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Donald Choy Chang (Traditional Chinese: 張東才, Simplified Chinese: 张东才, 28 Aug 1942 -) is a founding professor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He was also the founding President of the Hong Kong Biophysical Society. He is currently Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor in HKUST, and Council Member of Hong Kong Institute of Science (HKIS). Chang has wide research interest: He was an experimental physicist by training; but his publication ranges from nuclear magnetic resonance, biophysics  and quantum physics.

= Education and Academic career =

Prof. Chang obtained a Bachelor degree from the National Taiwan University (1965) and Master and Doctoral degrees (in physics) from Rice University (1970) in the USA. He was Assistant Professor and Associated Professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics of Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas, USA). In 1991, he joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as a founding faculty member. He was appointed Professor and later Chair Professor. Prof. Chang was a Summer Investigator in Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab (1975-1995), Visiting Professor in Peking University (1981), Tsinghua University (1986), and University of California at San Diago (1996), where he collaborated with Prof. Roger Y. Tsien (2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). He is currently Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor in HKUST.

= Professional service =

Prof. Chang was the founding President of the Hong Kong Biophysical Society. He was also the Vice President of Hong Kong Institution of Science (HKIS), Council Member of the Asian Biophysical Association, Associated editor of an international journal Biophysics, and a Corporate Member of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole (now part of University of Chicago). He was elected a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Science in 2009.

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