​Professor Ying Chau co-chaired the HKUST IAS (Institute for Advanced Study) Focused Program on Biomaterials for Medical Applications. Invited speaker included prominent biomaterial scientists and ophthalmologist: Prof. Mark Prausnitz from Georgia Tech, Prof. Glenn Prestwich from University of Utah, Dr. Chris Leung from CUHK and Dr. He Mingguang from Melbourne University.
Dr. Chau gave an oral presentation titled “Biomaterials for Controlled Drug Delivery to the Eye”. Yu Yu, Laurence and Langston presented posters in the Program.

​Congratulations to Langston and his team for being selected as one of the Semi-Finalists for the Rice Business Plan Competition. Langston’s team was the 3rd place in semi-final flight and the top 9 teams out of 350+ applications!