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LO Pik Kwan, Peggy 羅璧君

Associate Professor and MSc Programme Leader, Department of Chemistry

Office: Room P5109, 5/F, Purple 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
    • Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry
  • Harvard University
    • Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Adviser: Prof. Hongkun Park)

Education

  • McGill University
    • 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
    • MPhil. in Chemistry (Adviser: Prof. Man Shing Ricky Wong) Thesis title: “Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships of Novel Multi π-Conjugated Molecular Systems”
    • BSc. (with First Class Honors) in Applied Chemistry

Journal Editorship

  • Editorial Board Member, Biosensors – MDPI (2024 onwards)
  • Youth Editorial Board Member, Smart Molecules – Wiley (2023 onwards)
  • Guest Editor in a Special Issue “Nanometre-Scale Biosensors for Applications in Medicine/Environment/Food/Biomedical Research”, Biosensors – MDPI (2022 – 2023)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Modern Agriculture and Biotechnology – Innovation Forever (2021 – 2024)
  • Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports – Nature Portfolio (2016 onwards)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry – Hilaris (2014 onwards)
  • Editorial Board Member, JSM Cell and Developmental Biology – JSciMed Central (2013 onwards)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cell Science and Molecular Biology – Open Science (2013 onwards)

Service To Professional Bodies

  • 2026 – present       Treasurer, The Hong Kong Institution of Science
  • 2024 – 2025       Judges, 2nd City I&T Grand Challenge 城市創科大挑戰 (by ITC / Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation)
  • 2023 – 2024       Mentor, Inter-ESF InnoFair (by ESF)
  • 2021 – present       Judges, Greater Bay Area Science Project Competition (by Gifted Education Council and G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College)
  • 2021 – present       Assessment committee of S.T. Yau High School Science Award (Asia) [YHSA(Asia)], The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences (ASHK)
  • 2020 – present       Mentor, Distinguished Master Accomplished Students Mentorship Programme (by The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences)
  • 2018 – present       Council Member, The Hong Kong Institution of Science
  • 2018 – 2020       Vice-President, The Hong Kong Institution of Science
  • 2017 – present       Director, The Hong Kong Institution of Science
  • 2013 – present       Committee Member of Hong Kong Baptist Chemists Society, Hong Kong Baptist University

Honors, Awards, and Certificates

  • 2026       Gold Medal: The 11th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2026), Canada
  • 2026       Bronze Medal: The 51st International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2024       CSCI Teaching Excellence Award (CSCI-TEA) 2023-24, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 2023       Gold Medal: The 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, Switzerland
  • 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
  • 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, Canada
  • 2011       CSACS Best Paper Award in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada
  • 2010       Carl A. Winkler Award for Best Chemistry PhD Thesis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada
  • 2010       Macromolecular Sciences and Engineering Division (MSED) of the CSC Award for The Best Graduate PhD Thesis in Polymer Science (across Canada), McGill University, Canada

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