Amos Tai

Dr. Amos P. K. Tai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Amos obtained his B.Sc. from MIT, Ph.D. from Harvard, and was a Croucher Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT before he joined CUHK in 2013. Amos specializes in atmospheric chemistry and physics, and ecological climatology. His research addresses pressing issues concerning climate change, air pollution, sustainable forestry, and food system transformation, and has earned him the World Meteorological Organization Research Award for Young Scientists, Research Grants Council Early Career Award, Science Faculty Young Researcher Award, and founding membership of Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences.

Amos is also a passionate educator, having received the CUHK Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award and Faculty of Science Exemplary Teaching Awards, and concurrently serving as the Associate Director of Office of University General Education. Amos strives to promote environmental and sustainability education for the general public, and regularly provides consultations to government agencies and NGOs. He currently serves as a board member of Friends of the Earth (HK) and Cedar Foundation. For his professional contributions and public services, he was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong in 2024.

Our Sustainability Goals for 2025
1. Hong Kong’s food systems to be transformed to become more environmental sustainable and socioeconomically equitable
2. Hong Kong’s public and private sectors as well as civil society to fully embrace climate action and sustainable development as their core value and direction