Chan, Che Ting

Professor Che Ting Chan received his BSc degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1980. He completed his PhD degree at the University of California at Berkeley in 1985. He joined the Physics Department of HKUST in 1995. Before coming to HKUST, Professor Chan worked at Ames Laboratory in the United States. Professor Chan was a co-winner of an Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment Award (Solid State Physics) in the U.S. Department of Energy Materials Science Research Competition. He has been a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 1996. In 1999, he was awarded the Michael Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching, HKUST. In 2000, he was awarded the Achievement in Asia Award by the Overseas Chinese Physics Association.

Professor Chan's main research interests include application of first principles and related methods to study the electronic, structural and other physical properties of matter; surface physics; photonic band gaps; and material physics.