- President of The University of Hong Kong
- Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Member of US National Academy of Engineering
Professor Xiang Zhang is currently the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and also US National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Professor Zhang's research focuses on materials physics, metamaterials and nano-photonics. He has published over 400 journal papers including over 90 publications in Science and Nature family series. In 2008, Professor Zhang's research was selected by Time Magazine as one of the "Top Ten Scientific Discoveries of the Year" and "50 Best Inventions of the Year", Discover Magazine's "Top 100 Science Stories" in 2007, and R&D Magazine's top 25 Most Innovative Products of 2006. In 2019, his research team's work on "Casimir effect" was selected as one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs for 2019 by Physics World.