Jun MA

Associate Thrust Head, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Thrust, HKUST(GZ)
Associate Professor, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Thrust, HKUST(GZ)
Associate Professor, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas, HKUST(CWB)

Jun Ma received the B.Eng. degree with First Class Honours in electrical and electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2014, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2018.

From 2018 to 2021, he held various positions at the National University of Singapore; University College London, London, U.K.; University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. In 2021, he joined the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Thrust, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China, and the Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China, as an Assistant Professor, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2026. He is the Director of Intelligent Autonomous Driving Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), and also affiliated with the Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include robotics, autonomous driving, and embodied AI.

Dr. Ma was the recipient of Honorable Mention for the 2024 IEEE RA-L Best Paper Award, 2025 IEEE ICRA Best Conference Paper Award Finalist, 2025 IEEE/RSJ IROS Best Student Paper Award Finalist and Best Paper Award on Mobile Manipulation, etc. He was also a recipient of the ACA Temasek Young Educator Award. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. He also serves as an Associate Editor/Area Chair for a few international conferences, such as IROS, CoRL, CDC, ACC, etc. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.