Members
World-class Multidisciplinary Team
Experts from schools of Science, Engineering, Social Science (psychology), Engineering Education, and the Government and practicing engineers (together with local and international collaborators) are spearheading the Centre for Slope Safety.
Project Coordinator / Principal Investigator
Charles W. W. Ng
Dean of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School
CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability
Chair Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Co-Principal Investigators (Task Leaders)
Alexis Lau (Task A1)
Professor, Division of Environment & Sustainability, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Atmospheric Research Center
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Bo Huang (Task A2)
Professor, Geography & Resource Management
Associate Director, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lei Chen (Task B1)
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Acting Director, HKUST Big Data Institute
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Limin Zhang (Task B2)
Chair Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Director, Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Wai-Keung Pun (Task C2)
Chairman, R&D Sub-Group of Flexible Barriers of the Geotechnical Division
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Ting-Chuen Pong (Task C3)
Senior Advisor to the Provost (Teaching Innovation and E-learning)
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Acting Director of Center for Education Innovation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Co-Investigators
Eduardo Alonso
Member, Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain
Emeritus Professor, Geotechnical Engineering & Geosciences, Polytechnic University of Catalunya
Ben Chan
Associate Professor, Engineering Education
Director Center for Engineering Education Innovation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Peng Cui
Academician, Vice Director, Institute of Mountain Hazards & Environment
University of Chinese Academy of Science
C.F. Jimmy Fung
Head and Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Professor, Department of Mathematics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Billy C.H. Hau
Principal Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
Julian Shun-hang Kwan
Secretary, R&D Sub-Group of Flexible Barriers of the Geotechnical Division
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Suzanne Lacasse
Member, NAE of US, Canada, Norway
Member, NAS of Canada, Norway, France
Former Director, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
Anthony Leung
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Huamin Qu
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
W.K. Wong
Senior Scientific Officer, Forecast Development Division
Hong Kong Observatory
Michelle Yik
Professor, Division of Social Science
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chao Zhou
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
