First Name
Sun
Last Name
Kwok
Position
Honorary Professor
Email
sun.kwok@ubc.ca
Research Groups

Students Wanted
N/A

Preferred Citation Style
Chicago


Bachelor's Degree
McMaster University (1970)

Master's Degree
University of Minnesota (1972)

Doctoral Degree
University of Minnesota (1974)

Employment History

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


Awards

Killam Fellow, Canada Council for the Arts

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellow of the American Astronomical Society


Research Area
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Research Field
Astrochemistry, infrared spectroscopy, stellar evolution

Selected Publications

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).