Associate Dean (FCE) and Professor

 

Address:

Room ZN616, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

Contact number:

(852) 3400-8959

 

Fax number:

(852) 2330-2994

 

Website:

http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/

 

E-mail:

ls.charles@polyu.edu.hk, m.wong06@fulbrightmail.org

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Prof. WONG Man Sing

CHARLES

2009 Doctor of Philosophy in Remote Sensing and GIS, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong
2005 Master of Philosophy in Remote Sensing and GIS, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong
2003 Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong
2019-date Member, The Hong Kong Institution of Surveyors
2013-2018 Council Member, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
2012-2016 Council Member, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineering Surveyors (MHKInstES)
2015-2016 Member, International Association of Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)
2009-date Member, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Commission III, Inter-commission Working Group III/VII
2007-date Member, International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS)
2006-date Member, Fulbright Program, the Institute of International Education, United States Department of State
2018 Departmental Outstanding Research Award in 2017/18 in PolyU
2018 Outstanding Professional Service 2018 – Highest Growth Consultancy Award (Merit) in PolyU
2017 2nd Runner-up in the Most Favorite PolyU Research News 2017, Dr. WONG Man Sing and Prof. LU Lin
2016-2017 Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Team Award for Teaching: Dr. WONG Man Sing (PI), Prof Wenzhong SHI, Prof. Xiaoli DING, Prof. Esmond MOK, Prof. Wu CHEN, Prof. Janet NICHOL, Dr. Lilian PUN, Dr. Wallace LAI, Mr. Roy KAM, Ms. Yao HAN
2016 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding
2014-2015 Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Team Award for Teaching: Dr. WONG Man Sing (PI), Prof. Esmond MOK, Prof. Xiaoli DING, Prof. Janet NICHOL, Mr. Roy KAM, Ms. Ran ZHANG
2014/2015 LSGI Excellence in Teaching Award
2014 Early Career Award, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
2006 Fulbright Junior Scholar Award, Hong Kong, Visiting Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic science, University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.
2005-2006 Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Team Award for Research and Scholarly Activities: Prof. Janet Nichol and Dr. Wong Man Sing

 

 

 

 

   
07/2021-date Professor in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
07/2018-06/2021 Associate Professor in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
08/2012-06/2018 Assistant Professor in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
06/2011-08/2012 Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
08/2009-04/2011 Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
11/2008-05/2009 Research Fellow in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
09/2006-08/2007 Faculty Research Assistant and Visiting Scholar in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019-date Editor of Special Issue “The Interaction of Climate Change with Landscape and Environment” in the Journal of “Climate”, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/climate/special_issues/Landscape_Environment
2018-date Editor of Special Issue "Urban Environmental Quality" in the Journal of “International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health”, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/UEQ
2018-date Editorial Board member of “International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health”, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/editors
2017-date Editorial Board member of "Climate" http://www.mdpi.com/journal/climate/editors
2017-date Editor of Special Issue "Understanding and Mitigating Urban Heat Island-Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies" in the Journal of "Climate" http://www.mdpi.com/journal/climate/special_issues/UHI
2017-date Guest Editor of Special Issue "Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Planning for Urban Health and Sustainability" in the Journal "Sustainability", http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Spatial_Sustainability
2016-date Committee member in the Asia Land Professional Group of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Asia)
2015-date Editor of Journal of Geospatial Engineering (ISSN 1563-3772), The Hong Kong Institute of Engineering Surveyors, Hong Kong
2015-date Council member in the Geomatic Professional Group of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Hong Kong)
2013-date GEO member of Earth Observation for Monitoring Environmental Impacts of Coal Extraction and Use in China
2013-2014 Council Member in the Hong Kong Society for Remote Sensing
2012-date Council member in the Hong Kong Institution of Engineering Surveyors
2011-date Council member in the LSGI Alumni Association
2011-date Member in the 7SEAS international network, led and supported by U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, U.S.
2005-date Official Site Manager of AERONET stations in Hong Kong, led and supported by NASA, U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/2019 Serving as Reviewer to review project proposal from the Natural Environment Research Council, U.K.
10/2019 Serving as Reviewer to review project proposal from the Icelandic Research Fund, Iceland
09/2019 Serving as Reviewer to review project proposal from the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel
11/2018 Serving as Reviewer to review project proposal from the Environmental Conservation Fund, Hong Kong
06/2015 Serving as Reviewer to review project proposal from the Belgian Remote Sensing Research Programme
11/2012 Serving as Academic Committee Panel in RGC-Fulbright Hong Kong Junior Scholar Awards
11/2013 Serving as Academic Committee Panel in RGC-Fulbright Hong Kong Junior Scholar Awards