator
456 Institute
Field of Interests
Public Health
MR
Hui WANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Geography
Field of Interests
Transport and geography
Student Fellow
Jane Smith
Teaching Assistant
XYZ College
Field of Interests
Data Science
MR
Jian LIANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Demand forecasting; Cancellation behavior analysis; Destination prediction
MR
Jingxian LIN
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Urban aerial mobility, Network planning, Network optimization
Student Fellow
John Doe
Research Assistant
University of ABC
Field of Interests
Artificial Intelligence
MR
Junxi QU
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Spatial equilibrium modelling,
Urban mobility, Urban analytics, Inter-model transportation planning
MR
Kefan LAI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Multimodal on-demand urban mobility system, Ride hailing/sharing system, Robust parking optimization, Mobility service network design under uncertainty, Chip resource allocation
MS
Miaoqing HU
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Public transportation, network optimization
MR
Mingrui LIU
MPHIL CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Public transportation ; Transport network design ; Autonomous bus
MR
Qingyang LI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Data
Systems Engineering
Field of Interests
Transportation economics, Transport / urban data analytics, Automated and shared mobility
Student Fellow
Sarah Johnson
Fellowship Coordinator
University of DEF
Field of Interests
Neuroscience
MS
Shuting CHEN
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Travel decision making
MR
Taijie CHEN
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Intelligent transportation system
MISS
Tingting LI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Transport planning, Big data, Third space, Human interaction
MR
Weipeng DENG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Urban sustainability, Spatial analysis, Business location choice
MS
Xiangyi LI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Geography
Field of Interests
Geography and transportation
MS
Xun ZHANG
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Mobility services
MS
Yijia HU
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Using data science and machine learning to solve urban mobility issues
MS
Yingying SUN
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Application of autonomous modular vehicles in corridor systems
MS
Yunting MIAO
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Urban Planning and Design
Field of Interests
Urban transport, Big data, Traffic safety
MR
Zhixuan LI
PHD CANDIDATE
Department of Geography
Field of Interests
Travel behaviour; Smart city
MR
Zijian SHEN
MPHIL CANDIDATE
Department of Civil Engineering
Field of Interests
Smart mobility, Deep learning, Large language model