Hon Ki Tsang () is the

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of the Faculty of Engineering of the

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and the Wei Lun Professor of Electronic Engineering at The Chinese university of Hong Kong. His research expertise is in photonic integrated circuits and

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. Tsang took a gap year after graduating from high school, during which he worked for

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. Tsang studied at the

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, where he completed a bachelor's degree and doctorate, both in engineering. Upon completing his studies in 1991, Tsang became a postdoctoral researcher at the

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. He returned to Hong Kong in 1993, for a lectureship at the

. Three years later, Tsang was named an associate professor. Between 2002 and 2003, Tsang worked for Bookham Technology. Upon Tsang's return to academia, CUHK appointed him to a full professorship. Tsang is a Fellow of the

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and the

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now rebranded as Optica. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the ''

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''. Tsang is also a FIDE Chess master.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsang, Hon Ki Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Hong Kong expatriates in the United Kingdom Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academic staff of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong electrical engineers Academic journal editors Fellows of Optica (society) Fellows of the IEEE