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HKUST Announces Phvsics Aopointment
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology today announces the appointment of Professor George K. WONG, formerly Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University, as Professor in the Department of Physics.
Born in Yunnan, China, Professor Wong grew up in Hong Kong and received his tertiary education in the US. He holds a BS in Engineering Physics and a PhD in Physics, both from the University of California Berkeley. While at Berkeley, he was honoured as a Regents Scholar, as a member of the honorary society Phi Beta Kappa, and as the recipient of a Whiting Fellowship. Professor Wong began his teaching and research career at Northwestern University as Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy and became a full professor in 1989. He received an Alfred Pi Sloan foundation Fellowship in 1976.
Professor Wong is a well-known condensed matter physicist with a broad range of research interests. He has made important scientific contributions to many such areas as liquid crystals, nonlinear optics, polymers, molecular beam epitaxy, Langmuir-Blodgett films, and semiconductors. Professor Wong has published more than 70 papers and is frequently invited to speak at major national and international symposia.
