Shum A.
Professor, Associate Vice-President (Research and Innovation)
Teaching and administration leave from Sept.1 2020 – Aug.31 2021
+(852) 3917 7904
HW 7-25
http://web.hku.hk/~ashum/
ashum@hku.hk
ashum@hku.hk
HW 7-25
http://web.hku.hk/~ashum/
http://web.hku.hk/~ashum/
+(852) 3917 7904
Prof. Anderson Ho Cheung Shum received his B.S.E. degree, summa cum laude, in Chemical engineering from Princeton University, S.M. and Ph.D. in applied Physics from Harvard University. He is currently aprofessor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Hong Kong.
His research interests include emulsions, microfluidics, emulsion-templated materials and soft matter. He is an editor-in-chief of an open-access journal “SOFT” and on the editorial board of several journals; he is also a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals includingAdvanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie,Journal of the American Chemical SocietyandProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.He received the Early Career Award from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong in 2012, the Graduate Student Silver Award from the Materials Research Society in Spring 2010, Robert L. Wallace Prize Fellowship from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 2006-2007, as well as Notable mention in Art of Competition, Award for Overall Excellence in Chemical Engineering, Proctor & Gamble (P&G) Award for Outstanding Design Project, and Ticona Award for Outstanding Student Thesis from Princeton University in 2005.
Research Areas
Emulsions
Emulsion-templated materials in microfluids
Flows in microfluidics
Development of microfluidic technologies
