Research Highlights

R-Theme 1_The Structural Phase Effect of MoS2-2-c2-01
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Involved Member: Dr. Jason Chun Ho LAM

Global dependence on petroleum resources has promoted an excessive release of fossil CO2 into the atmosphere and marine environment. The catalytic valorization of biomass for renewable carbon-neutral chemical and biofuel production has thus become increasingly important. Dr. Jason Lam’s team recently developed an electrocatalytic method…

R-Theme 1_Performance assessment of bubbles barriers for microplastic remediation-1-c
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Involved Members: Dr. James Kar Hei FANG, Dr. Alessandro STOCCHINO

Microplastics are polymer substances that have a strong ability to adsorb pollutants and can cause considerable damage to the marine environment. As an innovative device, the bubble barrier generates bubble curtains of upward natural flows by using an air pump to push microplastic particles into the catchment devices in…

Application of aerobic denitrifier for simultaneous removal of nitrogen, zinc, and bisphenol A from wastewater
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Involved Members: Prof. Kenneth Mei Yee LEUNG

High concentrations of heavy metals and other pollutants affect microbial activity in the wastewater treatment system and impede biological denitrification process. A novel Zn(II)-resistant aerobic denitrifier (Pseudomonas stutzeri KY-37) was isolated with potential in biodegradation and removal of Bisphenol A (BPA). Its capability…

Characterizing the Host Coral Proteome-cmyk
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Involved Members: Dr. Leo Lai CHAN

Stony corals form the foundation of coral reefs, which are of prominent ecological and economic significance. A robust workflow for investigating the coral proteome is essential in understanding coral biology. Here we investigated different preparative workflows and characterized the…

Recovery of tropical marine benthos-cmyk
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Involved Members: Prof. Kenneth Mei Yee LEUNG, Prof. Jianwen QIU

Bottom trawling has been banned in some jurisdictions to mitigate the problems of habitat destruction and overfishing. However, most reports about trawling impacts originate from temperate latitudes, and recovery of macrobenthos from trawl ban has hardly…

Distinct interaction effects of warming and anthropogenic input-cmyk
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Involved Member: Prof. Hongbin LIU

The diatom to dinoflagellate ratio (Diatom/Dino) has long been used as a benchmark to indicate the optimal level of a marine ecosystem. While diatoms usually grow in less polluted water, the toxin secreted by dinoflagellates can kill fish and cause hypoxia in coastal waters.…