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Hoi Sing
KWOK
郭 海 成

PhD in Applied Physics
Visiting Professor
Executive Director of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies
Research Interests
Display technologies
Liquid crystal display (LCD)
Nano-optics
Nanotechnology
Thin film
Profile

PhD, Harvard
Fellow, IEEE
Fellow, NAI
Fellow, OSA
Fellow, SID

 

Professor Kwok received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1973, and received his MS and PhD degrees in Applied Physics from Harvard University in 1974 and 1978 respectively. From 1978 to 1980, he worked at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. From 1980 to 1992, he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, where he became a Full Professor since 1985. He joined HKUST in 1992.

Professor Kwok is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, a Fellow of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials, a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of Society for Information Display. He was given the Slotto-Owaki Award and the Rajchman Prize from SID is 2013 and 2019 respectively. 

Professor Kwok has published over 1000 papers and received over 100 international patents. He has written 3 monographs and edited 8 Conference Proceedings and books.

 

Multi-disciplinary Themes

Display and Sensors Everywhere (DSE)
Ecotronics and Green ICT (EGI)

Honors & Awards
Honors and Awards
  • 20/04/2023 Prof. KWOK has ranked #751 in the world and #180 in China by Research.com, 2023 Edition of Best Scientists in the field of Materials Science
  • 10/12/2020 Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing was Named a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
  • 21/05/2019  Prof Hoi Sing Kwok was awarded the 2019 Jan Rajchman Prize by the Society for Information Display (SID). 
  • 17/05/2019 HKUST Scholar Prof. KWOK Hoi-Sing Reaps Prestigious Prize for Contributions to LCD Science and Technology