Personal profile

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Positions held

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2015 – 2018), The University of Hong Kong

• Chief Editor (2017 – 2018), Hong Kong Register of Marine Species (HKRMS)

• Senior Research Assistant (2014 – 2015), School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

• Research Assistant (2013 – 2014), The University of Hong Kong

• Chairman of University Consortium of Aquatic Sciences (2011 – 2013)

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Education

• PhD in Marine Ecotoxicology (2014), The University of Hong Kong

• BSc in Environmental Life Science (2009), The University of Hong Kong

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Projects involved

• Assessing the Marine Biodiversity and Ecology of Tolo Harbour and Channel, with Particular Reference to Coastal Marine Environments of Ting Kok and Shuen Wan Hoi – Phases I and II (as Project Manager)

• Survey of Epibenthic Communities of Hong Kong Marine Waters (2015)

• Ecology and biodiversity of benthic marine ecosystems before and after the trawling ban in Hong Kong coastal waters

• Mechanistic study on the organotin-mediated imposex in the rock shell Reishia clavigera using RNA-sequencing analysis

• Determination of retinoid acids released from marine algae and their effects on imposex development in the rock shell Reishia clavigera

• Biomagnification of organotin compounds in marine organisms at higher trophic levels: A case study in Hong Kong’s coastal marine waters

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Awards

• The Marine Pollution Bulletin Young Scientist Award for an Outstanding Oral Presentation in the 7th ICMPE (http://www.scifac.hku.hk/news/any/hattrick-for-hku)

• Second Runner-up in the Three Minute Thesis Competition 2013, HKU (http://www.ke.hku.hk/hku3mt/index.php/competition/2013/2013-information)

• Young Scientist Award for Best Poster Presentation in the 23rd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting (https://www.setac.org/?page=SEAwardsYoungS#poster)

 

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