Wai Chung received his B.Sc. (honours) in chemistry from Hong Kong Baptist University and earned his PhD at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (with Professor Fuk Yee Kwong). His graduate studies focused on development of phosphine ligands and palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.  Following a Croucher Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT (with Professor Timothy F. Jamison), he returned to Hong Kong and became a research assistant professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2020.  In July 2023, He was appointed as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at City University of Hong Kong.  His current research interests include synthetic methodologies, and the discovery and application of new chemical reactions in continuous flow. 

                                                                                                                   ______________

Education and training

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018-2020

Croucher Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral advisor: Professor Timothy F. Jamison

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2013-2018

Ph.D

Doctoral advisor: Professor Fuk Yee Kwong

Hong Kong Baptist University, 2010-2013

B.Sc (Hons), Chemistry

                                                                                                                   ______________

Awards