The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) is pleased to announce that five distinguished scholars have been selected as mentors in the Hong Kong Scholars Program 2026 (Programme). With the highest success rate among the nine participating institutions, the mentors will guide five postdoctoral fellows from the Chinese Mainland in conducting cutting-edge research, further strengthening academic exchange and collaboration across the region.

This year, EdUHK nominated ten scholars, of whom five were successfully selected.

Among them, three professors from the Department of Science and Environmental Studies were selected, namely Dr Deng Wenjing, Professor Ho Wing-kei, and Professor Ken Yung Kin-lam.

Dr Deng Wenjing – Associate Professor, Department of Science and Environmental Studies. Focuses on emerging chemicals and exposure risks, airborne chemicals and bio-aerosols, and management of indoor air quality in school environments and health impacts on students. Her research advances understanding of how endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and veterinary antibiotics in food and the environment affect human health.
Funded project: Indoor Airborne Plastic Particles and Co-existing Toxins: Characterization and Exposure to Children.

Professor Ho Wing-kei – Professor, Department of Science and Environmental Studies; ranked among Stanford’s global top 2% scientists in physical chemistry. Research interests include environmental remediation, nanotechnology, solar photocatalysis, air pollution control. He has secured over HK$15 million in research funding from the Hong Kong SAR Government and published more than 260 papers in international journals.
Funded project: A Step Towards Cleaner Air and Energy: Design of Advanced Photocatalytic Materials for Sustainable Pollution Control and Energy Generation.

Professor Ken Yung Kin-lam – Chair Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; ranked among Stanford’s global top 2% scientists in neurology. His team has developed nanomaterial-based technologies for harvesting autologous neural stem cells and devices for cell differentiation, winning over 50 international innovation awards. Several of these innovations have been patented in the Chinese Mainland, the United States, Europe, and Hong Kong. 
Funded project: Study of TWIK2 channel as the Key Therapeutic Target for Parkinson’s Disease.