{"id":78710,"date":"2026-08-23T00:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78710"},"modified":"2026-08-23T00:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:08:05","slug":"electrochemist-liu-jiawei-moves-from-singapore-to-hong-kong-to-start-her-own-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=78710","title":{"rendered":"Electrochemist Liu Jiawei moves from Singapore to Hong Kong to start her own lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">For materials <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/scientists?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">scientist<\/span><\/a> and chemist Liu Jiawei, moving to Hong Kong supported her pivot into launching her own research group.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After a decade immersed in Singapore\u2019s research ecosystem, Liu sought a transition that would keep her closer to family in mainland China while maintaining an international, high-standard research environment.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Now establishing her laboratory at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), two years after her move, Liu said Hong Kong\u2019s academic landscape operated on an independent principal investigator model, where researchers enjoyed substantial autonomy in steering their own labs and research directions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">At the same time, the city strongly encouraged cross-group collaboration, with frequent joint projects among various research teams.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cSingapore and Hong Kong are quite similar in their research environment and academic atmosphere. I chose Hong Kong because I want to stay closer to my family in mainland China and develop my career in a city that offers a similar research landscape to Singapore,\u201d Liu said, pointing to their diversity and connections to both mainland China and the West.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">She completed her bachelor\u2019s degree in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3339893\/zheng-yu-rising-star-chemical-engineering-mit-quits-us-china?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">chemical engineering<\/span><\/a> at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and earned her PhD in materials science and engineering there in 2021.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3364755\/electrochemist-liu-jiawei-moves-singapore-hong-kong-start-her-own-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For materials scientist and chemist Liu Jiawei, moving to Hong Kong supported her pivot into launching her own research group. 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