Professor Lo Sing-kai graduated from the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. He has held faculty positions at universities in the United States, Australia, and Hong Kong, and has extensive international experience in teaching and research.

Prior to joining The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK, then known as the Hong Kong Institute of Education), he served as Chair Professor and Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Health at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, overseeing the Higher Degree by Research Programme and coordinating research collaborations with countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Professor Lo has demonstrated outstanding research achievements, with over 250 publications in high-impact international academic journals. He has received multiple teaching awards from the institutions he served, with recognition for both teaching excellence and research performance.

In recent years, Professor Lo has actively advanced the internationalisation of EdUHK, focusing on strategic partnerships along the Belt and Road. Key initiatives include the establishment of the joint Academy of Education in Kazakhstan, the co-organisation of the Belt and Road International Conference with Xinjiang higher education institutions, research collaboration and student exchange programmes with institutions in the Middle East and North Africa, including Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt academic exchanges with leading universities, and the establishment of the Joint Centre for Educational Development and Advancement in Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in collaboration with Universiti Brunei Darussalam. These efforts have significantly strengthened EdUHK’s global academic network and international visibility.