I joined the Bioengineering Program in HKUST as a PhD student after graduation from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2010. My research area is engineering microorganisms for novel applications in biofuel and bioproduction. I enjoyed the international exposure HKUST provided to the postgraduate students including overseas conferences and interdisciplinary collaborations with other departments and universities.
I'm grateful for what I am learning, where I am studying and the people I work with. If you come here and work hard and with enthusiasm, HKUST will be a place where you find that nothing is impossible.
The supportive learning environment offered at HKUST has allowed me to explore knowledge and to apply it in order to improve the lives of ordinary people. It gives me great satisfaction, a feeling beyond words. I hope everyone who reads this can follow their dreams as I have!
Jan believes HKUST not only offered him a fulfilling research experience but also lots of opportunities outside studies that helped him grow and realize his talents. Now an Associate Director at MCON Shanghai, a German consultancy firm focusing on digital transformation in the areas of marketing, sales and aftersales, he credits the University for giving him a strong research background in computer science and big data analysis that has laid a firm foundation for his current job.
Alex's start-up, 3DK Tech limited, was established as a result of his PhD research at HKUST, with the resources that he said would have been very difficult to access back home in Romania. While in the University, he and his team developed a novel way of metal 3D printing - the proprietary Ultrasonic metal 3D printing technology, which adds a great deal of efficiency and reliability to Selective Laser Melting (SLM), the leading metal 3D printing process in the market.
