Puerto Galera, Philippines
New paper: Long-term coral reef community dynamics in Moorea (Edmunds et al., Ecosphere)
Long-term community dynamics are heterogeneous between fringing- and fore-reef habitats on an Indo-Pacific coral reef P.J. Edmunds1, C. John2, J.J. Leichter3, C. Moritz4, K.C. Scafidi1, K. E. Speare5, G. Srednick6, A.S.J. Wyatt7 1Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, California, USA 2Marine Science Institute, University | Click for More →
Congratulations to Graduates: Dr Tim King (Ph.D.) & Ms Shiyue Wang (M.Phil.)
At the HKUST Congregation 2025, Dr Alex S.J. Wyatt participated in the Ph.D. and M.Phil. graduation ceremony for the School of Science on 18 October, where he had the honour of hooding Dr Timothy Brayton King, who completed his Ph.D. in Marine Environmental Science, and | Click for More →
Grant success: RGC General Research Fund
Dr Wyatt has been awarded a General Research Fund (GRF) grant by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong to explore thermal variability in internal-wave refuges at the centre of the world’s marine biodiversity. Title: Thermal variability hidden in internal-wave refuges: validating a numerical | Click for More →
Congratulations – PhD Candidate Josh Bennett-Williams
🍾 Congratulations to our newest PhD Candidate Josh Bennett-Williams who passed his PhD Qualifying Exam today 🎉. 👀 Follow for more updates on Josh’s work applying stable isotopes to understand the trophic ecology of fishes 🐟🦈 Thank you to the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme | Click for More →
New paper on reef fish diversity using UVC and eDNA (Pei et. al., Ecological Indicators)
Characterisation of coastal reef fish assemblages across an estuarine-urbanisation gradient using underwater visual census and environmental DNA Yu-De Pei, Joseph Heard, Wenqian Xu, Shara K.K. Leung, Charmaine C.M. Yung, Alex S.J. Wyatt Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear | Click for More →
Congratulations – MPhil Defense by Shiyue Wang
Congratulations to Shiyue Wang on passing her MPhil Defense with minor corrections today. 🔜Coming soon: our exploration of trophic strategies of photosymbiotic corals around Hong Kong! 🇭🇰🪸🪸🪸🇭🇰 Thank you to the Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Laboratory Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) | Click for More →
New paper on ocean weather and biological rates (Li Shing Hiung et. al., PNAS Nexus)
Ocean weather, biological rates, and unexplained global ecological patterns Darren L C Y Li Shing Hiung, Jasmin M Schuster, Murray I Duncan, Nicholas L Payne, Brian Helmuth, Jackson W F Chu, Julia K Baum, Viviana Brambilla, John Bruno, Sarah W Davies, Maria Dornelas, Patrick Gagnon, | Click for More →
Congratulations to Gonzalo, our RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship awardee!
🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to lab member Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales on being awarded a 2024/25 Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue working with us for the next three years. Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales, Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship: Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS), Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong | Click for More →
Congratulations – MPhil Defense by Angelica Intan
Congratulations to Angelica Intan on passing her MPhil Defense with minor corrections today. ⏭️Lots of exciting questions to further explore on #coral responses to #thermalvariability and #thermalstress Thank you to the Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Laboratory Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) | Click for More →
Congratulations to our newest HKPFS winner!
✨Congratulations✨ to lab member Yu-De Pei on being selected for the 2023/24 Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme to support his continued studies with us at HKUST. Yu-De Pei, former M.Phil. student and current R.A. Scholarship: Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), Research Grants Council (RGC) | Click for More →
