Faculty Members

Prof. Zhansheng CHEN
Head and Professor

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

• Social exclusion
• Objectification
• Morality
• Aggression

Prof. Terry Kit-fong AU
Emeritus Professor

E-mail: terryau@hku.hk

• Health and science education
• Conceptual development
• Language development
• Parent-child relationship
• Development of social skill

• Clinical psychology & Neuropsychology
• Psychological assessment
• Aging
• Affective disorders

• • Mind & AI 
  • Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience
  • Mental Health 
  • Brain imaging and modulation

Prof. Cecilia CHENG
Professor

Office: 6.23

• Social psychology
• Health psychology

Prof. Fan CAO
Associate Professor

Office: 6.06
Tel: (852) 3917-2293
E-mail: fancao@hku.hk

• Reading development and disorders

Prof. Dorita H. F. CHANG
Associate Professor

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

• Visual neuroscience

Prof. Sing-hang CHEUNG
Associate Professor

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

• Visual perception

Prof. Kin CHIU
Associate Professor (Research)

Office: 409, HKJCBIR
Tel: (852) 3917-3641
E-mail: datwai@hku.hk

Prof. Xiaoqing HU
Associate Professor

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

• Sleep
• Memory
• Social learning

Prof. Chih-mao HUANG
Associate Professor

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

• Cognitive, Social and Clinical Neuroscience of Aging

Prof. Shirley X. LI
Associate Professor

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

Area of Expertise:

• Sleep and mental health
• Sleep and cognition
• Youth mental health
• Clinical psychology

Prof. Jeffrey Allen SAUNDERS
Associate Professor

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

Area of Expertise:

• Visual perception
• Judgment and decision making

Prof. Robin Zhengxi SHAO
Associate Professor

Office: 6.58
Tel: (852) 3917-8927
E-mail: rshao@hku.hk

• Clinical Neuroscience
• Affective Neuroscience
• Structural and Functional Neuroimaging
• multimodal modelling, intervention trial

Prof. Kathy Kar-man SHUM
Associate Professor

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

• Educational psychology
• Psychoeducational intervention
• Socioemotional development
• Childhood developmental disorders

Prof. Terry Tin-yau WONG
Associate Professor

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

• Mathematical cognition
• Children with learning disabilities
• Cognitive development
• Reasoning skills
• Science learning

Prof. Hongjian CAO
Assistant Professor

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

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

Prof. Wai Sze CHAN
Assistant Professor

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

• Sleep and disordered eating
• Treatment of Insomnia and Disordered Eating
• Digital Mental Health
• AI-Interventions

Prof. Frances Jingwen JIN
Assistant Professor

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

• Psychopathology
• Affective neuroscience
• Clinical psychology

Prof. Saetbyul (Clara) KIM
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.14
Tel: (852) 3910-2188
E-mail: saetbyul@hku.hk

• Moral psychology
• Dialogic learning for children and adolescents
• Civic learning/social emotional learning
• Life purpose/prosocial goals
• Classroom/community-based intervention

Prof. Karson KUNG
Assistant Professor

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

• Autism
• Gender
• Hormones
• Play
• Sexuality

Prof. 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

Prof. Yuanwei YAO
Assistant Professor

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

• Decision making
• Addiction
• Internet psychology

Prof. Vanessa See Heng YIM
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.60
Tel: (852) 3917-4874
E-mail: vanyim@hku.hk

• Eating Disorders
• Psychological trauma
• Clinical Psychology
• Community psychology

Prof. Jian-Qiao ZHU
Assistant Professor

Office: 6.67
Tel: (852) 3917-7121
E-mail: zhujq@hku.hk

• AI for Cognitive Science
• Bayesian Models of Cognition
• Large-Scale Behavioral Experiments
• Judgment and Decision Making

Prof. Andrew LUO
Assistant Professor
HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science and Department of Psychology

Office: P302, Graduate House & JCT 6.67
Tel: (852) 3917-7121 (For JCT 6.67)
E-mail: aluo@hku.hk

• Generative Modeling
• Visual Reasoning
• Scene Representations

Dr. Amanda Kingsze CHEUNG
Research Assistant Professor

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

• Individual Differences
• Child Development
• Vulnerabilities
• Parenting
• Behavioral Genetics

Dr. Diane Hai-yen HUANG
Principal Lecturer

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

Dr. Kathy WONG
Principal Lecturer

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

Mr. Poi Ki Pokky CHOI
Senior Lecturer

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

Dr. Matthew Ho-tat CHU
Senior Lecturer

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

Ms. Jacqueline Wai-yan TANG
Senior Lecturer

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

Dr. Melody Jia-Qi XU
Senior Professional Practitioner

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

Mr. Erich Kai See CHAN
Lecturer

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

Dr. Sonia Man Kuen CHAN
Lecturer

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

Ms. Rachelle Wing Sze LI
Lecturer

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

Dr. Galen Ying LIU
Lecturer

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

Dr. Henry K. S. NG
Lecturer

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

Dr. Kitty Kit-yu YEUNG
Lecturer

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

Dr. Eason Sai-Kit YIP
Lecturer

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