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The Graduate School is pleased to announce that Professor Max Shen has been appointed as the Dean of the Graduate School with effect from September 1, 2021.

Professor Shen is the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of HKU, and he is concurrently appointed as Chair Professor jointly in the Faculty of Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering) and the Faculty of Business and Economics.
With research interests in the areas of logistics and supply chain management, data-driven decision making, and system optimization, Professor Shen’s research programmes cut through businesses, energy systems, transportation systems, smart city, healthcare management, and environmental protection. Internationally recognised as a top scholar in his field, Professor Shen is a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the President-Elect of the Production and Operations Management Society, and a past President of the Society of Locational Analysis of INFORMS. 

Our warmest welcome is extended to Professor Shen. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our former Dean, Professor Frederick K.S. Leung, for his dedication to the work of the Graduate School from September 2019 to August 2021.