Mak Pui In, director of the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, deputy director of the Institute of Microelectronics, and professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Macau (UM), has been elected as a foreign corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, ACL), Portugal. He is also the first foreign corresponding member of the academy who was born and educated in Macao. This honour not only recognises Mak’s outstanding achievements in scientific research, but also helps strengthen the academic cooperation between Macao and Portugal.
Founded in 1779, ACL is one of the oldest and most prestigious academies in the world and is dedicated to the advancement of sciences and learning. The academy is a founding member of the International Council for Science (now known as the International Science Council) and a member of the European Science Foundation. Mak was elected to the position upon nomination by Rui Martins, vice rector of UM and permanent member of ACL. Both Mak and Martins are delighted with the announcement and believe that it will help strengthen the cooperation between institutions in Macao and Portugal.
Born and raised in Macao, Mak received his bachelor’s and PhD degrees from UM. Over the past two decades, he has focused on research on analogue and radio frequency integrated circuit design, interdisciplinary science, and engineering innovation. With high recognition both nationally and internationally, he was elected as an overseas expert of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in 2018, a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2019, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2020. In 2018, he founded Digifluidic Biotech Ltd, the first spin-off company of UM. The company’s flagship product, Virus Hunter, has entered into the markets for rapid tests and food safety testing.
In addition, Mak was awarded the Tencent Xplorer Prize in 2022 for his research on battery-less smart electronics, becoming the first Macao researcher to receive the award. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters, a prestigious journal in the field of electronics. He has also held several leading positions in the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.
Source: State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI
澳門大學模擬與混合信號超大規模集成電路國家重點實驗室主任、微電子研究院副院長、電機及電腦工程系教授麥沛然當選葡萄牙里斯本科學院（Academia das Ciências de Lisboa）外籍通訊院士，成為首位在澳門出生和接受教育的外籍通訊院士。此項殊榮不僅肯定了其在科學研究領域的傑出成就，更有助加強澳門與葡萄牙之間的學術交流和合作。
葡萄牙里斯本科學院（ACL）成立於1779年，是世界上歷史最悠久、最負盛名的科學院之一，致力促進科學和學術發展。ACL是國際科學理事會（現稱國際科學理事會）的創始成員，也是歐洲科學基金會的成員。麥沛然獲ACL授予外籍通訊院士榮銜，是由澳大副校長、ACL常任理事馬許願教授提名，他們對此感到高興，並相信能進一步深化澳葡兩地院校的合作。
澳門土生土長的麥沛然於澳大取得學士和博士學位。過去20年，他的研究專注於模擬和射頻集成電路設計、交叉學科科學和工程創新，並在國際上獲得廣泛認可，先後於2018年當選中國科學院海外專家和英國工程技術學會（IET）會士，2019年當選美國電機和電子工程師學會（IEEE）會士，2020年當選英國皇家化學學會（RSC）會士。2018 年，他還創辦了澳大的第一家衍生公司迪奇孚瑞生物科技有限公司，其主打產品Virus Hunter已進入快速檢測和食品安全檢測市場。
此外，麥沛然因其在無電池智能電子產品研究方面的傑出貢獻，於2022年獲頒騰訊Xplorer科學探索獎，成為澳門首位獲此殊榮的學者。他目前擔任電子領域最頂級的科學期刊《IEEE固態電路簡報》的主編，並曾在IEEE固態電路學會擔任多個領導職務。
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UM professor Mak Pui In is elected as a member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, Portugal
澳大教授麥沛然當選葡萄牙里斯本科學院院士