Prof. Hui Su

Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hui Su is a Global STEM Professor and Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, as well as the Executive Director of the Space Science and Technology Institute at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She co-led the successful launch of the HKUST-FYBB#1 satellite in 2023 and currently leads the HKUST carbon observatory on China’s Space Station project. Before joining HKUST in 2022, she was a principal scientist and weather discipline program manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

 

Hui Su’s research interests primarily focus on extreme weather, climate change, and remote sensing. She has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles. In 2024, she received the Banner I. Miller Award from the American Meteorological Society, and she was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in both 2010 and 2022. Additionally, she is a recipient of the Edward Stone Award and the Lew Allen Award for excellence at JPL.

 

Hui Su is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and serves as an Editor for Geophysical Research Letters.