CUHK Chemist Made Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Thomas C.W. Mak, professor of chemistry, has been elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. Mak obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 1960 and 1973 respectively from the University of British Columbia. He subsequently worked as a NASA Research Associate in the Crystallography Department of the University of Pittsburgh, and then as assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Western Ontario. He joined The Chinese University as lecturer in chemistry in 1969, and was promoted to chair professor in 1982. He was formerly chairman of the Department of Chemistry and dean of science. He is currently director of the Institute of Science and Technology. Prof. Mak has published over 800 papers in international journals, including 333 as the principal author. He has made many contributions to the promotion of academic exchange between Hong Kong and mainland China and to the nurturing of young researchers in China. He was awarded a National Natural Science Award, Class III, for his work on chemical crystallography in 1995.

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