SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof Aaron HO
Professor
Associate Dean of Engineering (Student Affairs)
Faculty of Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Keynote Speech
Joint University BME Programmes - A Possible Platform for
Multi-disciplinary Research and Education

Aaron HP HO received his BEng and PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham, England in 1986 and 1990 respectively. He is currently the Associate Dean (student affairs) of Engineering and a professor in CUHK. Before joining the Department of Electronic Engineering, CUHK in 2002, he has held positions as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Science, CityU (1996-2002), as a Senior Process Engineer in Fiber Optics Components Operation of Hewlett-Packard (1994-96), as a research fellow in University of Nottingham and University of Leeds, UK (1989-94). Started as a compound semiconductor materials scientist, his academic interests have evolved over the years to cover a broad range of topics including nano-sized semiconductor materials for photonic and sensor applications, optical instrumentation, photonic biosensors based on the surface plasmon resonance effect and biophotonics. He has published over 180 journal/conference/book chapter articles. He is also a member of the Joint University Consortium for Biomedical Engineering (JUCBE).