ALBERT SUN-CHI CHAN

SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Chan’s research areas include the design and development of chiral catalysts for asymmetric syntheses, development of pharmaceutical products and related processes, pharmaceutical and nutritional products based on Chinese medicines, new organic chemical processes and their industrial applications, research and industrial applications of green sciences, novel material discovery and development, etc.

ACHIEVEMENT

Prof Chan has enjoyed a distinguished academic career, with seven books and more than 600 SCI journal papers published. In addition, he has more than 130 patents granted, two series of technologies transferred to major global Corporations for commercial application, one permit granted for the human clinical trial of new drug, and commercialization of a major invention (This is a practical and commercially attractive technology for converting the ozone-depleting chemical carbon tetrachloride to commercially useful chloroform. The technology, which is already successfully commercialized in China, is important in keeping the chloroform industry alive and keeping the world a safer place to live in.).

Professor Chan was elected as Member of The Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001, and has received numerous prestigious awards including the National Natural Science Award of China (second class), Japan Society of Synthetic Chemistry Lectureship Award, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship.