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World authority on plant molecular biology, Professor Samuel Sun Sai-ming was appointed as Master-Designate of S.H. Ho College in August 2006. Currently Research Professor of Biology at CUHK, Professor Samuel Sun is the first scientist in the world to have cloned a plant gene. He is also the principal investigator of a UGC-supported Area of Excellence project entitled “Plant and Fungal Biotechnology”, which has made important contributions to solving the world’s food shortage problem. Professor Sun is currently Honorary/Visiting Professor of 13 universities and institutes in China including Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, University of Science and Technology of China, and China Agricultural University. He also serves on several key scientific advisory committees in mainland China and Taiwan. Professor Sun is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Professor Sun graduated from the Biology Department of New Asia College at CUHK and furthered his studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he received his PhD. He subsequently worked for the ARCO Plant Cell Research Institute as Senior and Principal Scientist as well as Head of its Molecular Biology Department, and engaged in teaching and research at the University of Hawaii. He returned to CUHK, his alma mater, to chair its Biology Department in 1996. He was selected 2005 Leader of the Year in recognition of his remarkable contributions to education and the advancement of technology. Professor Sun has great admiration and respect for the late Dr Ho Sin-hang, founder of The S. H. Ho Foundation. He is gratified to know that the new S. H. Ho College has a mission to cultivate a commitment to personal responsibility and integrity. Professor Sun always teaches his students to be good citizens, to care for and to serve those in need. His current two major research projects, one in collaboration with Professor Yuan Longping, “Father of hybrid rice”, to develop a high yielding super-hybrid rice aiming at feeding tens of millions more Chinese people, and another international collaborative project supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates’ Foundation to develop a nutrient-rich Golden Rice for humanitarian use, set good example of empathy. As the Master-designate, Professor Sun hopes that students of S. H. Ho College will enjoy their campus life and benefit from the whole-person education which the college sets out to offer. He will continue to strengthen communication with students and teach by example.
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Professor Samuel Sai-ming Sun Professor Samuel Sun and Professor Yuan Longping, “Father of hybrid rice” |
