Hong Kong Engagement Series - Materials Discovery & Sustainability
Thursday 12 December 2024, 6.30pm to 8.00pm HKT
Hong Kong Engagement Series
Thursday, 12 December 2024 - 6.30pm - 8.00pm HKT
Hong Kong Club
In this presentation, Professor Jason Robinson will emphasize the need for innovation in materials development to drive the next generation of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). He will highlight Cambridge's pivotal role in this domain, tracing its leadership back to the groundbreaking invention of the earliest programmable computers.
The advancement of electronic materials is key for enhancing device performance, energy efficiency, and sustainability—spanning applications from portable electronics to energy-intensive data centers. The Materials Science Department and the School of Physical Sciences in Cambridge stand at the vanguard of this endeavour, utilizing interdisciplinary strategies and state-of-the-art methodologies, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, to pioneer transformative research.
Professor Robinson will showcase the current initiatives in Cambridge, illustrating its unique expertise to lead global efforts in materials discovery and sustainable innovation. This presentation will underscore Cambridge's enduring commitment to shaping the future of ICT through scientific excellence.
This event is part of the Hong Kong Engagement Series; you can read more about the series and the Host Committee on the series homepage.
Speakers
Professor Jason Robinson
Professor Jason Robinson has a Professorial Chair in Materials Physics at the University of Cambridge, where he serves as Head of the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy. After completing his PhD in 2008, he established his group with a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship, before taking up his appointment in 2015.
Jason is renowned for his seminal contributions to the fields of superconductivity, spintronics, and quantum materials. His discovery of spin-polarised Cooper pairs in hybrid superconducting and magnetic systems, redefined the boundaries of superconductivity, creating the field of superconducting spintronics.
As Director of the Quantum Materials & Devices Group and Co-Director of the Centre for Materials Physics, Jason leads cutting-edge research in superconducting spintronics with the long-term vision of enabling ultrafast, energy-efficient technologies for large-scale computing infrastructures, including data centres.
Professor Danfeng Denver LI
Danfeng Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and currently serves as Associate Dean for Research and Postgraduate Education in the College of Science at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK). Prof. Li has received several prestigious awards and recognitions, including the AAPPS-APCTP Chen-Ning Yang Award in 2023, The Oxide Electronics Prize for Excellence in Research in 2024, the MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 (China) in 2021, and the Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists in 2023 and 2024.
Prof. Li's main research interests span across condensed-matter physics and materials science, focusing on atomic-scale fabrication of oxide heterostructures and nanomembranes, kinetic based synthesis of unconventional quantum materials, low-dimensional superconductivity, oxide interfaces for emergent states, etc. In 2019, a team led by Prof. Li and Prof. Hwang discovered the first nickelate superconductor, which had been a target of continuous materials search for over three decades. This discovery has opened a new research area, which now marks nickelates as the new family of high-temperature superconductors.
Mr Jeremy Ip
Mr Jeremy Ip is Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Investments at Mount Logan Capital, a private investment group.
He previously worked at TT International, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs in both London and Hong Kong.
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