题目：Making Chemistry Visible

报告人：Professor Fun Man Fung

时间：2025年12月31日（周三）14：30 -15：30

地点：欧宝app官方网站下载中英国际低碳学院432会议室

邀请人：纪亚 副教授

Abstract
Learning chemistry perennially grapples with a core challenge: bridging the gap between the macroscopic, observable world and the abstract, invisible particulate-levelphenomena that govern it. Students often struggle to visualize the dynamic, three-dimensional nature of molecules, reaction mechanisms, and the complex lab environment.
Here, we present our 10-year work in making chemistry visible by creating a synergistic system that leverages both Human and Machine Intelligence. The Human Intelligence component is foundational, originating with our use of the IPOV (Instructor’s Point of View) technique. This human-centric approach is amplified by a vibrant learning community on Discord, which fosters peer-to-peer support, collaborative problem-solving, and co-creation of knowledge. The Machine Intelligence component scales and personalizes this visible learning. This is exemplified by "Hydragen". Hydragen uses machine-learning algorithms to analyze student interpretations of spectral data, deliver personalized feedback, creating an intelligent tutoring system.

Bio:
Professor Fun Man Fung, Ph.D. FICI FYAE is an Assistant Professor at the School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland. He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and an M.Sc. from NUS and the Technical University of Munich. He also holds a Certificate in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) from the Singapore Management University. His research interests are science diplomacy, sustainability education, chemical security, learning sciences and educational technology, focusing on innovating STEAM education through digital resources, multimedia, and eXtended reality (XR). A dedicated educator and science communicator, Dr. Fung is a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University, is a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellow from Singapore, and was named a 2020 CAS Future Leader and a member of the Global Young Academy. A Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE), Dr. Fung serves as an Associate Editor for Chemistry Teacher International (IUPAC/EuChemS), on the advisory boards of the Journal of Chemical Education (American Chemical Society (ACS)), and JACS Au (ACS), and as an elected council member of the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry. He has co-edited two books on chemistry education and outreach and contributed articles to public forums, including The Conversation and World Economic Forum.
Honors and awards include Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2024), NUS High Inspiring Research Mentor Award (2023); Institute of Advanced Studies-Nanyang Technological University-SNIC Chemistry National Meeting Singapore Award for Chemical Education (2020), and D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Canada (2019). National Representative of Singapore on the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE) for 4 years from 2020.