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LO Pik Kwan, Peggy 羅璧君

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

Office: Room B6523, Level 6, Blue Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Lab: Room G2409, Level 2, Green Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Tel: +852 3442 7840
Fax: +852 3442 0522
Email: peggylo@cityu.edu.hk

Current research interests: nanomedicine, nucleic acid chemistry, DNA nanotechnology, drug delivery, photochemistry, biotechnology

Professional Employment

  • City University of Hong Kong
    • 7/2018 – present       Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry
    • 7/2017 – 6/2018       Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry
    • 7/2012 – 6/2017       Assistant Professor in Department of Biology and Chemistry
  • Harvard University
    • 9/2010 –5/2012       Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Adviser: Prof. Hongkun Park)

Education

  • McGill University
    • 9/2006 – 7/2010       Ph.D. in Chemistry (Adviser: Prof. Hanadi F. Sleiman) Thesis title: “Supramolecular DNA Chemistry: Assembly of DNA Nanotubes and Templated Synthesis of DNA-Mimetic Polymers”
  • Hong Kong Baptist University
    • 7/2004 – 6/2006       MPhil. in Chemistry (Adviser: Prof. Man Shing Ricky Wong) Thesis title: “Pharmacological behavior of systemically administered nanoparticles of defined properties: Mechanistic investigations at the organ, tissue, and cellular levels.
    • 9/2001 – 6/2004       BSc. (with First Class Honors) in Applied Chemistry

Journal Editorship

  • 3/2022 – 12/2022       Guest Editor, Special Issue on “Nanometre-Scale Biosensors for Applications in Medicine/Environment/Food/Biomedical Research, Biosensors
  • 2017-present       Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports
  • 2013-present       Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Analysis Chemistry
  • 2013-present       Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cell Science and Molecular Biology
  • 2013-present       Editorial Board Member, JSM Cell

Professional Societies

  • 2018-present       Council Member, Hong Kong Institution of Science
  • 2021-present       Assessment committee, S.T. Yau High School Science Award (Asia) [YHSA(Asia)], The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences (ASHK)
  • 2013-present       Committee Member, Hong Kong Baptist Chemists Society, Hong Kong Baptist University

Journal Editorship

  • 3/2022 – 12/2022       Guest Editor, Special Issue on “Nanometre-Scale Biosensors for Applications in Medicine/Environment/Food/Biomedical Research, Biosensors
  • 2017-present       Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports
  • 2013-present       Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Analysis Chemistry
  • 2013-present       Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cell Science and Molecular Biology
  • 2013-present       Editorial Board Member, JSM Cell

Honors, Awards, and Certificates

  • 2018       国家级科技项目先进个人奬, 深圳市科技創新委員會, 深圳市, China
  • 2016       The President’s Award, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2016
  • 2013       Dream Chemistry Awards Top 5, Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland.
  • 2013       国家级科技项目先进个人奬, 深圳市科技創新委員會, 深圳市, China.
  • 2011       Governor General’s Gold Medal for the Top Graduate in the Physical Sciences, McGill University
  • 2011       CSACS Best Paper Award in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, McGill University
  • 2010       Carl A. Winkler Award for Best Chemistry PhD Thesis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University.
  • 2010       Macromolecular Sciences and Engineering Division (MSED) of the CSC Award for The Best Graduate PhD Thesis in Polymer Science (across Canada), McGill University

P.K. Peggy LO @ 2022                  City University of Hong Kong       Department of Chemistry       College of Science