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Biography
Prof. CHEUNG Chi Kwan Vincent (張智鈞) A neuroscientist and biomedical engineer, Vincent C. K. Cheung is Associate Professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He obtained his B. Sc. in Mathematics and Pharmacology & Therapeutics from The University of British Columbia, Ph. D. in Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering from MIT and Harvard Medical School, and postdoctoral training from the MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Prof. Cheung’s research focuses on understanding how the central nervous system controls voluntary movement and translating this knowledge into new neuro-rehabilitation strategies. His research has been supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and other sponsors. His articles have appeared in Nature Communications, PNAS, Journal of Neurophysiology, and multiple IEEE journals. He was invited to speak at professional conferences, events for the general audience (e.g., TEDxCUHK), and local radio programmes. Prof. Cheung was Chair of the Hong Kong-Macau Chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2018-19). Recipient of the MIT Angus MacDonald Teaching Award (2006) and Teachers of the Years Award of CUHK Medicine (2021, 2022), Prof. Cheung has directed courses in neuroscience, human anatomy and physiology.
Vincent CHEUNG
Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences
Dean of Students, C. W. Chu College
Research Interests
- Neural control of movement
- Motor learning, motor development, post-injury recovery
- Neuro-rehabilitation
- Movement disorders
- Novel neural technologies
- Neuroinformatics and algorithms for neural data analysis
- Biomechanics
- Brain stimulation and brain mapping
Awards
- 2022 Teachers of the Years Award, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2021 Teachers of the Years Award, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Selected publications
- Guo X, Huang S, He B, Lan C, Xie JJ, Lau KYS, Takei T, Mak ADP, Cheung RTH, Seki K, Cheung VCK*, Chan RHM* (2025) Inhibitory components in muscle synergies factorized by the rectified latent variable model from electromyographic data. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2024.3453603.
- Cheung VCK*, Ha SC, Zhang-Lea JH, Chan ZY, Teng Y, Yeung G, Wu L*, Liang D, Cheung RTH* (2024) Motor patterns of patients with spinal muscular atrophy suggestive of sensory and corticospinal contributions to the development of locomotor muscle synergies. Journal of Neurophysiology. 131(2): 338-59.
- Cheung VCK*, Seki K* (2021) Approaches to revealing the neural basis of muscle synergies: A review and a critique. Journal of Neurophysiology. 125: 1580-1597. [Invited in-depth review, for acknowledging the career of Emilio Bizzi, Institute Professor of MIT]
- Cheung VCK*, Cheung BMF, Zhang JH, Chan ZYS, Ha SCW, Chen C-Y, Cheung RTH* (2020) Plasticity of muscle synergies through fractionation and merging during development and training of human runners. Nature Communications. 11: 4356.
- Cheung VCK, Turolla A, Agostini M, Silvoni S, Bennis C, Kasi P, Paganoni S, Bonato P, Bizzi E* (2012) Muscle synergy patterns as physiological markers of motor cortical damage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 109(36): 14652-14656.[Recommended by Faculty of 1000]
