| Tony Chan | |
|---|---|
| 3rd President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2009 |
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| Chancellor | Donald Tsang |
| Preceded by | Paul Chu |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Salesian English School Queen's College California Institute of Technology (B.Sc & M.Sc) Stanford University (PhD) |
Tony Fan-Cheong Chan (Chinese: é³çıĉ) is a Hong Kong-born[1] mathematician and President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1 September 2009.
He succeeded Chu Ching-wu who retired from HKUST in August 2009.[2]
Tony Chan worked at UCLA and at the National Science Foundation.[3] He is a co-founder of the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, an NSF-funded institute at UCLA. He has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Mathematics by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company.[4]
Born in Hong Kong, Chan attended Salesian English School and Queen's College in Hong Kong.[1]
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Chu Ching-wu |
President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2009 â present |
Incumbent |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Timothy W. Tong President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong order of precedence President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Succeeded by Tsui Lap-chee Vice-Chancellor and President the University of Hong Kong |