Name Card
Professor Leung, Kenneth Mei Yee 梁美儀
Title:
Honorary Professor
Knowledge Exchange Activities
| Activity Title | Activity Type | Start Date | End Date | Member(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Newsletter story: "Making Marine Eco-systems and Seafood Safer" | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2019-03-25 | 2019-04-23 | ||
| Hong Kong Institute of Engineers' Seminar | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2014-03-10 | 2014-03-10 | ||
| Discussions on Best Ways of Providing Land Supply in Hong Kong | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2013-05-26 | 2013-05-26 | ||
| Member of KE Working Group of HKU | Internal KE Committee | 2014-02-04 | 2016-07-31 | ||
| Plenary Talk at Joint School Staff Development Day of the Yuen Long District | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2015-03-16 | 2015-03-16 | ||
| Keynote Lecture Delivered at the TWGHs Healthy School Net Exhibition | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2014-10-09 | 2014-10-09 | ||
| Plenary Talk at Joint School Staff Development Day of the Yuen Long District | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2016-03-04 | 2016-03-04 | ||
| Training Workshops on Derivation and Application of Water and Sediment Quality Guidelines | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2016-06-18 | 2016-06-18 | ||
| Marine Menaces | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2016-06-27 | 2016-07-11 | Magellan Kit Michelle Elaine Gwynne | |
| Magazine interview on health concerns of environmental pollution and endocrine disruptors | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2016-11-19 | 2016-11-19 | ||
| Press release on our novel assay to endocrine disruptors extracted from HK marine regions | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2016-07-27 | 2016-07-27 | ||
| Serving as a guest speaker at the radio programme "Dream - Flying" at Metro Radio | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2017-01-01 | 2017-01-01 | ||
| Science outreach talk at Cafe Scientifique Hong Kong | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2017-03-06 | 2017-03-06 | ||
| Marine Pollution Forum | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2017-04-22 | 2017-04-22 | ||
| Expert Advisory Meeting with Representatives from the HKSAR Government on Ecoshoreline Designs | Other KE Activity Types | 2016-11-16 | 2016-11-18 | ||
| InnoTech Expo - Science Forum | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2017-09-24 | 2017-09-24 | ||
| Science outreach talk at the Science Camp held at Macau University | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2016-12-13 | 2016-12-13 | ||
| Meeting the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Other KE Activity Types | 2017-08-15 | 2017-08-15 | ||
| To provide professional views on food safety issue to the press | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2017-07-03 | 2017-07-22 | ||
| To provide professional views on why fish can feel pain | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2017-08-01 | 2017-08-05 | ||
| Workshop on Conservational Research Collaboration at Sichuan Wolong National Nature Reserve | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2016-10-27 | 2016-10-27 | ||
| Public Forum on Fisheries Industry and Marine Pollution | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2016-10-26 | 2016-10-26 | ||
| To provide professional views on why detergents are endocrine disrupting chemicals | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2017-08-14 | 2017-08-27 | ||
| Workshop on STEM and Science Education for Kids | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2018-06-16 | 2018-06-16 | ||
| Talk on STEM and Science Education for Kids at the STEM Learning Fair | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2018-03-27 | 2018-03-27 | ||
| A workshop on “STEM and Science Education for Kids” | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2018-08-29 | 2018-08-29 | ||
| Delivering a talk entitled “Eco-shoreline Designs for Sustainable Coastal Development” at the Environment Hong Kong Seminar Series organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2018-03-15 | 2018-03-15 | ||
| Delivering a talk on “Eco-shoreline in Hong Kong” held at the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), and organised by HKIE Young Members Committee | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2018-03-08 | 2018-03-08 | ||
| Interviewed by TVB on food safety issue 無綫電視《東張西望》:「桂花魚養殖與食用」環節 | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2018-08-24 | 2018-08-29 | ||
| Interviewed by TVB News on the HIstory and Revitalisation of Pearl Farming in Hong Kong 無綫新聞：漁民西貢大規模試驗「養珠」 盼數年後有港產珍珠 | Books and Other Media (Newspaper, Radio/TV, etc.) for Non-academic Audiences | 2017-12-22 | 2017-12-22 | ||
| A keynote lecture on Eco-shoreline Desings for Sustainable Coastal as part of the Conservation Day organised by Ocean Park Conservation Foundation | Public Event (Delivering a Talk, Workshop, Exhibition, Performance, etc.) | 2018-03-25 | 2018-03-25 |
Invited Lectures & Keynote Speeches
| Title | Conference | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancing sustainable coastal development through ecological engineering | Invited Lecture at Joint CEDD – HKIE International Conference on Intelligent and Sustainable Development from Reclamation and Beyond, held on 2 Dec 2019 in Hong Kong, China | 2019-12-01 |
| Environmental rate and ecological risks of retinoic acids and their metabolites in highly urbanised coastal city | Keynote Lecture at 11th IWA Micropol & Ecohazard Conference 2019, organized by IWA and Seoul National University, held during 20-24 October in Seoul, Korea | 2019-10-01 |
| Ecologically engineered shorelines for enhancing marine biodiversity and ecological conservation | Plenary Lecture at the NSFC-RGC Young Scholars Forum: Frontiers in Ecology and Environmental Science and Green Development, held during 24-27 September 2019 at Guangxi University, Guangxi, China | 2019-09-01 |
| Ecological engineering on shorelines | As an Invited Speaker at the 5th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health, held during 4-6 August 2019 in Harbin, China | 2019-08-01 |
| Trawling ban drives the recovery of benthic ecosystem and associated fisheries resources in the marine environment of tropical Hong Kong | As an Invited Speaker at Aoshan Symposium: Joint Symposium on Marine Pollution and Sustainable Development held during 3-5 July 2019 at the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, China | 2019-07-01 |
| Enhancing Sustainable Coastal Development through Ecological Engineering | As a Keynote Speaker at the 5th Korea-China Symposium on Environmental Health and Ecological Safety cum Yellow Sea Ecosystem (YES) Symposium 2019, held during 17-20 July 2019 at Shantou University, China | 2019-07-01 |
| Putting ‘eco’ into ecotoxicology: A revisit | As a Keynote Invited Speaker at the 9th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, held during 10-14 June 2019 in Hong Kong, China | 2019-06-01 |
| Putting ‘eco’ into ecotoxicology: A revisit | As an Invited Speaker at 2019 International Symposium on Chemical Risk Prediction and Management, as part of the 6th National Ecotoxicology Conference, held during 26-29 April 2019 in Guangzhou, China | 2019-04-01 |
| Joining the dots between omics and environmental management | As an Invited Speaker at Global Challenges in Food, Nutrition & Environment Symposium and the 6th National Ecotoxicology Conference, held during 6-8 December 2018 at HKU, Hong Kong, China | 2018-12-01 |
| Tracking major endocrine disruptors in coastal waters using an integrative approach coupling field-based study and hydrodynamic modelling | Invited Lectures at the Symposium on Hydro-environment Research for Smart Cities, held during 12-14 December 2017 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China | 2018-12-01 |
| Joining the dots between omics and environmental management | As a Keynote Speaker at the BK21 Environmental Health Workshop: Advancing Toxicology and Omics for Environmental Health Management, held on 14 September 2018 at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea | 2018-09-01 |
| Eco-shoreline designs for sustainable coastal development in Hong Kong | As an invited speaker at the Oyster Restoration Scientific Workshop co-organised by HKU and the Nature Conservancy held on 28 August 2018 at HKU, Hong Kong, China | 2018-08-01 |
| Trawling ban drives the recovery of benthic ecosystem and associated fisheries resources in the marine environment of Hong Kong | As a Keynote Speaker at the 4th Korea-China Symposium on Environmental Health and Ecological Safety cum Yellow Sea Ecosystem (YES) Symposium 2018, held during 18-21 July 2018 at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea | 2018-08-01 |
| Joining the dots between omics and environmental management | As a Keynote Speaker in the session about Omics Advances in Ecotoxicology at the 4th Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health, held during 18-20 May 2018 at Nankai University, Tianjin, China | 2018-05-01 |
| Eco-shoreline designs for sustainable coastal development and Revealing ecological risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals in marine protected areas through an integrative approach | Invited Lectures at the Global Marine Science Summit: Coastal Resilience and the Blue Economy, held during 5-8 November 2017 at University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA | 2017-11-01 |
| World Harbour Project: Hong Kong's Challenges and Current Marine Environmental Research Projects | Webiner Series of the World Harbour Project, held on 25 May 2017 (see http://www.worldharbourproject.org/communications/) | 2017-05-01 |
| Removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals and retinoic acids from wastewater by novel chemically-enhanced primary sedimentation processes | As a Keynote Speaker at the 3rd Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health, held during 12-14 May 2017 at Guangzhou Dongfang Hotel, Guangzhou, China. | 2017-05-01 |
| Something about a predatory gastropod: from eating soup to changing sex | As an invited speaker at the Seminar Series of School of Life Science of CUHK on 23 March 2017. | 2017-03-01 |
| Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Retinoic Acids from Wastewater by Novel Chemically-enhanced Primary Sedimentation Processes | As an invited speaker at the 9th Asia-Pacific Landfill Symposium - Integrated Waste Management and Sustainable Landfilling held during 9-11 Nov 2016 at HKU, Hong Kong. | 2016-11-01 |
| Development of Environmental Quality Benchmarks: Global Development Trends and Prospects | As an invited speaker at the Environmental Criteria Summit held during 13-14 Oct 2016 at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Research, Beijing, China. | 2016-10-01 |
| Scientific Derivation of Environmental Quality Benchmarks for Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems: Challenges and Opportunities | Plenary Lecture at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Asia/Pacific 2016 Conference, held at National University of Singapore, Singapore during 16-19 September 2016 (with 300+ participants) | 2016-09-01 |
| Pollution issues, monitoring and indicators of environmental quality in harbours | Invited Lecture at the EuroMarine and World Harbour Project Joint Workshop on Developing Ecosystem-based Solutions for Resilient European Harbours and Costal Waterfronts (ECORES), held at Bologna, Italy during 4-6 May 2016 | 2016-05-01 |
| From dose-response relationships to setting effect thresholds for protecting individual organisms and ecosystem integrity | Keynote Lecture at the International Workshop on Health Risk Assessment, Intervention and Collaboration, Shantou University, Shantou, China during 16-17 April 2016. | 2016-04-01 |
| Advances and challenges in assessing ecological risks of chemical contaminants in aquatic ecosystems | Keynote Speech at the 2nd International Symposium on Environmental Health, held at Graduate School of Public Health of Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea during 15-16 February 2016 | 2016-02-01 |
| Risk assessment of estrogenic endocrine disruptors on adult brain dopamine homeostasis | Symposium on Environmental Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Science & Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | 2016-01-01 |
| Temperature-dependent chemical toxicity models: ?from mechanisms to application | Keynote Lecture at the International Symposium on Chemical Pollution and Environmental Health, held at School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China during 18-22 October 2015 | 2015-10-01 |
| How to prepare for a successful academic career; Key elements of good science and essential basic statistics; How to set environmental quality benchmarks for ecosystem protection, and Temperature-dependent chemical toxicity models | A series of invited lectures delivered at the Second Sino-Finnish Summer School in Environmental Science, organised by College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China, held during 3-14 August 2015 in Shanghai, China | 2015-08-01 |
| Seasonality Can Lower Biotic Resistance to Ascidian Invasion in Subtropical Marine Fouling Communities | An invited talk delivered at the International Conference on Underwater Science, Technology and Education, held during 19022 August 2015 at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China | 2015-08-01 |
| Retinoic acids produced by marine algae and cyanobacteria can trigger sex change in the marine gastropod Reishia clavigera | An invited talk at the XI Biofouling, Benthic Ecology and Marine Biotechnology Meeting - BIOINC, held at Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira (IEAPM), during 27-31 July 2015 in Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2015-07-01 |
| Retinoic acids produced by microalgae and cyanobacteria can trigger sex change in marine gastropods | An keynote lecture delivered at the International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems (BECoME 2015) held during 1-4 June 2015, at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 2015-06-01 |
| A Tale of Marine Ecotoxicological Research in Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future | An invited plenary talk at the 2nd National Ecotoxicology Conference of China, held during 26-27 April 2015 at Xianglu Grand Hotel, Xiamen, China | 2015-04-01 |
| When Boys Become Girls: Impacts of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals to Humans and the Environment | An invited plenary talk delivered at the Joint School Staff Development Day of the Yuen Long District for 500 school teachers and principals held on 16 March, at Lions Clubs International Ho Tak Sum Primary School, Tin Shing Court, Area 3, Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long, N.T., Hong Kong | 2015-03-01 |
| Revealing ecological risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals in marine protected areas of Hong Kong through a novel integrative approach | An invited talk delivered at the 1st BK21Plus CHEER International Workshop - Challenges and Perspectives in Environmental Health Research, organised by and held at Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, during 5-6 Feb 2015, Seoul, Korea | 2015-02-01 |
| Temperature-dependent chemical toxicity models and their implications on derivation of water quality criteria and ecological risk assessment | An invited talk delivered at the School of Life Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 15 January 2015, Hong Kong, China | 2015-01-01 |
| Environmental Challenges and Research Opportunities for Hong Kong's Harbour | An invited talk delivered at the Inaugural Workshop of the World Harbour Project held during 11-13 November 2014 at Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney, Australia | 2014-11-01 |
| When Boys Become Girls: Impacts of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals to Humans and the Environment | A keynote lecture delivered to over 400 people (secondary school students, teachers and staff from schools at Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long and Tuen Mun) at the TWGHs Healthy School Net Exhibition, held on 9 October 2014 at School Hall, TWGHs Yiu Dak Chi Memorial Primary School, Phase I, Tin Shui Estate, Tin Shui Wai, N.T., Hong Kong | 2014-10-01 |
| Successful experience in writing CRF (Research) proposal | An invited talk delivered at the Faculty Sharing Forum - Writing Successful Proposals for RGC’s GRF/ECS/CRF, organised by and held at the Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 1 August 2014 | 2014-08-01 |
| Basic statistics for environmental research; The challenges in search of the "Holy Grail" for protecting aquatic ecosystems from chemical pollutants; Retrospective environmental risk assessment and Effective risk communication | A series of invited lectures delivered at the First Sino-Finnish Summer School in Environmental Science, organised by and held at Jyvaskyla University, Finland during 4-15 August 2014 | 2014-08-01 |
| Temperature-dependent chemical toxicity models and their implications on derivation of water quality criteria and ecological risk assessment | An invited talk at the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management Hong Kong 2014 Conference: Impacts of Climate Change on Water and Environmental Management, held on 8 May 2014 in Hong Kong, China | 2014-05-01 |
| Comparison of temperate and tropical aquatic species’ acute sensitivity to nickel | An invited talk at the Nickel Tropical Risk Assessment Workshop organized by Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association, held during 29-30 April 2014 in Singapore | 2014-04-01 |
| Field-based species sensitivity distribution and community sensitivity distribution as alternative ways for deriving sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) and field validation of current SQGs derived from laboratory based approaches | An invited talk delivered at the 20th Anniversary Workshop on Environmental Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Environmental Science Programme, held on 25 January 2014 at CUHK, Hong Kong, China | 2014-01-01 |
| A critic on temperature-dependent chemical toxicity models and their implications on derivation of water quality criteria for protecting aquatic life | an invited keynote presentation at the 1st International Conference on Environmental Safety and Ecological Criteria/Standards, held during 30 June and 2 July, 2013 in Jiangsu Conference Centre, Nanjing, China. | 2013-06-01 |
| Can we possibly derive sediment quality guidelines for chemical mixtures ? | an invited presentation at the Scientific Workshop on Risk Assessment for the Sediment Compartment organised by European Chemicals Agency during 7-8 May 2013, at Marie Sklodowska Curie Conference Room, European Chemicals Agency, Helsinki, Finland | 2013-05-01 |
| 1) Critical elements of persuasive proposals: design and methods and 2) How to build a successful academic career, two invited lectures delivered at the Cummer Course on "Grant Writing: How to Write a Competitive Application to a Funding Agency" for the PhD Programme in Applied BioScience, organized by and held during 13-16 Auguest 2012, at Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland | 2012-08-01 | |
| Can we possibly derive environmental quality guidelines for chemical mixtures? | an invited keynote lecture at the International Conference on Deriving Environmental Quality Standards for the Protection of Aquatic Ecosystems (EQSPAE 2011), held during 3-7 December 2011, at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 2011-12-01 |
| When boys become girls: Ecological impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals | an invited lecture delivered at the 2011 Science Promotion Workshop for High School Teachers, held on 9 July 2011 at University of Macau, Macau | 2011-07-01 |
| An integrated risk assessment and management framework for resolving complex seafood safety issues | an invited lecture at the 5th International Functional Foods Symposium: Promoting Good Health and Developing a Sustainable Environment which was held during 10-11 March 2011 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong | 2011-03-01 |
| The challenges in search of the "Holy Grail" for protecting aquatic ecosystems from chemical pollutants in China | an invited lecture delivered at the International Workshop on Environmental Assessment of Down-the-Drian Chemicals in China, co-organised by Lancaster University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Unilever, and held at Jin Jiang Tower, Shanghai, China during 14-15 December | 2010-12-01 |
| 1) Environmental risk assessment: a major shift in environmental management, 2) The essence of risk communication and 3) How to assess environmental risks of persistent organic pollutants to wildlife? | three invited lectures delivered at the Summer Course on Risk Assessment of Environmental and Food Contaminants, organised by and held during 16-18 August 2010, at Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland | 2010-08-01 |
| The essence of environmental risk communication | an invited lecture at the 3rd Summer Course on Environmental and Human Health Impact Assessment which was organised by Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong and State Key laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, and held during 4-17, July 2010 at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 2010-07-01 |
| Comparison of tropical and temperate aquatic species sensitivities to chemicals: implications for ecological risk assessment and water quality management | an invited plenary lecture at the Workshop on Ecosystem Risk Assessment, which was organised by the Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology and held during 14-15 June 2010, in Madang, Papua New Guinea | 2010-06-01 |
| A fitness cost for thermal tolerance in a marine copepod: implication on biological effects of global warming | an invited lecture at at the Mini-Symposium on Biological Consequences of Global Change in the Experimental Biology 2010 congress, which was organised by the American Association of Anatomists and International Society of Zoological Sciences, was held during 24-28 April 2010 at Anaheim Convention Centre, Anaheim, U.S.A. | 2010-04-01 |
| Environmental risk assessment: A major paradigm shift in environmental management | an invited talk given at the CUHK Bio-Talk Seminar Series, held on 30 March 2010 at the Department of Biology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 2010-03-01 |
| Environmental risk assessment: a major paradigm shift in environmental management, and Field species distribution for detection of environmental changes | two invited lectures delivered at the United Nations' PEMSEA Regional Training Course on Novel Technology for Marine Environmental Management, organised by Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia, held during 19-21 November 2009, in Manila, Philippines | 2009-11-01 |
| Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in Hong Kong waters: What we know, don't know and should know | an invited lecture at the International Symposium on the Biomonitoring and Biomarker of EDCs in Coastal and Marine Environments, organised by Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, Korea and National Eisheries Research and Development Institute, held on 17 September 2009, in Busan, Korea | 2009-09-01 |
| A fitness cost for thermal tolerance in the marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus: implication on long-term biological effects of global warming | an invited Plenary Lecture presented at the 3rd International Symposium of Integrative Zoology which was held at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China during 8-10 July | 2009-07-01 |
| An integrated approach for diagnosis and assessment of ecological risks of toxic substances in aquatic ecosystems | an invited lecture at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), the College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia, USA, on 12 January | 2009-01-01 |
| Ecotoxicology and ecological risks of antifouling biocides to marine organisms: a review and prospectus | an invited plenary lecture at the 1st International Conference on Environmental Health Science, organised by the Korean Society of Environmental Risk Assessment and Health Science, held in Seoul, South Korea, on 30 October | 2008-10-01 |
| An integrated approach for diagnosis and assessment of ecological risks of toxic substances in aquatic ecosystems | The 12th Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (Environmental Analysis), 18-21 October 2007, Beijing, China. | 2007-10-01 |
| Ecological risk assessment and management of exotic organisms associated with aquaculture activities | an invited keynote at the FAO/NACA Workshop on Understanding and Applying Risk Analysis in Aquaculture, held during 8-11 June 2007, at Rayong, Thailand, organised by FAO and the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) | 2007-06-01 |
| Tigriopus as model organisms for environmental research | an invited seminar at the Post ICEMO Workshop on Ecophysiology of Marine Organisms, held at the Swire Institute of Marine Science, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, on 12 January | 2007-01-01 |
| Coastal management: a risk assessment and management approach | an invited lecture at the East Asian Seas Congress 2006, organised by the GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) and the State Oceanic Administration of China, Hainan, China, 11-14 December | 2006-12-01 |
| Stable isotope and fatty acid profile as effective toools for diagnosing environmental impact of open-sea-cage fish farm wastes | International Conference on Environmental and Public Health Management: Aquaculture and Environment, held at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 7-9 December | 2006-12-01 |
| The marine resources and the environmental changes of Hong Kong | an invited lecture at the AFCD Training Workshop for Hong Kong's Fishermen during the Fishing Moratorium, organised by Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of HKSAR Government, held at the International Finance Centre, Hong Kong, on 12 June | 2006-06-01 |
| The relative importance of autochthonous and allochthonous food sources in tropical streams | Invited speaker for the special session “Are tropical streams ecologically different?” of the North American Benthological Society 54th Annual Meeting (2006), Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. | 2006-06-01 |
| Risk characterisation and assessment | an invited lecture for the UNDP Training Course on Integrated Environmental Impact Assessment for Coastal and Marine Areas, held at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 4-10 June | 2006-06-01 |
| Total metallothioneins as a biomarker for metal exposure and toxicity in marine molluscs: problems and prospects | an invited lecture, held at Department of Molecular and Environmental Bioscience, Graduate School, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, 10 January | 2006-01-01 |
| Metallothioneins and trace metals in the dogwhelk ~/Nucella lapillus~~ (L.) collected from Icelandic coasts | An invited talk at The Fifth International Conference on Metallothionein, held in Beijing, China, 8-12 October | 2005-10-01 |
| Environmental risk assessment in Hong Kong: An introduction | an invited talk at the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 21 September | 2005-09-01 |
| Risk characterisation and assessment | an invited lecture for the UNDP Training Course on Integrated Environmental Impact Assessment for Coastal and Marine Areas, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 29 November - 4 December | 2004-12-01 |
Editorship
| Period | Position | Journal / Conference |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Editorial Board Member | Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters |
| 2016 | Academic Editor | PeerJ |
| 2014 | Editor-in-Chief | Regional Studies in Marine Science |
| 2014 | Editorial Board Member | Scientific Reports |
| 2013 | Editorial Board Member | Ocean Science Journal |
| 2012 | Editorial Board Member and Subject Editor | Environmental Science and Pollution Research |
| 2011 | Editorial Board Member | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
| 2009 | Editorial Board Member | Integrative Zoology |
| 2009 | Editorial Board Member | Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences |
| 2008 | Editorial Board Member | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| 2005 | Editorial Board Member and Subject Editor | Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management |
Community Service
| Start Date | End Date | Position | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-01 | 2022-10-01 | Member | O | Steering Committee for the Marine Ecology and Fisheries Enhancement Funds |
| 2018-01-01 | 2018-12-01 | Honorary Adviser | O | Hong Kong Union of Youth Leaders |
| 2013-06-01 | 2016-06-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan - Marine Biodiversity Working Group, HKSAR Government |
| 2006-11-01 | 2014-11-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Research Projects Vetting Subcommittee, Environmental and Conservation Fund of HKSAR Government |
| 2010-09-01 | 2020-08-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Red Tide/HAB Expert Advisory Group, Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department, HKSAR Government |
| 2006-11-01 | 2007-11-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Working Group for Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Environmental Protection Department of HKSAR Government |
| 2015-09-01 | 2021-09-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Country and Marine Parks Board |
| 2019-01-01 | 2020-12-01 | Member | O | Institute Council, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong |
| 2011-06-01 | 2017-06-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Genetic Modified Organisms (Control of Release) Expert Group, Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department, HKSAR Government |
| 2015-07-01 | 2021-06-01 | Director | O | Board of Directors of Ocean Park Corporation |
| 2015-07-01 | 2021-06-01 | Trustee | O | Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong |
| 2019-01-01 | 2020-12-01 | Chairman | O | Nature Conservation Sub-committee under Advisory Council on the Environment |
| 2015-12-01 | 2019-12-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Town Planning Appeal Board Panel |
| 2018-11-01 | 2023-11-01 | Member | O | International Scientific Advisory Committee of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science |
| 2010-10-01 | 2030-10-01 | Advisor | O | The Environmental Management Association of Hong Kong |
| 2016-11-01 | 2022-10-01 | Chairman | O | Fisheries Enhancement Fund Management Committee |
| 2007-09-01 | 2013-09-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Marine Mammal Conservation Working Group, Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department, HKSAR Government |
| 2013-09-01 | 2019-09-01 | Chairman | O | HKSAR Marine Mammal Conservation Working Group, Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department, HKSAR Government |
| 2006-02-01 | 2007-02-01 | Adjudicator | O | Hong Kong FLL Robotic Tournament 2005 Challenge Synopsis, the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups |
| 2014-12-01 | 2016-12-01 | Member | O | French National Research Agency Scientific Evaluation Panel for CES 2 Call on Living Earth |
| 2007-02-01 | 2008-02-01 | Adjudicator | O | School Competition on the Design of Greeting Cards with Recycled Papers, Education Without Frontier |
| 2018-07-01 | 2030-06-01 | Justice of the Peace | O | The HKSAR Government |
| 2017-01-01 | 2018-01-01 | Reviewer of Grant Proposals | O | Marine Science R&D Programme of the National Research Foundation of the Prime Minister's Office of Singapore, Singapore |
| 2006-04-01 | 2007-04-01 | Panel Judge | O | Student Science Conference 2006, Theme: Conservation and Sustainable Development, St. Paul's Co-educational College |
| 2017-01-01 | 2020-12-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Advisory Council on the Environment |
| 2013-04-01 | 2019-04-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene, HKSAR Government |
| 2011-09-01 | 2015-09-01 | Co-Opted Member | O | HKSAR Marine Parks Committee under the Country and Marine Parks Board |
| 2015-09-01 | 2021-09-01 | Chairman | O | HKSAR Marine Parks Committee under the Country and Marine Parks Board |
| 2010-10-01 | 2016-10-01 | Member | O | HKSAR Endangered Species Advisory Committee, Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department, HKSAR Government |
| 2012-06-01 | 2013-06-01 | Adjudicator | O | Endangered Species Protection Passport Holder Design Competition |
| 2019-02-01 | 2021-01-01 | Member | O | Biological and Medicine Panel (Joint Research Schemes), Research Grants Council |
| 2017-01-01 | 2018-01-01 | Reviewer of Grant Proposals | O | National Research Foundation of South Africa |
| 2019-01-01 | 2020-12-01 | Member | O | Climate and Environment Committee of The Outstanding Young Persons Association |
| 2016-04-01 | 2030-04-01 | Founding Fellow | O | Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals Limited |
| 2018-12-01 | 2020-11-01 | Member | O | Tung Chung New Town Extension: Professional Liaison Group |