Pik Kwan Lo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology and Chemistry
City University of Hong Kong

   

 

2010-2012

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, USA (Prof. Hongkun Park)

2006-2010

Ph.D Chemistry, McGill University, Canada (Prof. Hanadi F. Sleiman)

2004-2006

M.Sc Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK (Prof. Ricky Man Shing Wong)

2001-2004

B.Sc Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK (Prof. Ricky Man Shing Wong)




  • Governor General's Gold Medal
    The Top Graduate in the Physical Sciences, McGill University, 2011
  • CSACS Best Paper Award in Chemistry
    Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 2011
  • Carl A. Winkler Award
    Best Chemistry PhD Thesis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 2010
  • Macromolecular Sciences and Engineering Division (MSED) of the CSC Award
    Best Graduate PhD Thesis in Polymer Science (across Canada), McGill University, 2010
  • Best Postgraduate Paper Award
    Department of Chemistry, HKBU, 2005-2006
  • Best Honors Undergraduate Project Award in Chemistry
    Department of Chemistry, HKBU, 2003-2004
  • President's Honour Roll
    Department of Chemistry, HKBU, 2002-2004
  • Dean's List Honors
    Department of Chemistry, HKBU, 2001-2002

 

  • CIHR Chemical Biology Scholarship
    Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 2007-2009
  • Prof. Jerry W. Barrett Scholarship
    Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2005-2006

 

 

  1. ¡§Nanomaterials Building on DNA and Nanodiamonds: Preparation and Potential Applications¡¨ Carl A. Winkler Award Lecture 2011, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, March, 2012
  2. ¡§ Live Cell Targeting and Orangelle Tracking with Bioconjugated Nanodiamonds ¡¨ CCB Seminar Series 2011, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, December, 2011
  3. ¡§Surface Functionization on Nanodiamonds: Towards Targeting in Living Cells¡¨ Lukin Group Seminar 2011, Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, May, 2011
  4. ¡§Surface Functionization on Nanodiamonds: Towards Targeting in Living Cells¡¨ Walsworth Group Seminar 2011, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, May, 2011


  1. ¡§Loading and Release of Cargo in DNA Nanotubes with Longitudinal Variation¡¨ 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, March, 2010 (Oral presentation).
  2. ¡§Nucleobase-Templated Polymerization: Copying the Chain Length and Polydispersity of Living Polymers into Conjugated Polymers¡¨, 13th IUPAC-sponsored International Conference on Polymers and Organic Chemistry , Montreal, Canada, July 2009 (Poster presentation).
  3. ¡§Modular Construction of DNA Nanotubes With Readily Tunable Geometry, Rigidity, Alternating Size and Single- or Double-Stranded Character¡¨, Albany 2009: The l6th Conversation, Albany, USA, June, 2009 (Poster presentation).
  4. ¡§Modular Construction of DNA Nanotubes With Readily Tunable Geometry, Rigidity, Alternating Size and Single- or Double-Stranded Character¡¨, CIFAR Nanoelectronics Program Meeting/Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May, 2009 (Poster presentation).
  5. ¡§Nucleobase-Templated Polymerization: Copying the Chain Length and Polydispersity of Living Polymers into Conjugated Polymers¡¨, 2009 CSACS annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, May, 2009 (Poster presentation).
  6. ¡§Modular Construction of DNA Nanotubes With Readily Tunable Geometry, Rigidity, and Single- or Double-Stranded Character¡¨, CIFAR Nanoelectronics Program Meeting/Conference, Halifax, Canada, November, 2008 (Poster presentation).
  7. ¡§Synthesis and Molecular Recognition of Conjugated Polymer with DNA-Mimetic Properties¡¨, 2008 CSACS Student Symposium, Montreal, Canada, September, 2008 (Poster presentation).
  8. ¡§Synthesis and Molecular Recognition of a Conjugated Polymer with DNA-Mimetic Properties¡¨, CIFAR Nanoelectronics Program Meeting/Conference, Vancouver, Canada, November, 2007 (Poster presentation).
  9. ¡§Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships of Novel Multi- £k -Conjugated Molecular Systems¡¨, 13 th Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong, April, 2006 (Oral presentation).
  10. ¡§Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Arylene Substituted Calix[4]arene Liquid Crystals¡¨, 40 th IUPAC Congress, Beijing, China, August, 2005 (Poster presentation).
  11. ¡§Synthesis and Characterization of Zig-Zag Oligoaryleneethylenes £k -Conjugated Oligomers¡¨, 12 th Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong, April, 2005 (Poster presentation).

 

 

 

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