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Kwang Leong Choy

Professor of Materials Science, Duke Kunshan University Co-director, Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University

Kwang Leong Choy’s research focuses on the development of high performance nanostructured and nanocomposite materials based on superthin/thin/thick films using novel and advanced materials synthesis methods for solar cells, energy storage, optoelectronics, environment, engineering, healthcare and biomedical applications. Her pioneering research on the innovative, eco-friendly and cost effective non-vacuum Chemical Vapour Deposition platform technology has led to patents, technology translation and exploitation by industrial companies as well as recognition awards, including the Kroll Medal & Prize (2020) and Grunfeld Memorial Award and Medal (1999) by The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3). She has led and participated in many national, European and international research projects with a large consortium of academia and industries.

She has authored four books, “Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD): Advances, Technology and Applications” (CRC Press, 2019), “Biomaterials in Clinical Practice: Advances in Clinical Research and Medical Devices” (Springer, 2017), “Commercialization of Nanotechnologies–A Case Study Approach” (Springer, 2017) and “Innovative and Cost-effective Materials Processing Methods” (Imperial College Press, London 2002). She has over 300 publications to her name, including papers published in leading academic journals such as Progress in Materials Science, Advanced Materials and ACS Nano. Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include materials science, materials synthesis and characterization, nanoscale functional materials and courses that connect materials to energy, environmental science and global health sectors.

Choy has a D.Phil. in materials science from the University of Oxford and a D.Sc. in materials from the University of Nottingham. Before joining Duke Kunshan, she was the founding director of the Institute for Materials Discovery and professor for materials discovery at University College London (UCL). She was also course director of the postgraduate taught programme (MSc) in advanced materials science at UCL.

She has served as a chairperson in materials and research director of the University Innovation Centre at the University of Nottingham, and as a reader at Imperial College London. Choy also held the Violette and Glasstone Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford. She has received teaching awards from the University of Nottingham and University College London. She has been awarded Fellow of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2007 and 2010, respectively.

Jingbo Cui

Associate Professor of Applied Economics, Duke Kunshan University; Co-director, Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University

His research centers on environmental economics, economics of innovation, and international trade. His research has appeared in top academic journals in the fields of environmental and resource economics, agricultural economics and energy economics. Recent projects include economic analysis of climate change, welfare impacts of biofuel policies, and effects of environmental policies on environmental innovation. His current projects on climate change and low-carbon innovation have received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Before joining Duke Kunshan, he had held positions as a Chu-Tian junior scholar at the Hubei Provincial Department of Education, an associate professor at Wuhan University’s School of Economics and Management, and a postdoctoral research associate and visiting scholar at Iowa State University. He has also served as the referee for leading journals in environmental economics, such as JEEM, JAERE, ERE. Cui has a B.S. in economics and mathematics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, an M.Sc. in economics from Wuhan University and a Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State University.

Huijing Huang

Event Specialist of Initiative for Sustainable Investment

Huijing Huang is the Event Specialist of the Initiative for Sustainable Investment. Her main job responsibilities include planning, organizing, implementing and managing various program events undertaken by the Initiative for Sustainable Investment.

Guozhen Shen

Senior Program Coordinator of Environmental Research Center

Guozhen Shen is the Senior Program Coordinator at the Environmental Research Center (ERC). His main job responsibility is to perform administrative support for ERC as an interdisciplinary research hub to engage faculty, students and research fellows in various research activities. He also serves as grant manager with the duty of managing ERC’s research projects.

Yunkai Yao

Administrative Assistant for Grant Management

Yunkai Yao is the Administrative Assistant for Grant Management at the Environmental Research Center (ERC). His main responsibilities include research support, administrative assistance, and finance and budgeting.

Jiaying Zhu

Administrative Assistant of Initiative for Sustainable Investment

Jiaying Zhu is the Administrative Assistant of Initiative for Sustainable Investment(ISI). She serves as the primary contact point for the day-to-day execution of program activities related to the ISI. Her main job responsibilities are planning, organizing, implementing, and managing various program events as well as managing external relations.