Paul K. Chu


Paul K. Chu is a specialist in plasma surface modification and materials science. He is Chair Professor of Materials Engineering at City University of Hong Kong.

Biography

He received his BS in mathematics from the Ohio State University in 1977 and his MS and PhD in chemistry from Cornell University in 1979 and 1982, respectively.
He is Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Vacuum Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Materials Research Society. He is the recipient of the 2007 IEEE NPSS Merit Award which is the most prestigious award given by IEEE in the areas of nuclear and plasma sciences, 2008 MRS JW Mayer Lectureship, 2011 Shanghai Natural Science First Class Award 中國上海自然科學一等獎, 2017 Chinese Ministry of Education Natural Science Award 中國教育部自然科學一等獎, 2018 Hubei Province Natural Science Award 中國湖北省自然科學二等獎, and Anhui Province Science and Technology Award 中國安徽省科學技術三等獎. He has been awarded Leading Talents of Guangdong Province of China and Thousand Talents of China. He is a highly cited researcher in materials science / crossed field according to Web of Science / Clarivate Analytics.
He is Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
He is chairman of the International Plasma-Based Ion Implantation Executive Committee which organizes the biennial International Workshop on Plasma-Based Ion Implantation and Deposition and a member of the Ion Implantation Technology International Committee that organizes the biennial International Conference on Ion Implantation Technology as well as the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Fellow Evaluation Committee.
He holds or has held advisory or visiting professorship in 17 universities and research institutes in China, including Peking University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He is supervising senior editor of IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, associate editor of Materials Science and Engineering: Reports and a member of the editorial board of Biomaterials, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Surface and Coatings Technology. Surface and Interface Analysis, Recent Patents on Materials Science, Versita, International Journal of Molecular Engineering, and Materials and Surfaces for Biocompatible Systems.

Publications

He has authored / co-authored more than 1,900 journal papers and given more than 150 plenary, keynote, and invited talks in international scientific conferences. He is co-author of 1 book, co-editor of 8 books, and co-author of more than 40 book chapters on plasma science and engineering, biomaterials, and nanotechnology. For a complete list of his publications, please visit: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/phy/appkchu/plasma/Paul%20Chu/paul_chu.htm. Updated information is also available on Google Scholar, Thomson Reuters ResearcherID, and Scopus.

Patents