Research
Our research group tackles different questions as related to mercury cycling in diverse environmental types. We currently focus on vegetated landscapes, especially forests, streams/rivers, and wetlands in Hong Kong, below are photos in Mai Po, Kuk Po and HK country parks, our current field sites:
Below are some of our ongoing projects:
2024-2027, Research Grants Council (RGC) Earmarked Grants, General Research Fund, Production of methylmercury and its linkage to biomagnification in food webs at a subtropical mangrove ecosystem
2023-2025, Environment and Conservation Fund, Environmental Research, Technology Demonstration and Conference Projects, Baseline characterization of mercury levels and its potential toxicity in shorebirds in Mai Po Nature Reserve and Deep Bay
2023-2025, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Examination of ecological, microbial, and geochemical factors in determining bioaccumulation of highly toxic methylmercury in natural mangrove ecosystems
2023-2024, Faculty of Science Direct Grant, CUHK, Biogeochemical factors driving mercury methylation in a subtropical mangrove ecosystem
2022-2024, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, CUHK, Understanding mechanisms regulating toxic mercury exposure in agriculture and forest of Hong Kong
2022-2023, Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme HKEPD, From Valley to Plain: Conservation and Revitalisation from ‘Ng To’ to Kuk Po River and plain via multi-disciplinary, educational and action research
Mai Po Nature Reserve
Kuk Po Lo Wai (Village)
Hong Kong Country Park (forest sites - Shing Mun and Tai Mo Shan)