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Ngô Bảo Châu: UChicago to HKU

Ngô Bảo Châu joined the University of Hong Kong from the University of Chicago in June 2026.

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Fig. 1 Ngô Bảo Châu, United States to Hong Kong SAR, effective Jun 2026.
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"There is also an opportunity to build up Asia as a new, promising land of opportunity for science and mathematics, and this institute for mathematics at HKU could really become a nexus of the Asian network of mathematics." — Ngô Bảo Châu, interview in Keynotes@HKU (republished on HKU Horizons), March 2026; in the same interview he also cited wanting to spend more time near his parents.
About Ngô Bảo Châu

Ngô Bảo Châu works on automorphic forms and their connections to geometry and number theory.

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  1. Fields Medalist Professor Ngô Bảo Châu Joins HKU as Chair Professor

    University of Hong Kong · Tier A · Primary source

  2. Vietnamese world-renowned mathematician Ngo Bao Chau leaves US for Asia's top universityFeb 2026

    VnExpress International · Tier B · Reporting

  3. Fields Medallist Professor Ngô Bảo Châu Joins HKU: Envisioning Asia as a New Mathematics HubMar 2026

    HKU Horizons (Keynotes@HKU) · Tier A · Primary source

  4. Fields Medalist Professor Ngô Bảo Châu Joins HKU as Chair Professor

    University of Hong Kong, President's Office · Tier A · Primary source

  5. Vietnam's legendary maths genius Ngo Bao Chau to join University of Hong KongFeb 2026

    South China Morning Post · Tier B · Reporting

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