Faculty Members

Name / title / contactArea of Expertise

Prof. Tatia Mei-chun LEE
Head and Chair Professor 

Office: 6.56
Tel: 3917-8394
E-mail: tmclee@hku.hk
Clinical psychology and neuropsychology
Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:
  • Clinical psychology & Neuropsychology
  • Psychological assessment
  • Aging
  • Affective disorders
Prof. AU Terry Kit-fong

Prof. Terry Kit-fong AU
Emeritus Professor

E-mail: terryau@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Health and science education
  • Conceptual development
  • Language development
  • Parent-child relationship
  • Development of social skill
Prof. Benjamin BECKER
Professor 

Office: 6.03
Tel: 3917-5097
E-mail: bbecker@hku.hk 
Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:
  • Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience

Prof. Zhansheng CHEN
Professor

Office: 6.65
Tel: (852) 3917-2294
E-mail: chenz@hku.hk

Social and health psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Social exclusion
  • Objectification
  • Morality
  • Aggression
Prof. CHENG Cecilia

Prof. Cecilia CHENG
Professor

Office: 6.60

Tel: (852) 3917-4224
E-mail: ceci-cheng@hku.hk
Social and health psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Social psychology
  • Health psychology

Dr. Fan CAO
Associate Professor

Office: 6.14
Tel: (852) 3917-2293
E-mail: fancao@hku.hk

Cognitive psychology and cognitive science
Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:
  • Reading development and disorders
Dr. CHAN Christian

Dr. Christian S. CHAN
Associate Professor

(on leave 2023/2024)


Office: 
Tel:
E-mail:shaunlyn@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Disaster mental health
  • Community psychology
  • Clinical psychology

Dr. Dorita H. F. CHANG
Associate Professor

Office: 6.07
Tel: (852) 3917-2383
E-mail: changd@hku.hk

Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:
  • Visual neuroscience

Dr. Sing-hang CHEUNG
Associate Professor

Office: 6.24
Tel: (852) 3917-4225
E-mail: singhang@hku.hk

Cognitive psychology and cognitive science
Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:
  • Visual perception

Dr. Xiaoqing HU
Associate Professor

Office: 6.62
Tel: (852) 3917-2291
E-mail: xiaoqinghu@hku.hk

Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:
  • Sleep
  • Memory
  • Social learning

Dr. Frendi Wing-sai LI
Associate Professor of Practice

Office: 6.66
Tel: (852) 3917-5889
E-mail: fwsli@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Mental Health
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychotraumatology
  • Clinical Psychology

Dr. Shirley X. LI
Associate Professor

Office: 6.63
Tel: (852) 3917-7035
E-mail: shirleyx@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology
Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:

  • Sleep and mental health
  • Sleep and cognition
  • Clinical psychology
Dr. SAUNDERS Jeffrey Allen

Dr. Jeffrey Allen SAUNDERS
Associate Professor

Office: 6.26
Tel: (852) 3917-8596
E-mail: jsaun@hku.hk

Cognitive psychology and cognitive science

Area of Expertise:
  • Visual perception
  • Judgment and decision making

Dr. Kathy Kar-man SHUM
Associate Professor

Office: 6.08
Tel: (852) 3917-4223
E-mail: kkmshum@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Educational psychology
  • Psychoeducational intervention
  • Socioemotional development
  • Childhood developmental disorders

Dr. Hongjian CAO
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.21
Tel: (852) 3917-8395
E-mail: hjcao@hku.hk

Social and health psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Family Processes & Transitions
  • Emotion Socialization & Self-Regulation
  • Trauma, Violence & Abuse
  • Close Relationships
  • Sexual & Gender Diversity

Dr. Wai Sze CHAN
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.64
Tel: (852) 3917-2295
E-mail: chanwais@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Sleep Health
  • Behavioral Management of Obesity

Dr. Gilad FELDMAN
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.22
Tel: (852) 3917-4151
E-mail: gfeldman@hku.hk

Social and health psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Judgment and decision making
  • Open Science
  • Meta Science

Dr. Lucy Shih Ju HSU
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.06
Tel: (852) 3910-2188
E-mail: lucyhsu@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Language acquisition and socialization
  • Literacy intervention for children with/at risk of dyslexia
  • Early childhood development
  • Educational neuroscience
  • Mindfulness for children, parents and teachers

Dr. Frances Jingwen JIN
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.61
Tel: (852) 3917-2296
E-mail: frances.jin@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology
Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:
  • Psychopathology
  • Affective neuroscience
  • Clinical psychology

Dr. Karson KUNG
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.05
Tel: (852) 3917-7131
E-mail: karson.kung@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Autism
  • Gender
  • Hormones
  • Play
  • Sexuality

Dr. Charlene Lok-man LAM
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.59
Tel: (852) 3917-2385
E-mail: charlene.lam@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology
Neuroscience


Area of Expertise:

  • Fear and anxiety (fear conditioning, memory reconsolidation, cognitive biases)
  • Neuropsychology
  • Neuroimaging (fMRI), pupillometry

Dr. Terry Tin-yau WONG
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.25
Tel: (852) 3917-4875
E-mail: terrytyw@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Area of Expertise:
  • Mathematical cognition
  • Children with learning disabilities
  • Cognitive development
  • Reasoning skills
  • Science learning

Dr. Yuanwei YAO
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.04
Tel: (852) 3917-5096
E-mail: ywyao@hku.hk

Cognitive psychology and cognitive science
Neuroscience

Area of Expertise:
  • Decision making
  • Addiction
  • Internet psychology

Dr. Amanda Kingsze CHEUNG
Research Assistant Professor

Office: 6.66
Tel: (852) 3917-5889
E-mail: aksc@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology 

Area of Expertise:
  • Individual Differences
  • Child Development
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Parenting
  • Behavioral Genetics

Dr. Alvin Kar Fye LEE
Research Assistant Professor 

Office: 6.58
Tel: (852) 3917-8921
E-mail: alvinlkf@hku.hk

Neuroscience

Dr. Diane Hai-yen HUANG
Principal Lecturer

Office: 4.35
Tel: (852) 3917-8229
E-mail: dhuang@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology

Dr. Kathy WONG
Principal Lecturer

Office: 4.30
Tel: (852) 3917-8055
E-mail: kawong@hku.hk


Educational and developmental psychology

Dr. Matthew Ho-tat CHU
Senior Lecturer

Office: 4.30
Tel: (852) 3917-8055
E-mail: matchu@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Dr. Carole Chi-kwan LI
Senior Lecturer

Office: 4.34
Tel: (852) 3917-2378
E-mail: lickc@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology

Dr. Melody Jia-Qi XU
Senior Professional Practitioner

Office: 6.20
Tel: (852) 3917-5652
E-mail: meloxu@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Dr. Sonia Man Kuen CHAN
Lecturer

Office: 6.01
Tel: (852) 3917-7137
E-mail: smkchan@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Ms. Elsa Lai Yi CHIU
Lecturer

Office: 6.01
Tel: (852) 3917-7137
E-mail: elsachiu@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Ms. Rachelle Wing Sze LI
Lecturer

Office: 4.30
Tel: (852) 3917-8055
E-mail:  rachwsli@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Dr. Henry K. S. NG
Lecturer

Office: 6.16
Tel: (852) 3917-8205
E-mail: nghks@hku.hk


Social and health psychology

Dr. Jonathan Nai-chi YEUNG
Lecturer

Office: 6.16
Tel: (852) 3917-8205
E-mail: jncy@hku.hk


Social and health psychology

Dr. Kitty Kit-yu YEUNG
Lecturer

Office: 4.30
Tel: (852) 3917-8055
E-mail: kykyeung@hku.hk

Educational and developmental psychology

Dr. Charmian Ming-Yan YOUNG
Lecturer

Office: 4.34
Tel: (852) 3917-2378
E-mail: myyoung@hku.hk

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology
HKU Psychology