Professor Alfonso Hing Wan Ngan has been appointed in the latest round of Royal Society Wolfson Fellows.
The award comes as Professor Ngan prepares to join the University of Birmingham's School of Metallurgy and Materials in January 2025 as part of the first cohort of 125th anniversary Fellows and Chairs, joining Birmingham from the University of Hong Kong.
Professor Ngan's research interests include novel stimuli-responsive materials, material defects and their modelling, and nanomechanics, including applications to biological systems. His work to date has uncovered methodology for correcting viscoelastic effects in nanoindentation measurements of soft materials and a novel class of metal hydroxides/oxides as stimuli-responsive actuating materials.
Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships provide long-term, flexible funding for senior career researchers working in fields of strategic priority. The Royal Society administers the award, funded jointly by the Wolfson Foundation and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Professor Alfonso Hing Wan Ngan said:
"I am thrilled to be awarded the prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship. I began my research career here in Birmingham three decades ago and I am very pleased to be able to return and contribute to my Alma Mater as an Anniversary Chair and Royal Society Wolfson Fellow."
Professor Alessandro Mottura, Head of School of Metallurgy and Materials, said:
"It is great to be able to welcome Professor Ngan back to Birmingham. Thanks to the support of the Wolfson Fellowship, Professor Ngan will be able to grow his research on stimuli-responsive materials, making the School of Metallurgy and Materials a hub for this novel class of materials that are able to respond to a wide variety of signals."
Alfonso is an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, gaining his DSc and PhD. An International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, he is internationally renowned for his work on the microstructural basis of properties of engineering materials, nanomechanics, and micro-scale plasticity. He serves on several advisory and management boards in the government and other organizations in Hong Kong.
Applications for the next phase of our 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs are being accepted until Sunday 12 January 2025. Visit the fellows and chairs website for further details.
Head of School of Metallurgy and Materials
Staff profile for Lecturer and Birmingham Fellow Dr Alessandro Mottura, of the School of Metallurgy and Materials st the University of Birmingham.
