Hon Ki Tsang


Hon Ki Tsang is an engineer from Hong Kong who specializes in silicon photonics.
Tsang took a gap year after graduating from high school, during which he worked for GEC Plessey Telecommunications. Tsang remained in the United Kingdom to enroll at the University of Cambridge, where he completed a bachelor's degree and doctorate, both in engineering. Upon completing his studies in 1991, Tsang became a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bath. He returned to Hong Kong in 1993, for a lectureship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Three years later, Tsang was named an associate professor. Between 2002 and 2003, Tsang worked for Bookham Technology. Upon Tsang's return to academia, CUHK appointed him to a full professorship.
Over the course of his career, Tsang has been elected fellow of the IEEE and the Optical Society. He became chief editor of the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics in 2017.