ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6025-1651
Scopus Author ID: 50561274000

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Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong

Microbial processes drive the global biogeochemical nitrogen cycle, underpinning essential ecosystem services. Key transformations like nitrification and anammox critically impact agricultural productivity, greenhouse gas emissions (especially N₂O), wastewater treatment efficiency, coastal eutrophication, and overall ecosystem health. Understanding the microbes catalyzing these processes, their physiology, and their responses to environmental change is fundamental to addressing challenges in climate change mitigation, food security, water quality, and sustainable resource recovery.

Targeted research areas & applications of interest include:

• Fundamental Microbial Ecology & Physiology of Nitrogen Cycling
  Discovery and characterization of novel microorganisms and metabolisms in diverse environments (marine, coastal, soil, Antarctic, engineered).
• Response of Microbial Nitrogen Cycling to Environmental Stressors
  Understanding impacts of climate change factors, microplastics, and emerging contaminants on nitrification, N₂O production, and nitrogen flux, especially in coastal and marine systems.
• Climate Change Mitigation
  Elucidating microbial controls on greenhouse gas (N₂O) production during nitrogen transformations.
• Bioremediation & Wastewater Treatment
  Developing and optimizing microbial processes (e.g., leveraging nitrifiers, anammox) for efficient nitrogen removal, pollutant biotransformation, and sustainable wastewater treatment.