College Fellow
Prof TAI Pui Kuen Amos

3943 9687

3943 0970

amostai@cuhk.edu.hk

Amos P. K. Tai (戴沛權) is an Associate Professor and the Deputy Chair (Education) of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and a College Fellow of the C.W. Chu College. Amos obtained his B.Sc. from MIT, Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Harvard University, and was a Croucher Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT before he joined CUHK in 2013. Amos specializes in atmospheric chemistry and physics, ecological climatology, and sustainable agriculture and forestry. His research combines Earth system modeling and big-data analytics to address pressing sustainability issues, including the impacts of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems and agriculture, and how food system transformation and better land management can mitigate climate change and environmental pollution. His work has been published in top-ranking journals including Nature Climate Change and Nature Food, and earned him the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Research Award for Young Scientists, Early Career Award from the Research Grants Council, Science Faculty Young Researcher Award, and founding membership of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences. Amos is also a passionate educator, having received the prestigious CUHK Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award and Faculty of Science Exemplary Teaching Awards. He delights in promoting science, environmental and sustainability education for the public, regularly giving talks in schools and public avenues, participating in many TV and radio programs, and providing consulting services to various government departments, international agencies and NGOs. He currently serves as a board member of Friends of the Earth (HK) and Cedar Foundation. For his professional contributions and public services to society, he was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong in 2024.

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