“Innovating Health” Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series – Professor Anderson Shum
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Liquid-liquid interfaces: formation, manipulation and applications
Liquid-liquid interfaces, such as liquid organelles within cells, are widely observed in nature and are taken advantage of in modern technologies, such as droplet-based biotechnologies. These interfaces typically emerge through phase separation, and their manipulation is often achieved hydrodynamically. The coupling of phase and hydrodynamic behaviours can lead to intriguing dynamics, forming hierarchical liquid structures. These structures can be used as templates for fabricating functional materials. Additionally, liquid-liquid interfaces facilitate the interfacial assembly of macromolecules and interfacial reactions, which can be employed in assembling biomimetic structures and devices. In this talk, Professor Shum will discuss his work on forming, manipulating, and applying liquid-liquid interfaces based on their phase, hydrodynamic, and physicochemical properties. Specifically, He will focus on all-aqueous systems in the absence of oils and organic solvents, illustrating how synthetic aqueous systems can emulate the complexity of natural systems.
Biography
Ir Professor Ho Cheung (Anderson) Shum is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Vice-President (Research and Innovation) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He also serves as the Director of the Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre. His research interests include emulsion, biomicrofluidics, biomedical engineering, and soft matter.
Professor Shum has received several prestigious awards, including the inaugural Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology Award in 2022, the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship in 2020, the Rising Star Award by Ton Duc Thang University (Vietnam) in 2019, the NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Fund in 2019, the Young Scientists Award at the Microsystems and Nanoengineering Summit in 2019, and the IEEE Nanomed New Innovator Award in 2018. Additionally, he received the Early Career Award from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong in 2012.
In 2023, he was selected as a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, and in 2021, he became a Member of the Global Young Academy (the first in Hong Kong). Professor Shum is also a Founding Member (2018) and President (2021) of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences. He was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2017.
Professor Shum actively contributes to the academic community, serving as an Associate Editor for Biomicrofluidics (American Institute of Physics), Editorial Board Member for Microsystems and Nanoengineering (Springer Nature), and Scientific Reports (Springer Nature). He is also an Editorial Advisory Board Member for Lab-on-a-Chip (RSC).
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