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Researchers

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Prof. David Baker
Interim Director, Associate Professor

Coral Reef Ecology, Stable Isotope Ecology, Evolution & Extinction of Symbiosis, Global Change, Marine Pollution, Conservation Forensics

KBSB 6S14

 (852) 3917 3606

 dmbaker@hku.hk

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Prof. Bayden D. Russell
Associate Professor

Marine Ecology (particularly subtidal), Climate Change and Nutrient Pollution impacts in marine ecosystems, herbivore and algal ecophysiology, Ecosystem Phase-shifts.

KBSB 2S05

 (852) 3917 3680

 brussell@hku.hk

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Prof. Gray Williams
Professor

Intertidal ecology,  Herbivore-autotroph interactions, Behaviour and ecophysiology of intertidal species, especially molluscs

 KBSB 3S02

 (852) 3917 3604

 hrsbwga@hku.hk

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Prof. ThiyagaRajan Vengatesen
Professor

Ocean acidification, Environmental proteomics, Biofouling: Larval Biology, Oyster Fishery and Aquaculture, and Ecological and economic consequences of larval exposure to environmental stressors

KBSB 2S03

 (852) 3917 3601

 rajan@hku.hk

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Prof. Moriaki Yasuhara
Associate Professor

Paleoecology and macroecology, Biodiversity patterns, Climatic impacts, Deep-sea biology, Human-induced ecosystem degradation

KBSB 6N15

 (852) 3917 3317

 yasuhara@hku.hk

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Climate, Marine geochemical cycles, Paleoceanography, Plastic pollution, Microplastics, Radiogenic isotopes, Element traces, Chemical oceanography, Biogeochemistry and Paleoceanography, in order to understand the impact of human on the marine environment and climate

HOC 306

(852) 3917 7831

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Dr. Christelle Not
Senior Lecturer

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Prof. Celia Schunter
Assistant Professor

Prof. Juan Diego
Gaitan-Espitia

Assistant Professor

Evolutionary ecology, Eco-physiology, Functional and comparative genomics, Quantitative genetics, Climate change biology

Ecological genomics, Transcriptomics & epigenomics of adaptation, Response to environmental change, Transgenerational inheritance, and Environmental effects on behaviour and the brain in marine organisms

KBSB 3S01

 (852) 3917 3304

 schunter@hku.hk

KBSB 3S03

 (852) 3917 3637

 jdgaitan@hku.hk

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Prof. Nicole Khan
Assistant Professor

Sea-level and paleoenvironmental change, Drivers of coastal subsidence, Coastal wetlands

HOC 307

(852) 3917 1454

nskhan@hku.hk

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Prof. Philip Yong-Xin Li
Assistant Professor

Prof. Ryan McKenzie
Associate Professor

Natural Products, Microbiome, Big data genome mining, Synthetic biology, Biosynthesis

tectonic and environmental influences on animal evolution and mass extinctions; stratigraphic architecture and tectonic history of the Indian subcontinent; Precambrian Earth System evolution with an emphasis on the Archean–Proterozoic and Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic transitions; and tectonic influences on long-term carbon cycling and riverine-to-seawater chemistry.

CYM Chemistry Building Rm. 305

 (852) 2859 2156

yxpli@hku.hk

JL 404

 (852) 2241 5484

ryan00@hku.hk

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Dr. Shelby McIlroy
Honorary Assistant Professor

Prof. Paolo Momigliano
Honorary Assistant Professor

Molecular ecology, Ecology and Evolution of Coral Symbiosis, Population connectivity and Range expansion

Speciation genomics, Seascape genetics, Conservation genetics of marine fauna,

Genomics of local adaptation

Demographic modelling from genetic data

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