THE 26TH SYMPOSIUM ON CHEMISTRY POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH IN HONG KONG

Introduction

The 26th Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong will be held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 4 May, 2019 (Saturday). This Symposium will consist of a Keynote Lecture, an Oral Presentation Session, and a Poster Session. The Keynote Lecture will be given by Professor William Jones of Rochester University. The Oral Presentation Session will be consisted of six 20-minute talks, each of which will be delivered by a postgraduate student representative nominated by his/her home university. As established in 1994, the Symposium has become a major annual event that brings together chemistry postgraduate students and faculty members from all UGC funded institutes as well as some industrial partners to present the most recent progress in chemistry research. The major objective of the proposed symposium is to discuss the most recent advancement in postgraduate research in chemistry, exchange research ideas and foster collaborations and networking. It will offer PG students an invaluable opportunity to interact with the keynote speaker and local faculty members and students in person.

Participants are required to register through their institutional representative by 27 March, 2019. Participants who wish to present their work as posters during the Symposium are welcome to submit an abstract of their work in the prescribed format to the Symposium Secretariat via their institutional faculty representatives on or before 29 March, 2019.

Programme

Symposium pamphlet
Photo album


Time	Event
08:45 – 09:15	Mounting of Posters
09:15 – 09:30	Opening Ceremony - Welcome speech by PVC, Prof. Wai-Yee Chan - Welcome speech by Interim Dean of Science, Prof. Zuowei Xie
09:30 – 10:30	Keynote Lecture by Prof. William D. Jones
10:30 – 11:00	Group Photo and Tea Reception
11:00 – 11:25	Activation of Functionalized Alkynes for Metalated Heterocyclic Complexes and Metallacycles Chi-Fung Yeung, City University of Hong Kong
11:25 – 11:50	Boron(III) Carbazosubphthalocyanines: Core-Expanded Antiaromatic Boron(III) Subphthalocyanine Analogues Yu-Man Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
11:50 – 12:15	*Novel Design of Amphotericin B-Conjugated Red-Emitting Carbon Dots Against Candida albicans* Biofilms** Regina Huang, Hong Kong Baptist University
12:15 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:15	Poster Session
15:15 – 15:40	Selective Recognition and Detection of Catecholamines in Living Cells Ka-Yan Tong, The University of Hong Kong
15:40 – 16:05	AIE-Based Organic-Inorganic Integrated Nanosystems for Multimodality Bioimaging and Therapeutics Xuewen He, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
16:05 – 16:30	Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective γ-Lactams Formation by Intramolecular C – H Amidation of 1,4,2-Dioxazol-5-ones Chun-Ming Chan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
16:30 – 17:00	Closing Ceremony & Award Presentation
17:00 – 17:30	Dismounting of Posters


Award presenting (no. of awards)	Awardees
StrongOral Presenter (1)	Chun Ming Chan (PolyU)
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology (3)	Yiping Wu (HKU) Kam Keung Leung (CityU) Zhiqin Deng (CityU)
Material Chemistry (2)	Zheng Zheng (HKUST) Chun Wai Tang (HKUST)
Organic Chemistry (2)	Sai Ho Pun (CUHK) Kai Wu (HKU)
Analytical and Environmental Chemistry (2)	Wenting Qiu (HKUST) Dick Yan Karen Tam (CityU)
Inorganic Chemistry (3)	Zhenguo Guo (CityU) Fu Kit Sheong (HKUST) Liaoyuan Yao (HKU)
Physical Chemistry (1)	Qiujiang Liang (HKU)