Professor Albert S C Chan assume d office of the 4th President and Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong Baptist University on 1 July 2010. Professor Chan received his bachelor’s degree from Intern ational Christian University in Japan in 1975 and his MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago respectively in 1976 and 1979. Upon graduation from Chicago, he started an industrial career at the M onsanto Corporate Research Laboratories where he had worked for 13 years, rising through the ranks of Senior Research Chemist, Research Specialist, Senior Research Specialist and finally Monsanto Fellow. In 1992-1993 he taught at National Taiwan University as a Visiting Expert. Since joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1994, Professor Chan has served as Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technol ogy, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles, and Vice President (Research Development).

Professor Chan’s research areas include the application of chiral catalysts in asymmetric syntheses and their industrial applications, development of pharmaceutical products and related proc esses, pharmaceutical and nutritional products based on Chinese medicines, novel anti-cancer drugs discovery and development, new organic chemical proc ess and their industrial applications.