Kei May Lau, Chair Professor, joined HKUST in 2000 after years of industrial and academic experience in Massachusetts. Visioning the dawn of the Solid-State Lighting revolution, she founded the Photonics Technology Center to pursue research in LED and LED-based lighting and display technologies. She is regarded as one of the leading groups in Greater China spearheading in this direction and also well-recognized in the international arena. Her research effort focuses on innovative ideas to be transferred to industry.