TANG Zikang 湯子康

Chair Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering

2016-present
Chair Professor, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau

2016-Aug 2024
Director, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau

2009-2015
Central Government “Thousand Talent Scheme” Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

2004-present
Adjunct Professor, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics & Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China

2004-2009
Guest Professor, University of Science & Technology of China

2004-2009
Chao Kuang Piu Professor, Zhejiang University, China

1994-2015
Professor (2004), Associate Professor (2001), Assistant Professor (1994), Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

1992-1994
Research Fellow of Japanese Science & Technology Agency, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan

1986-1987
Lecturer, Department of Materials Science, Shanghai University of Science & Technology

The 13th Guanghua Engineering Technology Award (2021)
Medal for the 70th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (2019)
Top 50 of the Most Cited Papers in the past 50 Years of Applied Physics Letters, issue of the 50th Year Celebration (2012)
Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellowship, HKSAR (2007)
Chang Jiang Scholar, Chinese Ministry of Education (2005)
Outstanding Oversea Chinese Youth Fellowship (2004)
Outstanding Oversea Chinese Youth Fellowship (2003)
Two research papers [Nature (2000), Science (2001)] were selected as Top 20 most important scientific papers in the year, by Nikkei Advanced
Technology (Japan)(2001)
The research work “Superconductivity in 0.4nm Diameter Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes” was highlighted as 11 Most Important Achievements in
Physics in the Year, by PhyscisWeb of The Institute of Physics (USA) (http://physicsweb.org) (2001)
Natural Science Award (2nd class), Chinese Ministry of Education (2000)
The research work “Discovery of the World’s Smallest Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes” was listed as Top 10 World Scientific News in the Year, voted by Chinese Academicians (2000)
The research work “World’s Smallest Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes” was highlighted as 4 Most Important Achievements in the Field of Nano
Materials in the Year, by Chemical Engineering News (USA) (2000)
Japanese Government Research Studentship (1987-1992)

Japanese Government Research Studentship (2011-present)
Editor, Solid State Communication (2011-present)
Editor, ISRN Nanotechnology (Hindawi) (2011-present)
Editor, NANO (World Scientific) (2006-2011)
Special invited Editor, Chinese Science Bulletin (2005-present)
Director, Postgraduate Degree Program of Nano Science and Nano Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (2005-2015)
Panel Member, Division of Materials & Engineering, National Science Foundation (2004-present)
Associate Director, Luminescence Branch of the Chinese Physics Society (2004-present)
Council Member, Luminescence Branch of the Chinese Physics Society (2001-present)
Associate Editor-in-Chief, (the 7th & 8th Board), Chinese Journal of Luminescence (2001-2007)
Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Luminescence (2001-present)