Young Prof Guanghao Chen has been deeply connected with water throughout his life: - Born in the Chinese water town of Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province - Fortune teller uncle predicts his life will be related to water - Aged around 11, officially changes the “hao” character in his name to include a water element, without initially telling his parents - Studies environmental engineering at Zhejiang University - One of the second batch of national candidates to undertake postgraduate studies overseas, gaining a place on a renowned environmental program at Kyoto University in Japan - Immediately has to learn Japanese to a level where he can undertake postgraduate studies, including writing a PhD thesis on biological wastewater treatment in Japanese - After 6.5 years studying and working in Japan, headhunted by National University of Singapore. Immediately has to learn English, gaining access to additional water research knowledge - Joins HKUST in 1995, attracted by the presence of top names in the wastewater field, such as Prof Howard Ju Chang Huang, the research facilities and the spectacular coastal campus IN F OCUS
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