Dennis Lo

Honours and awards 2000 – Ten Outstanding Young Person of Hong Kong 2001 – Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World 2005 – State Natural Science Award, Second-class, Ministry of Science and Technology, China 2006 – Award for Significant Contributions in Molecular Diagnostics, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 2007 – Award for Outstanding Contribution for a Publication in the International Journal Clinical Chemistry, American Association for Clinical Chemistry 2011 – Fellow of the Royal Society 2013 – Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences 2013 – Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences 2014 – King Faisal Prize in Medicine 2017, 2021, 2023 – Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist 2020 – Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics, Association for Molecular Pathology 2021 – Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2021 – Royal Medal 2022 – Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

Personal life Lo is married to Alice Siu Ling Wong. They met each other while Lo was pursuing his DPhil at the University of Oxford, where Wong was completing her DPhil in semiconductor physics.

As of 2016, Wong is an associate professor and the head of the former Division of Mathematics and Science Education, Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She is no longer on the faculty list as of 2021.

It was reported in 2021 that Lo bought a flat at The Masterpiece in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong for HKD$210 million.

Lo is one of the initiators of the Hong Kong Coalition, co-founded by two former Chief Executives of Hong Kong Tung Chee-hwa and Leung Chun-ying.