ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3750-5980
Scopus Author ID: 35239206000
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Prof. Ka-Leung Wong, Gary, is Chair Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry at The City University of Hong Kong. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from The University of Hong Kong and completed a Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellowship at Durham University with Prof. David Parker, FRS. He began his independent research career at Hong Kong Baptist University and was eventually promoted to Chair Professor in 2021 before joining PolyU in 2023.

An internationally recognized leader in lanthanide chemistry, spectroscopy and cancer theranostics, he has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles in esteemed journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Science and Angewandte Chemie, with an h-index of 65 and more than 11 800 citations (Google Scholar). His innovations have resulted in multiple U.S. patents on molecular imaging and photodynamic therapy. He has been honored with the Royal Society Incoming Fellowship and the European Rare Earth and Actinide Society Junior Award for his achievements in the field. Beyond his research, he serves as Main Editor of the Journal of Luminescence and contributes to international advisory and funding panels across academia and industry.