Professor Poon obtained her BSc in Mathematics in 1983 and MPhil in Statistics in 1985 from CUHK, PhD in Biostatistics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1987, and MBA with Distinction from the University of Hull in 1995. She is currently Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor in the Department of Statistics of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Poon has made significant contributions nurturing numerous talents in the science discipline over the years, and exerting leadership in strategic development of educational quality and academic research at faculty and university level.