Mai Har Sham 岑美霞

Professor Mai Har Sham did her undergraduate and MPhil studies in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She obtained her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge. She received her postdoctoral training in Developmental Genetics in the National Institute for Medical Research in London, U.K. She had previously served as the Associate Vice-President (Research), Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Assistant Dean (Research), Director of the Centre for Reproduction Development and Growth in the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong.

Currently

Professor Mai Har Sham is a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Choh-Ming Li Professor of Biomedical Sciences.

As a developmental geneticist, Professor Sham leads a research team focuses on the molecular mechanisms of mammalian development, mouse models of human congenital disorders, stem cells and tissue regeneration. Her research programme covers areas of craniofacial, inner ear and eye development, neural crest and placode differentiation, molecular signaling, single-cell transcriptomes and gene regulation.