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7367123 Vice-Chancellor Rofesm Chio-Wei Woo, DS. MA. PhD and Resident
HKUST Appoints Dean of Science
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today announces the appointment of Professor Shain-dow KUNG as Dean of the School of Science. Professor Kung is Professor of Botany at the University of Maryland College Park and, concurrently, a Provost of the Maryland Biotechnology Institute of the University of Maryland System. He participates actively in research and education, both in the US and China.
Professor Kung’s successful career is based on academic excellence, hard work, and the desire to contribute his talents to society. His inclusion in ten prominent directories-from Who’s Who in Frontier Science and Technology and
Directory of Distinguished Am&cans to Who’s Who in the World--reflects his exceptional achievements and international recognition.
The focus of Professor Kung’s research and expertise is biotechnology and genetic engineering in plants. He has organised and delivered papers at symposia all over the world. He is a consultant to private and governmental organisations in the US and China. He has published more than 100 papers, co-authored/co- edited eight books, serves on editorial boards for three scientific journals and publishing organisations. In addition, he is an Honourary Professor at six tertiary educational institutions in China, and serves on an advisory board concerning biotechnology and higher education in China.
Born in Shandong, China--a 72nd-generation direct descendent of Confucius- -Professor Kung left China for Hong Kong during the turmoil of the late ‘40’s. Here he worked in a textile factory while teaching himself English and mathematics until, in 1954, he gained admission to the University of Chung-Hsing in Taiwan. After graduation he left for Canada to earn an MSc at the University of Guelph and a PhD at the University of Toronto. In 1971 he took up a research post in biology at the University of California Los Angeles. Since 1974 he has worked at the
University of Maryland in, various capacities from Professor of Botany to Associate
Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Kung is married with three children.
