About Franco Leung
Dr. Franco King-Chi LEUNG (梁敬池博士)
Assistant Professor, Research Team Leader
Address: Rm Y802, 11, Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom,Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: +852-34008663 (Office)
E-mail: [email protected]
Dept. Page (Link)
PolyU Researcher
ORCID: 0000-0003-0895-9307
Scopus Author ID: 56242779500
ResearcherID: M-3860-2016
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Researchgate Profile
Academic Career:
June 2019 – Present:
Assistant Professor; Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology; PolyU (Link)
Aug 2019 – Present:
Member; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery; PolyU (Link)
Aug 2021 – Present:
Project Leader; Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR PolyU); Hong Kong Science Park (Link)
Oct 2021 – Present:
Member; Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation; PolyU (Link)
Mar 2023 – Present:
Member; Research Institute for Future Food; PolyU (Link)
Awards and Honours:
2023:
- Outstanding Young Alumni Award of Faculty of Science 2023; PolyU (HK)(Link) (FS)
- Outstanding Young Alumni Award of Department of ABCT 2023; PolyU (HK)(Link) (ABCT)
- Rising Stars in Polymer Science 2023; Polymer Journal, Springer Nature (Link)
2022:
- PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award 2022; PolyU (HK)(RIO)(ABCT)
2021:
- Croucher Innovation Award; The Croucher Foundation (HK)(Link)
2017 – 2019:
- Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow; The Croucher Foundation (HK)(Link)
2014 – 2017:
- International Program Associate (Ph.D. Scholarship); RIKEN (Japan)
Education Background:
Oct 2017 – Jun 2019:
Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow; University of Groningen;
Supervisor: Prof. Ben L. Feringa
Apr 2017 – Oct 2017:
Postdoctoral Fellow; University of Groningen;
Supervisor: Prof. Ben L. Feringa
Jul 2016 – Aug 2016:
Exchange Ph.D. Student; University of Groningen;
Supervisor: Prof. Ben L. Feringa
Apr 2014 – Mar 2017:
Ph.D. in Electronic Chemistry; Tokyo Institute of Technology;
Supervisors: Prof. Takanori Fukushima and Dr. Yoichi M.A. Yamada
Jul 2013 – Mar 2014:
Research Assistant; PolyU;
Supervisor: Dr. Man Kin Wong
Jul 2011 – Jun 2013:
M.Phil. in Chemical Technology; PolyU;
Supervisor: Dr. Man Kin Wong
Sept 2007 – Jun 2011:
B.Sc. (First Class Hon.) in Chemical Technology; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Funded External Research Grants:
2023
- NSFC General Program (PI, Aug 2023, NSFC) (RIO)
2022
- Research Matching Grant Scheme (PI, Dec 2022, RGC)
- 2022/2023 Collaborative Research Fund (Co-I, Jun 2022, RGC)
- 2022/2023 General Research Fund (PI, Jun 2022, RGC)
2021
- Research Matching Grant Scheme (PI, Aug 2021, RGC)
- 2021/2022 General Research Fund (PI, Jun 2021, RGC)
- 2021 Croucher Innovation Award (PI, May 2021, Croucher Foundation)
2020
- 2020/2021 Early Career Scheme (PI, Jun 2020, RGC)
- NSFC for Young Scholar (PI, Apr 2020, NSFC)
2019
- Croucher Startup Fund (PI, Aug 2019, Croucher Foundation)
- Research Matching Grant Scheme (PI, Aug 2019, RGC)
Funded PolyU Research Grants:
- PolyU Large Equipment Fund (SKL, BioAFM) (Co-PI, Mar 2023)
- PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award (PI, July 2022)
- SKL Funding Support (PI, Aug 2019)
- Startup Fund (PI, July 2019)
Professional Services:
Grant Reviewer
- National Science Centre Poland (2022)
- Austrian Science Fund (2021)
Journal Reviewer
- Langmuir (May, July 2023), DDTR (Aug 2023), ACS App. Polym. Mater. (Aug 2023), Small (Oct 2023).
- Angew. Chemie. (2022), Adv. Healthc. Mater. (2022), Langmuir (2022), Macromol. Rapid Commun. (2022), DDTR (Apr, Aug 2022), Soft Matter (Oct, Nov 2022).
- Small (2021), Chem. Commun. (Jan, Apr 2021), Actuator (2021)
- J. Mater. Chem. C (2020), ACS Omega (2020).
- Review Editor Frontiers in Chemistry.
Alumni Event
- Tokyo Institute of Technology Alumni Ambassador (2023) (Link) (Video)
- PolyU Alumni Achievement (2022) (Link)
Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong
- Organizing Committee Chairman (2022) (Link)
- Institute Representative (2020, 2021)
Local High School Event
- S.T. Yau High School Science Award (Chemistry Assessment Panel, 2021, 2022, 2023)