A few words about PI
The PI, Johnny Ho, was born
and raised in Hong Kong. He moved to the United
States to continue his education at the age of 16.
At that time, in addition to school, he was very
interested in semiconductor technologies and spent
two summers performing undergraduate research at
Mitsubishi Chemical USA and Micron Technology. In
2002, Johnny obtained his B.S. in chemical
engineering with high honors from the University of
California at Berkeley and then worked as a process
engineer at National Semiconductor in Santa Clara,
California. After gaining industrial R&D exposure in
the center of Silicon Valley, Johnny went back to
graduate school to further deepen his knowledge. He
then received his M.S. and Ph.D. in materials
science and engineering from the University of
California at Berkeley in 2005 and 2009,
respectively, under the supervision of Professor Ali
Javey in electrical engineering. During his time in
the Javey group, Johnny focused on the design of
nano-materials, nano-fabrication and nano-devices
for various technological applications. Due to the
promising nature of his work, Johnny was selected
for the Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellow for 2007-09.
Some examples of his work including monolayer
doping, heterogeneous integration of nanowires, and
high performance nanowire devices and circuits, etc.
Before joining City University of Hong Kong, he also
performed studies on energy-harvesting devices in
the nanoscale synthesis and characterization group
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
California.
Education:
2009 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley (U.S.A)
2007-2009 Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellow (U.S.A)
2005
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley (U.S.A.)
2002 B.S., with High Honors, Chemical Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley (U.S.A.)
Recent Awards and Research Achievement:
2022 Named as a Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Minning (FIMMM), 2022
2022 Named as a Fellow of International Assoc. of Advanced Materials (FIAAM), 2022
2022 Named as a Vebleo Fellow, 2022
2021 Named as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2021
2020 The President’s Award 2020, City University of Hong Kong
2020 Nano Research Top Papers Award, Springer 2020
2020 Qingdao Science and Technology Award 2020
2020 Hong Kong RGC Research Fellowship 2020
2019 CityU Outstanding Supervisor Award 2019
2018 World Cultural Council (WCC) Special Recognition Award 2018
2018 CityU Outstanding Supervisor Award 2018
2018 CityU Outstanding Research Award 2018 for Junior Faculty
2018 Municipal Science and Technology Project Award,
Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission
2018 Elected Founding Member (only 31), The Young Academy of Sciences of Hong
Kong, Under The Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong [https://yashk.org.hk/]
2017 CityU Outstanding Supervisor Award 2017
2017 Municipal Science and Technology Project Award,
Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission
2016 The President’s Award 2016, City University of Hong Kong
2015 The Shandong Province Science and Technology Prize - Second Class Award