Lam Hui is a professor of Physics at Columbia University, where he conducts research in astrophysics, gravitational waves, and cosmology, with affiliations in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, and High Energy Theory groups. He earned his BA from UC Berkeley and his PhD from MIT in 1996, followed by postdoctoral positions at Fermilab and the Institute for Advanced Study. After faculty roles at the University of Chicago and Fermilab, he joined Columbia. His work explores large-scale structure, gravitational lensing, the intergalactic medium, extra-solar planets, inflation, cosmological soft theorems, dark matter, and dark energy. Hui has been recognised with the U.S. Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, a Simons Fellowship, finalist status for the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists, and the Buchalter Cosmology Prize.