Research Highlights

Environmental occurrence, transport, fate, spatiotemporal trend, and ecological risk assessment of emerging chemicals
Environmental occurrence, transport, fate, spatiotemporal trend, and ecological risk assessment of emerging chemicals of concern in the Pearl River Estuary and South China Sea
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Involved Members: Prof. Paul Kwan Sing LAM, Dr. James Chung Wah LAM, Dr. Phoebe Yuefei RUAN

Emerging chemicals of concern (ECCs) encompass a wide range of man-made chemicals that are in use worldwide and indispensable for modern society. The phasing out of many legacy environmental pollutants, most of which are…

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SKLMP leading an international team to identify priority research questions and address pressing environmental and health issues in Asia
State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (City University of Hong Kong) leading an international team to identify priority research questions and address pressing environmental and health issues in Asia
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Involved Member: Prof. Kenneth Mei Yee LEUNG

 

Asia is a home for around 4.6 billion people, making up more than half of the world’s population of 7.8 billion in 2020 and putting enormous pressure on natural resource and the…

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Determination of the low Hg accumulation in rabbitfish
Determination of the low Hg accumulation in rabbitfish (Siganus canaliculatus) by various elimination pathways: Simulation by a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model
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Involved Member: Prof. Wenxiong WANG

Mercury (Hg) in fish poses great threat to human health. Consumption of low-Hg-level fish species (e.g. rabbitfish, Siganus canaliculatus) could be one possible solution to balance the nutrient benefits and Hg exposure. However, the underlying mechanisms for the low Hg accumulation…

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Managing risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Managing risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
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Involved Members: Prof. Paul Kwan Sing LAM, Dr. James Chung Wah LAM, Dr. Phoebe Yuefei RUAN

For emerging chemicals of concern, in this case PFASs, in key environmental matrices, my research team has developed sensitive, reliable, and robust analytical methods. We developed a SPE-HPLC-MS/MS procedure to measure…

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Intra-day microplastic variations in wastewater: A case study of a sewage treatment plant in Hong Kong
Intra-day microplastic variations in wastewater: A case study of a sewage treatment plant in Hong Kong
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Involved Member: Prof. Paul Kwan Sing LAM


In recent decades, marine microplastic pollution has attracted extensive attention from scientific community and the public. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) that are designed to treat industrial and municipal sewage via physical, chemical, and biological processes…

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Grid monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage for an early-warning sign of community outbreak
Grid monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage for an early-warning sign of community outbreak
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Involved Member: Prof. Tong ZHANG

 

Up till present, the research team led by Prof. Tong Zhang has collected more than 1000 domestic sewage samples from sewage collection systems in different areas for nucleic acid tests of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The initial results of the research have…

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