PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research

A total of 243 PAIR members are ranked among the World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists 2026, among them, 150 scholars are included in the Career-Long Impact list, 5 of them are ranked among the world’s top 20 scholars in their respective fields. polyu.hk/Tzres

Please join the PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “Bursts of Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei” by Prof. Douglas LIN of University of California, Santa Cruz, online at 10:30 am (Hong Kong time) tomorrow morning! youtube.com/live/KvZzTnghyUo…

Please join the live-streaming service of the PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “Urban Safety: Challenges and Responses” by Prof. YUE Qingrui of University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, at 2:30 pm (Hong Kong time) this afternoon! youtube.com/live/7bl07q8kedk…

Please join the live-streaming service of the PAIR Seminar titled “Hurdles and Pitfalls in Natural Product Research” by Prof. Rudolf BAUER of University of Graz, Austria, at 2:30 pm (Hong Kong time) this afternoon! youtube.com/live/I-oK066P45I…

Please join the live-streaming service of the PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “From Boat to RAFT: A Journey of Resilience and Scientific Discovery” by Prof. San Hoa THANG of Monash University, Australia, at 2:30 pm (Hong Kong time) this afternoon! youtube.com/live/JGc_NBHp-q4…

You are cordially invited to join the upcoming PAIR Distinguished Lecture “Bursts of Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei” by Prof. Douglas LIN of University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, on 11 November 2026! polyu.hk/kEqCW

We are delighted to present the sixth episode of the PAIR Research Impact Video Series: Midas touch: Innovation gives new life to food waste and people youtube.com/watch?v=o8J-1ZPb…

Please join the PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “Engineering in the AI Era - The Grand Arc of Technology through the Ages” by Prof. ZHOU Ming of Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China, at 10:30 am (Hong Kong time) online this morning! youtube.com/live/nSAPX1eUdUg…

You are cordially invited to join the upcoming PAIR Distinguished Lecture “Urban Safety: Challenges and Responses” by Prof. YUE Qingrui of University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, on 10 November 2026! polyu.hk/ktBcs (in Putonghua)

Please join the upcoming PAIR Seminar “Hurdles and Pitfalls in Natural Product Research” by Prof. Rudolf BAUER of University of Graz, Austria, on 9 November 2026! polyu.hk/ymHqV

Please join the upcoming PAIR Distinguished Lecture "From Boat to RAFT: A Journey of Resilience and Scientific Discovery" by Prof. San Hoa THANG of Monash University, Australia on 5 November 2026. Register at: polyu.hk/mzgbn

On 8 October 2026, Prof. Markus ANTONIETTI of Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany delivered a PAIR Seminar titled “New Modifications of Carbon Nitrides and Their Use in Artificial Photosynthesis and Photoelectrochemistry”. polyu.hk/YcTyk

Please join the live-streaming service of the PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “Advancements and Emerging Trends in Robotic Micro-Nano Manipulation” by Prof. SUN Yu of University of Toronto, Canada, at 2:30 pm (Hong Kong time) this afternoon! youtube.com/live/0QVpCN629yo…

Please join the upcoming PAIR Distinguished Lecture “Advancements and Emerging Trends in Robotic Micro-Nano Manipulation” by Prof. SUN Yu of University of Toronto, Canada, on 22 October 2026! polyu.hk/EIqTC

Congratulations to Prof. Nathanael JIN Ling on receiving the World Young Aerosol Scientist Award 2026 from the International Aerosol Research Assembly (IARA), in recognition of his contributions and achievements in aerosol science and technology. polyu.hk/hEbWH

Mr Vincent SOURDAINE, Vice President of Neuromodulation for EMEA at Boston Scientific, delivered “Neuromodulation — Access to Innovation” at the final session of the Cambridge NeuroWorks and PolyU PAIR Joint Seminar on 29 Sept 2026. polyu.hk/BREJu

Please join the PAIR Seminar “New Modifications of Carbon Nitrides and Their Use in Artificial Photosynthesis and Photoelectrochemistry” by Prof. Markus ANTONIETTI from Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces at 2:30 pm (HKT) this afternoon! youtube.com/live/aSaNib73W4I…

To mark its 75th anniversary, World Physiotherapy selected 75 noteworthy physiotherapists worldwide. Prof. Marco PANG, Member of Research Centre of SHARP Vision, was among those selected. polyu.hk/XPkOv

Prof. Jonathan DORDICK of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute delivered a PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “Exploiting the Interface of Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science to Generate New Therapeutic Outcomes” on 22 September 2026. Online review polyu.hk/MryMx

Please join the Cambridge NeuroWorks and PolyU PAIR Joint Seminar titled “𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” by Mr Vincent Sourdaine of 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 live today at 4:00 pm (HKT)!  lnkd.in/gN9eKYuX