Stephanie MA
- Jimmy and Emily Tang Professor in Molecular Genetics, School of Biomedical Sciences, HKUMed
- Associate Vice-President (Research and Innovation), HKU
- Founding Member and Vice-President, Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences
Prof Stephanie Ma is currently the Jimmy and Emily Tang Professor in Molecular Genetics at the School of Biomedical Sciences in The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed), and the Associate Vice-President (Research and Innovation) at HKU. Previously, she served as an Associate Director in the School of Biomedical Sciences and the Assistant Dean (Innovation and Technology Transfer) at HKUMed and was the Associate Director of the Knowledge Exchange Office at HKU. She holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree from the University of British Columbia and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Hong Kong. Prof Ma has over 20 years of experience in scientific research and teaching in academia, with interest in cancer cell plasticity, and has been recognized by numerous awards including the 2008 Young Scientist Award in Life Sciences from the Hong Kong Institution of Science, the 2014 Croucher Innovation Award, the 2014 Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Awards (Second-class Award in Science and Technology Section) from the Higher Education Institution of China, the 2017 University of British Columbia Alumni Builder Award (Canada), the 2021 Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Fellow Scheme as well as the 2023 Croucher Senior Research Fellowship. In her field, she has been listed by Clarivate as a top 1% most-cited scholar (2010–2018) and by Stanford University as a top 2% scientist worldwide (2022-2024).
Prof Ma is also a Founding Member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences, where she currently serves as Vice-President and Co-Chair of their Outreach Committee. She is also a Principal Investigator in the State Key Laboratory of Liver Research. Prof Ma is active in community services and currently serves as a board member at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP), and as a member of the Science Sub-committee under the Museum Advisory Committee.