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Professor Alex Wai is the President and Vice-Chancellor and Chair Professor of Photonics of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). Over the years, he has spared no effort in education, academia and research. He is committed to pioneering innovation and technology and translational research as well as making contributions to the development of Hong Kong, the Nation and the world. Professor Wai received a bachelor’s degree, majoring in Physics, from The University of Hong Kong in 1981, followed by a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park in the US in 1985 and 1988 respectively. With academic interests in the field of optical fibre communications, Professor Wai has a rich array of impactful and patented research achievements to his name. He has been elected as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering (HKAE). With the approval of the State Ministry of Science and Technology, he is also listed as one of the experts in the National Science and Technology Programme Expert Database. 衞炳江教授為香港浸會大學校長及光子學講座教授。衞教授致力開拓創新科技,推動研究的 轉化應用,為香港社會、國家及世界的發展作出貢獻。衞教授於1981年取得香港大學學士 學位,並分別於1985及1988年在美國馬里蘭大學取得碩士及博士學位。他是光纖通訊研究的 傑出學者。他在2009年獲選為美國光學學會會士,2012年獲選為國際電機與電子工程師學會 會士及香港工程院院士,同年並獲國家科學技術部批准加入《國家科技計劃專家庫》。 Alexander Ping-kong WAI 衞炳江 President and Vice-Chancellor Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學校長 62

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