Hong Kong molecular geneticist Dennis Lo endorsed by CUHK committee to be next president

Confirming Post’s earlier report, varsity’s council says it has arranged for Professor Lo to meet students, staff and alumni on Thursday

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Molecular geneticist Professor Dennis Lo has been recommended by a search council to be CUHK’s next president. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Published: 12:41pm, 23 Sep 2024Updated: 4:19pm, 23 Sep 2024

Top molecular geneticist Professor Dennis Lo Yuk-ming has been recommended by a search committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to be its next president, the varsity’s council announced in an internal email.

Confirming the Post’s earlier report, the council said three sessions would be arranged for Lo to meet students, staff and alumni of CUHK on Thursday, followed by a council’s special meeting on Friday to consider the recommendation made by the search committee.

In an email titled “Search for the Next Vice-Chancellor – Engagement Session” seen by the Post, Amelia Wong, secretary of the CUHK’s council, said Lo was recommended by the committee to be appointed as the university’s vice-chancellor.

“Professor Lo is a renowned scholar with outstanding academic and research accomplishments,” she wrote.

If the recommendation for the appointment is accepted, Lo will succeed Professor Rocky Tuan Sung-chi as president and vice-chancellor from January.

Students at the CUHK campus. Professor Lo will meet students, staff and alumni this Thursday. Photo: Eugene Lee

Tuan, who was embroiled in controversy in the wake of the 2019 anti-government protests, handed in his resignation a week into a new three-year term in January, citing personal reasons.