Prof. Chi Ming SHUN

Prof SHUN Chi-ming graduated from the University of Hong Kong in Bachelor of Science, with major in Physics. He joined the Hong Kong Observatory in 1986. He received post-graduate training in radiological protection and meteorology in the United Kingdom in 1987-88. He specialized in aeronautical meteorology since the 1990s and led the development of the world-first LIDAR Windshear Alerting System for the Hong Kong International Airport. He was promoted to Director of the Hong Kong Observatory in 2011 and retired in 2020.

In the international arena, Prof Shun was President of the Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology of the UN World Meteorological Organization during 2010-2018, the first Asian elected to take up this high international position.

After retirement, Prof Shun has been active in popularization of science and meteorology, as a writer of books, columnist on climate change, and speaker for schools and professional bodies. In 2023, Prof Shun was appointed member of the Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, and he joined the Division of Environment and Sustainability of HKUST as Adjunct and Visiting Professor. In the same year, he obtained Master of Arts in Comparative and Public History from CUHK. In 2025, Prof Shun also joined The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of CUHK as Adjunct Professor.