Hoi-Kwong Lo received his PhD in Physics from Caltech in 1994. After working at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, Hewlett-Packard Labs, Bristol, UK, and MagiQ Technologies, Inc, New York, NY, he joined the University of Toronto as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Physics in 2002. He was promoted to Full Professorship in 2009. During 2020-2023, he was a Chair Professor of Physics at the University of Hong Kong, where he held various administrative duties, such as Research Division Director of Physics and Astronomy, and he was designated a Co-Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Quantum Science and Technology. In 2025, he moved to the Physics Department of the National University of Singapore as a Professor of Physics and Provost’s Chair Professor (2025-2028) and a Principal Investigator of the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), Singapore. Furthermore, he has co-founded Quantum Bridge Technologies, Inc, a leading quantum start-up in quantum-safe communication.

He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, an Optica Fellow, and an IEEE Fellow. He has won various awards including the CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics (2022), the IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award (2023), and the QCMC International Quantum Award (2024).