Tony F. Chan
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| Tony Chan | |
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| 3rd President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2009 |
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| Chancellor | Donald Tsang |
| Preceded by | Paul Chu |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Salesian English School Queen's College California Institute of Technology (B.Sc & M.Sc) Stanford University (PhD) |
Tony Fan-Cheong Chan (Chinese: 陳繁昌) is a Hong Kong-born[1] mathematician and President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1 September 2009.
He succeeded Chu Ching-wu who retired from HKUST in August 2009.[2]
Tony Chan worked at UCLA and at the National Science Foundation.[3] He is a co-founder of the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, an NSF-funded institute at UCLA. He has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Mathematics by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company.[4]
[edit] Early life
Born in Hong Kong, Chan attended Salesian English School and Queen's College in Hong Kong.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Biography of Prof Tony Chan, HKUST Designate". http://www.ust.hk/eng/news/Prof_Tony_Chan.pdf.
- ^ "HKUST Announces Appointment of Prof. Tony Chan as Next President". http://www.ust.hk/eng/news/press_20090330-678.html.
- ^ "Tony F. Chan". http://www.math.ucla.edu/~chan/bio.html.
- ^ ISI Highly Cited Author - Tony F. Chan
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| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by Chu Ching-wu |
President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2009 – present |
Incumbent |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Timothy W. Tong President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong order of precedence President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Succeeded by Tsui Lap-chee Vice-Chancellor and President the University of Hong Kong |
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