Chair Professor of Space Science and Director of Laboratory for Space Research, The University of Hong Kong
Dean of Science and Chair Profess of Physics, The University of Hong Kong
Director and Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary
Killam Fellow, Canada Council for the Arts
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Astronomical Society
Books
Kwok, S. The Origin and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae, Cambridge University Press, 2000
Kwok, S. Cosmic Butterflies, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Kwok, S. Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium, University Science Books, 2007
Kwok, S. Organic Matter in the Universe, Wiley, 2011
Kwok, S. Stardust: The Cosmic Seeds of Life, Springer, 2013
Kwok, S. Our Place in the Universe: understanding fundamental astronomy from ancient discoveries, Springer, 2017
Kwok, S. Our Place in the Universe II: the scientific approach to discovery, Springer, 2021
Selected Publications
Kwok, S. Complex organics in space: from Solar System to distant galaxies, Astronomy & Astrophysics Reviews, 24, 1-27 (2016)
Kwok, S. and Zhang, Y. Mixed aromatic/aliphatic organic nanoparticles as carriers of unidentified infrared emission features, Nature, 479, 80-83 (2011)
Kwok, S. The Synthesis of Organic and Inorganic Compounds in Evolved Stars, Nature, 430, 985 (2004)
Kwok, S. Proto-Planetary Nebulae, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 31, 63 (1993).