Research Areas
 
Marine Benthic Ecology Marine Plankton Ecology
Marine Microbial Ecology Marine Ecotoxicology & Pollution
   
   

 
Marine Benthic Ecology

Prof. Pei-Yuan QIAN,
Acting Head/David von Hansemann Professor of Science/Chair Professor, Department of Ocean Science (OCES)

  • Influences of environmental impacts and bacterial community dynamics on larval settlement of benthic marine invertebrates
  • Reproductive biology of benthic marine invertebrates
  • Marine fouling and antifouling
  • Bacterial symbiosis and natural products in soft-bodied invertebrates
  • Ecotoxicology and environmental impact assessment

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Marine Plankton Ecology
 

Prof. Hongbin Liu, Professor and PG Programme Coordinator, Department of Ocean Science (OCES)

 
  • Microbial community structures and microbial food web dynamics Phytoplankton physiology, photosynthesis, nutrient uptake kinetics and growth Flow cytometry
  • Zooplankton grazing and trophic interaction

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Marine Microbial Ecology

Dr. Stanley C.K. Lau, Associate Professor and UG Programme Coordinator, Department of Ocean Science (OCES); Associate Professor, Division of Life Science (LIFS) and Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR)

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Microbial source tracking strategy for marine pollution monitoring
  • Marine microbial metagenomics and transcriptomic

Dr. Qinglu Zeng, Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Science (OCES)

  • The role of cyanobacteria and their viruses (cyanophages) in marine ecological processes and how they adapt to the marine environment through genomic coevolution.

 

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Marine Ecotoxicology & Pollution

Prof. Wen-Xiong WANG, Director of Coastal Marine Laboratory (CML);
Chair Professor and EHS Program Director, Department of Ocean Science (OCES)

  • Biological and chemical oceanography
  • Ecotoxicology and biogeochemistry
  • Marine pollution
  • Physiological ecology of plankton

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