our team

Management Team

We help you see the world differently, discover opportunities you may never have imagined and achieve results that bridge what is with what can be.

NASK NANO

NASK’s In-House
R&D Team

Responsible for planning and conducting experiments in the fields of Nanotechnology and Materials Science, as well as recording and analysing experimental data. Expertise in biochemistry and nanofiber related industry.

Research Scientists

Core Division

01
Expertise in Biochemistry and Nanofiber synthesis with deep industrial application experience.
02
BSc Materials Science & Engineering (Manchester), MRes Nanomaterials (Imperial College London).
03
BSc Science in Applied and Analytical Chemistry (The University of Hong Kong).
04
BSc Chemistry (CityU), MSc Environmental and Public
Health Management (Hong Kong Baptist University).
05
BSc Science in Chemistry (The University of Hong Kong)
and (CUHK).

Academic Hub

Global Research Network
Prof. Margaret IP

Professor / UHK

Prof. Robert K.M. KO

Professor / HKUST

Prof. Alexander LAU

Honorary Associate Professor / CUHK

Prof. Hung Kay LEE

Associate Professor / CUHK

Prof. Simon M.Y. LEE

Chair Professor / PolyU

Prof. Yuguo LI

Chair Professor / HKU

Prof. David PUI

Regents Professor / UNM

Prof. Stephen WONG

Professor / CUHK

Sarinda Kwok

Co-founder and CEO

Stephen Kwok

Co-founder and CFO

Prof. K.P. Fung

Emeritus Professor / R&D Advisor

Dr. Boris Tong

CTO

Prof. Margaret Ip

Professor

•Professor and Chairman at Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Consultant at Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital.

•She received her medical training at the University of Southampton and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. She did her postgraduate Fellowship training in Clinical Microbiology and Infection at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

•She is a clinical microbiologist with experience in research on the epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of clinically important bacterial pathogens, especially on Streptococcus pneumoniae and Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). She has a strong interest in the development and assessment of clinical diagnostic methods and new treatment modalities. Over 200 peer-reviewed papers were published.

•She serves as Advisor and Member in a number of Scientific Committees on antimicrobial resistance and infection control and Associate Editors to Frontiers Microbiology and BMC Infectious Diseases, among others.

Prof. Robert K.M. KO

Professor

•Associate Head (Teching), professor in the Division of Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

•PhD, The University of British Columbia, Canada.

•Prof. Ko is known for applying molecular and cell biology technique to the study of Chinese tonic herbs, with the focus on antioxidant and immunomodulatory actions.

•He has received over 23 million (HK) funding and his research output has been published in both pharmacological and Chinese medicine journals. Prof. Ko’s latest research interest is antioxidant mechanism(s) of Chinese tonic herbs with focus on the regulation of cellular glutathione redox status.

•The investigation of pharmacological basis of Yang/Qi-invigoration in Chinese medicine is his other research expertise.

•He is also a pioneer in developing proprietary Chinese herb-based health products and skincare products in Hong Kong. In this connection, he has been granted 3 US Patents and 1 European Patent. He served in the Chinese Medicines Board of the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong from 1999-2005.

Prof. Alexander Y.L. LAU

Honorary Associate Professor

•Neurologist and honorary clinical associate professor at the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics of the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

•Medical Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine of CUHK.

•After receiving undergraduate education in biochemistry at the University of Chicago in 1998, Dr. Lau returned to Hong Kong and obtained his medical degree from CUHK in 2003, followed by physician training in internal medicine and neurology at the Prince of Wales Hospital, the teaching hospital of CUHK.

•Awarded the gold medal of Best Thesis Award by the Hong Kong College of Physicians in 2010.

•Went to the University of California San Francisco for post-doctoral fellowship as a recipient of Croucher Foundation Fellowship and CUHK Henry Leung Fellowship in 2011.

•Joined CUHK Faculty of Medicine in 2015.

•Research focuses on stroke, multiple sclerosis, and integrative medicine.

•Joined the CUHK Medical Centre as a Consultant Neurologist in 2021.

Prof. LEE Hung Kay

Associate Professor

•Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

•Associate Director Environmental Science Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

•Associate College Head and Dean of General Education United College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

•Programme Director MSc Programme in Accreditation Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

•Research Interests Synthesis, structural characterization, and reactivity studies of amidometal complexes;

Design of structural and functional mimics to the active sites of various metalloproteins.

Prof. Simon M.Y. Lee

Chair Professor

  • Cally Kwong Mei Wan Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine Innovation and Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Engaged in brain and neurodegenerative disease research for over 20 years, focusing primarily on drug development for treating ageing-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), epilepsy, and stroke.
  • Research interests include:
  • Brain Disorder and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Drug Discovery and Development
  • Natural Product, Medicinal Plant and Chinese Medicine
  • Genome and Systems Biology.

Professor Li, Yuguo

Chair Professor

•Prof. Yuguo LI is the Chair Professor of Building Environment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.

•Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.

•The work in his team has led to redefinition of transmission routes, new mechanisms of transmission, and intervention methods of SARS-CoV-2, which have been adopted by WHO, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) and other health and engineering authorities.

•The work in his team also led to the findings of the roles played by airflow in the 2003 Amoy Gardens SARS outbreak, demonstrated the co-existence of heat and cool islands in some cities, and explained urban heat dome phenomena.

•Editor-in-Chief of Indoor Air.

•He received Medal of Honour in Hong Kong, the Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award from ASHRAE in 2021, and Honorary Doctor Degree of Aalborg University in 2015.

•He currently also serves as a member of the WHO Infection Prevention and Control ( IPC) Guidelines Development Group and WHO Environment and Engineering Control Expert Advisory Panel for COVID-19.

•Research interests include: Infection control and airborne transmission, ventilation, building energy efficiency, computational fluid dynamics, urban heat island and urban climate, indoor air science.

Prof. David Y.H. Pui

Regents Professor

•Regents Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, U.S.A

•Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Director, Center for Filtration Research (CFR), Director, Particle Technology Laboratory (PTL)

•Professor David Pui’s Center for Filtration Research (CFR) consists of 20 leading international filtration manufacturers and end users.

•Filtration applications include respirator, indoor air cleaning, semiconductor manufacturing, engine emission control, and high purity water. He has a broad range of research experience in aerosol/ nanoparticle engineering and filtration technology and has over 350 journal papers and 40 patents.

•He has developed several widely used commercial aerosol instruments for PM2.5 measurements around the world. He is also a co-founder of Nanocopoeia biopharmaceutical company for nano-medicine production.

•His recent contributions involve developing green technologies for sustainable environment, including two Solar-Assisted Large-Scale Cleaning Systems (SALSCS) built in Xi’an and Yancheng in China, and two Air Purification Towers now operating in Delhi, India to combat hazardous pollution problems.

Prof. Stephen Heung-sang WONG

Chairperson and Professor

•Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Sports Science and Physical Education at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

•Serves as Head of United College and Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research, CUHK.

•Obtained his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University, United Kingdom, as a Commonwealth Scholar.
•Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the Asian Representative of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) Board and the Co-leader of the Active Healthy Kids Hong Kong Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.

•His research focuses on physical activity and sedentary behaviour on children, and nutritional and metabolic aspects of exercise.

•Published extensively in the leading journals of his field.

•Serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness.