HKU Bulletin May 2008 (Vol. 9 No. 2)

20 21 The Outstanding Young Researcher Award is given to researchers of promise who have attained excellence in their research performance within 10 years of receiving their PhD or equivalent. Outstanding Young Researcher Awards Dr Douglas Wayne Arner Associate Professor, Department of Law D r Arner specialises in international economic and financial law and policy. He is the director of the Faculty of Law’s interdisciplinary Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL) and also the director of its LLM (Corporate and Financial Law) programme. He is the author of Financial Stabi l ity, Economic Growth and the Role of Law and the co-author of Financial Markets in Hong Kong: Law and Practice , and has also made major authorial or editorial contributions to a large number of studies, articles and chapters on economic and financial law and policy published in a variety of international venues. He has presented academic papers at over 40 academic conferences in more than 15 countries. As director of AIIFL, he has developed a leading interdisciplinary, multicultural research team working in the area of economic and financial law and policy, and in 2005 had the satisfaction of seeing ‘Corporate and Financial Law and Policy’ selected as one of the University’s Strategic Research Themes. More generally, he has been involved with financial sector development projects in economies in Africa, Asia and Europe, most recently as leader of teams advising senior policymakers in China and Cambodia. Douglas.arner@hku.hk http://www3.hku.hk/law/staffHomepage.php?id=20 The Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award is granted in recognition of supervisors of research postgraduate students whose guidance has been of particular help to their students in the pursuit of research excellence. Awards are made annually, and are open to teachers of all grades who have served as supervisors of research postgraduate students. Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award Professor Edward Lo Chin Man Professor, Faculty of Dentistry P rofessor Lo, who was among the first class of dental graduates from the University of Hong Kong in 1985 and also obtained his master and PhD degrees from HKU, is now an internationally-recognised expert in the research fields of oral epidemiology, preventive dentistry and oral health care services. In 1998 he was the first recipient of the prestigious John Clarkson Fellowship, which he used to improve his own dental knowledge, learning from some of the world’s best researchers at three leading dental research centres in the USA and one in the UK. According to his students, Professor Lo is a very caring supervisor and a source of valuable advice on research, career and personal matters. He knows the strength and weakness of each student well. He operates an open door policy and encourages students to talk with him informally, outside the scheduled teaching sessions and share with him their joys and frustrations, whether work-related or not. He continues to be a mentor even after his students graduate, providing advice on career development and encouraging them to aspire to the highest standards of research excellence. Edward-lo@hku.hk http://www.hku.hk/dental/english/index.html