Professor K W Fung has been a research academic at a number of institutions such as Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan; Visiting Research Professor at Center of Excellence, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan; Senior Research Fellow at Asian Division, Library of Congress, U.S.A and Advisor of Hong Kong Space Museum. He is currently Zhu Kezhen History of Science Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Chu Hai College; Honorary Professor and M.Phil. & PhD advisor at School of Chinese, HKU; Institute Fellow at Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Incorporating the Centre of Asian Studies), HKU; Adjunct Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Honorary Director, Ptolemy Museum; Board Director and Guest Curator of Hong Kong Maritime Museum.