Furong GaoDr. Furong Gao received his B.Eng. degree in Automation from the East China Institute of Petroleum in 1985 and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, Canada, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. Currently, he is a Chair Pofessor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and a "State Thousand Talents (B)" Professor at the Department of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejaing University, China. Concurrent to his professorial appointment, he serves HKUST also as the Associate Dean of Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, and the Director of the Division of Advanced Manufacturing and Automation. Read More Read Less