Dr. Yukun Zhao is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of CU-ASK (Actionable Social Knowledge) program at the Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining CUHK, he was the Vice Director of the Positive Psychology Research Center at Tsinghua University, China. He also serves on the IPPA Council of Advisors. In these roles, he organizes China International Positive Psychology Conferences, develops positive education programs that have been applied in more than 50 schools, produces positive psychology MOOCs, and oversees the Positive Psychology Certificate Program that has trained more than 2000 people. Yukun received his PhD from Tsinghua University, and the Master of Applied Positive Psychology degree from University of Pennsylvania. He also holds Master degrees of Computer Science and Chemistry from Rutgers University. His main research interest is positive cultural psychology, spirituality and meaning in life, and new technology applications in psychology. He has published nine books, and co-edited/co-translated eight books.
