Paying It Forward Through Mentorship

DateMarch 16, 2023 (Thursday)
Time13:00 - 14:00
SpeakerProfessor Ying Chau (CBE)
ModeratorMs. Eunice Wong
VenueLibrary (LG4) Multi-function Room
LanguageEnglish

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About the Talk

Professor Ying Chau will share her first-hand experiences with mentorship, the joy of mentoring students and how she has been shaped by her own mentors. She hopes to encourage students to seek mentors in their own life journey.

 

Registration: https://lbcube.hkust.edu.hk/ce/index.php/event/9353/

 

Professor Ying Chau iTalk

Note

  • The talk will be recorded and photos will be taken during the talk.
  • This is a recognized event in the "Self-directed Experience" component of CORE1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. You need to attend the event in full to get 1.0 hour.

 

About the Speaker

 Prof Ying Chau Portrait

Ying Chau is Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Her current research interests include the design and translation of drug delivery approaches and biomaterials for ocular applications and immunotherapy, as well as self-assembled nanostructures derived from polymers and biomolecules. The technologies developed from her lab are now being commercialized by start-up companies in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Currently, she is serving on the board of directors of the Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited (Hong Kong), the editorial boards of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (Elsevier), and as Associate Editor of Drug Delivery (Taylor & Francis) and Frontiers in Drug Delivery (Frontiers). Professor Chau is deeply interested in education innovation and a strong advocate for empowering students for impact creation. She is the Founder and Director of Student Innovation for Global Health Technology (SIGHT) at HKUST. She and her team were recognized as finalists in the 2021 UGC Team Teaching Award. She was named the “Leading Woman in STEM” at the 2021 Annual Women of Influence (WOI) Conference & Awards organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham).

 

 

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