Research

120+

Postdoctoral researches have been nurtured since IAS' inception

>$34M

General Research Fund grants were awarded to IAS Junior Fellows

640+

Publications contributed by IAS members since 2006

Projects received support from the Innovation and Technology Commission

Research Insights

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A Leap Forward in Topology Study

Q Matters - Harnessing the Quantum Power in Flux

Plugging into the Brain

Progress on the Ultra-Fast Astronomy Research Project Led by IAS Professor

Research Centers

IAS is a lively hub of research activity. It leads innovation and discovery-driven research. Research centers housed under the IAS include the Center for Fundamental Physics and the IAS Center for Quantum Technologies; fosters collaboration across disciplines between local, national and international researchers in high-impact areas.

More information can be found from the following links :

Center for Fundamental Physics

Center for Complex Quantum Systems

Latest Publications

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Experimental Evidence for a Berry Curvature Quadrupole in an Antiferrmagnet (2024)

Sankar, S., Liu, R., Zhang, C.P., Li, Q.F., Chen, C.Y, Gao, X.J., Zheng, J.C., Lin, Y. H., Qian, K., Yu, R.P., Zhang, X., Meng, Z.Y., Law, K.T., Shao, Q., and Jäck, B.

Physical Review X

14, 021046

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.14.021046

The Backreaction Effect of Sound Speed Resonance in DBI Inflation (2024)

Li, B., Chen, C., & Wang, B.

Physics Letters B

848, 138365

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138365

Cumulative Lifetime Enhancement Effect of Deuteration in Blue OLEDs (2023)

Dong, S, Yao, J., Zhang, Y., & Tang, C. W.

International Conference on Display Technology 2023

54(S1), 45–47

doi:10.1002/sdtp.16216

Scale-invariant Enhancement of Gravitational Waves during Inflation (2023)

Ota, A., Sasaki, M., & Wang, Y.

Modern Physics Letters A

doi:10.1142/s0217732323500633

Crossing the Domain: Unintended Consequences of Safety and Service Climates (2023)

Zhang, R., Gong, Y., & Zhou, M.

Journal of Applied Psychology

doi:10.1037/apl0001094

Non-Hermitian Swallowtail Catastrophe Revealing Transitions among Diverse Topological Singularities (2023)

Hu, J., Zhang, R. Y., Wang, Y., Ouyang, X., Zhu, Y., Jia, H. & Chan, C. T.

Nature Physics

1-6

doi: 10.1038/s41567-023-02048-w

Partial Data Inverse Problems for Quasilinear Conductivity Equations (2022)

Kian, Y., Krupchyk, K., & Uhlmann, G.

Mathematische Annalen

385(3–4), 1611–1638

doi:10.1007/s00208-022-02367-y

Structural Insight into the MCM Double Hexamer Activation by Dbf4-Cdc7 Kinase (2022)

Cheng, J., Huo, Y., Dang, S., Tye, B., Gao, N., & Zhai, Y.

Nature Communications

13(1)

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29070-5

On an Inverse Boundary Value Problem for a Nonlinear Elastic Wave Equation (2021)

Uhlmann, G. & Zhai, J.

Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées

153, 114-136

doi:10.1016/j.matpur.2021.07.005

Experimental Observation of Non-Abelian Topological Charges and Edge States. (2021)

Guo, Q., Jiang, T., Zhang, R., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z., Yang, B., Zhang, S., & Chan, C. T.

Nature

594(7862). 195-200

doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03521-3

Humanizing the Yeast Origin Recognition Complex (2021)

Lee, C., Cheung, M., Li, J., Zhao, Y., Lam, W., Ho, V., Rohs, R., Zhai, Y., Leung, D., & Tye, B.

Nature Communications

12(1)

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20277-y

Local and Global Boundary Rigidity and the Geodesic X-ray Transform in the Norma Gauge (2021)

Stefanov, P., Uhlmann, G. & Vasy, A.

Annals of Mathematics

v. 194, (1), July 2021, p. 1-95

doi:10.4007/annals.2021.194.1.1

Call for Proposals

The IAS is a unique academic platform where great minds converge. It offers unparalleled opportunities for HKUST faculty members to bring in distinguished scholars from outside Hong Kong for various forms of academic activities:

IAS Sponsorship of Speakers of Distinguished Lectures
IAS Joint School Lectures/Seminars
Sponsorship of Plenary/Invited Speakers of Activities
IAS Visitors Program
IAS Programs

Guidelines and Forms

“I believe there are no more one-man bands in today’s research. Fostering collaboration among specialties is a key to success.”

Prof. Chow Hei Man

IAS Junior Fellow (2015-2019); Awardee of 2017 L’Oreal Talent for Women in Science National Fellowship

“This is my third time coming to the Gordon Research Conferences held at the IAS. Collaborations often happen after people return to their home institutions and continue the discussion and exchange of ideas.”

Prof. Patrick Lee

William & Emma Rogers Professor of Physics; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow

“The facilities that the IAS offers and its environment, are as close as one hopes to get to perfection for researchers and students wishing to learn.”

Prof. Christopher Pissarides

IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large; 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

“Nowadays, major research breakthroughs almost always happen in the interdisciplinary areas. Collaboration with experts in other fields is a must for scientific progress.”

Prof. HO Chih-ming

IAS Senior Visiting Fellow

“Extending our current collaboration at HKUST, we are now exploring whether time reversal may bring some insight to quantum physics and cosmology.”

Prof. Mathias A. FINK

IAS Senior Visiting Fellow