Dr Cheng Man-chuen is an alumnus of Shaw College. When he was a university student, there were only four colleges and Shaw College was the newest with relatively more freedom to its students. Dr Cheng and many of his secondary schoolmates hoped to stay in student hostel of the same college, so they chose Shaw College together. When Dr Cheng returned to the Department of Mathematics of CUHK in 2015, he was affiliated to Shaw College as a matter of course.

Professor Renee Chan graduated from the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Environmental Life Science. During her master's and doctoral studies, she focused on virology, specifically researching the interaction between respiratory viruses and respiratory cells. She joined CUHK in April 2015 and became a member of Shaw College.