The "Science Exploration Award" funded by the Tencent Foundation to reward young scientists from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau. The third award list was announced today (13th). Three of the 50 award-winning young scientists are from Hong Kong. They will be able to do so in the next 5 years. Each received a bonus of RMB 3 million from the Tencent Foundation.
The three Hong Kong winners are from CUHK and the University of Hong Kong. Among them, Lu Yijun, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said that he has worked in Hong Kong for 8 years. , The preliminary plan is to use the bonuses for the operation funds of its innovation and technology company.
The winners of the third "Science Exploration Award" were announced today (13th). Three of the winners were professors from local universities.
(Photo by Zeng Kaixin)
Winners tend to be younger
This year’s winners come from 13 cities and 33 different organizations. The "Science Exploration Award" points out that the biggest feature of this year is that the winners are more diversified than last year. This confirms the vigorous development of China's technological innovation and the ecological environment of talent innovation. Continuous optimization, while confirming the continuous improvement of academic exchanges between Hong Kong, Macau and the Mainland.
At the same time, this year's winners tend to be younger. The youngest winner is only 32 years old and includes 7 female scientists.
3 Hong Kong winners are from CUHK and Hong Kong University
In Hong Kong, the three winners are Yao Wang, a professor in the Department of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Huang Mingxin, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong, and Lu Yijun, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University.
The former was awarded for mathematical physics, Huang Mingxin was awarded for his research on "super tough steel" as a new chemical material, and Lu Yijun was awarded for energy and environmental protection.
Lu Yijun (middle) pointed out that it is not easy for women to be scientists, and hopes that their own experience can inspire other female scientists.
(Photo by Zeng Kaixin)
Lu Yijun hopes that her own experience can inspire other female scientists
Lu Yijun pointed out that it is not easy for women to be scientists. When she was just pregnant, she said that women would have more family considerations in the process of participating in scientific research. She hoped that their own experience could inspire other female scientists and convince them: "100% intoxicated. Scientific research will have results.” She also pointed out that after working in Hong Kong for 8 years, the category of the award this time is energy and environmental protection, research on safe and environmentally friendly "freeze-resistant" batteries, and temporarily intends to use the prize money for families and their innovation and technology companies. Operating expenses.
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