Prof. Hongbin LIU:
1. Continuous monitoring of phytoplankton community composition in Port Shelter.
2. Effect of temperature increase on the respiration rate of auto- and heterotrophic microbial
organisms.
Prof. Jimmy Fung:
1.
2.
Mathematical modeling of urban air pollution
Numerical weather forecasting
Prof. Simon Chan:
1. Quantification of monoaromatic nitro-compounds in air samples
2. HPLC analysis of 1-nitronaphthalene and 1-nitropyrene in particulate matters
Prof. Peiyuan QIAN:
1. Biological adaptation of deep-sea organisms to ultra-high pressure (literature review)
2. development of secondary metabolite fingerprinting datatbase of marine bacteria using UPLCMS and MS-MS
Prof. Jason Yang:
1. 'Noise pollution in HK' (can take two students to focus on two sub-topics that will be discussed
with Prof. Yang)
Prof. Jianzhen YU:
1. Analysis of levoglucosan and other sugar compounds in atmospheric particles using ion
chromatograph-electrochemical detection
2. Determination of humic-like substances in atmospheric particles using Evaporation Light
Scattering Detection
Prof. Stanley Lau:
1. Population genetics of E. coli thriving in marine sediment in Hong Kong
2. Genetic and phenotypic attributes required for E. coli to survive in marine sediment
Prof. Wenxiong Wang:
1. Metal pollution in Pearl River Estuary.
2. The project will determine the pollution of metals in Pearl River Estuary, and will involve field
trip to the Pearl River Estuary.
Prof. Qinglu Zeng:
1.
Isolation and genome sequencing of bacteriophages infecting cyanobacteria.
2.
Gene expression of cyanobacteria under environmental stresses.
Prof. Karen Chan:
1.
Effect of microplastic on early life stage of marine invertebrate
2.
Seasonal dynamic of zooplankton community in Port Shelter
Prof Joseph Wong:
1.
Isolation and analysis of dinoflagellate mutants
2.
Replication of dinoflagellate plastid genomes