Jun MA

Assistant Professor, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Thrust, HKUST(GZ)
Assistant 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 several positions at the National University of Singapore; University College London, London, U.K.; University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Thrust, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China, and also with the Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China. He is also the Director of Intelligent Autonomous Driving Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). His research interests include motion planning and control for robotics and autonomous driving.

He was the recipient of the 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.