Dr. Frederick Leong is a Professor of Applied Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen China. He was a Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University where he served as the Director of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research. His major research interests center around culture and mental health, cross-cultural psychotherapy (especially with Asians and Asian Americans), cultural and personality factors related to career choice, career adaptability, and work stress. His current research is focused on developing an Implicit Theory of Diversity as well as the expanded Bifactor Model of Career Adaptability (adding the Relational dimension to the current Autonomous dimension of career adaptability. Professor Leong is one of the top psychological scientists in China. He is ranked number 2 among the top 100 psychology scientist in China by AD Scientific Index (2025). They use the broader metrics of Google Scholar (includes book chapters and journal articles) for their rankings and Professor Leong has 25,700 citations and an h-index of 90. Professor Leong is ranked 9th the list of best psychology scientists in China by Research.com which includes only journal articles. He is also listed in Stanford University and the Elsevier Data Repository recently released "Top 2% Global Scientists List for 2024."