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)