Tsui Lap-chee
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The Honourable Lap-Chee Tsui GBM, JP |
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| 徐立之 | |
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| Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong | |
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In office 2002–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Rees Davies |
| Succeeded by | Peter Mathieson |
| Personal details | |
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21 December 1950 Shanghai, China |
| Citizenship | Hong Kong Canada |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (B.Sc., M.Phil) University of Pittsburgh (PhD) |
Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, GBM, OC, O.Ont, JP (Chinese: 徐立之; pinyin: Xú Lìzhī; Jyutping: ceoi4 laap6 zi1; born 21 December 1950) is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong.
Tsui was born in Shanghai. He grew up in Tai Koon Yu, a little village on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong near Kai Tak Airport. He received his secondary education at Homantin Government Secondary School, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
He studied Biology at the New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and was awarded a B.Sc. (3rd Class Honours) and a M.Phil. in 1972 and 1974, respectively. Upon the recommendation of his mentor at the CUHK, he continued his graduate education in the United States and received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1979. He became Postdoctoral Investigator and Postdoctoral Fellow in 1979 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, then joined the Department of Genetics of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto in 1981.
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