Professor Choon Fong Shih brings over 50 years of experience in academia and industry, providing strategic leadership in clean energy, research, innovation, and development as a Senior Executive Advisor at CHW.
He spent 30 years in North America and has held influential leadership positions, including President of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Founding President of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Professor Shih holds an MS and PhD from Harvard University and is internationally recognized as a leader in engineering. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Harvard GSAS Centennial Medal for his contributions to research and higher education leadership.
He continues to be deeply involved in transformative energy technologies and projects across China and the U.S., including active roles on committees at Stanford, MIT, CAS, and SUSTech. Shih also served as an advisor to Liquid Sunshine projects, including an e-fuel hydrogen station deployed at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which used methanol as a hydrogen carrier.
