Department of Ocean Science, HKUST
PhD Candidate Joshua Bennett-Williams presented his research from the Ocean Ecol (Wyatt) Lab at Sharks International 2026 in Sri Lanka on 5 May 2026. His talk, “Manta mucus: its sticky and tricky application as an isotopic tracer of trophic ecology”, explored the potential of non-invasive | Click for More →
🎉 Congratulations to Yu-De Pei on successfully passing his PhD Qualifying Examination today and advancing to PhD candidacy 🎉 👀 Follow for more updates on Yu-De’s work investigating the patterns, processes, and functional dynamics of coral ecosystems across environmental gradients 🌊🪸🪸🪸🌊 We gratefully acknowledge support | Click for More →
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 →
🍾 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 →
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 →
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 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 →
Congratulations to Josh Bennett-Williams for passing his MPhil Defense with minor corrections today ⏭️ Work is ongoing to increase isotopic understanding of elasmobranch trophic ecology, so stay tuned! Thank you to the Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Laboratory Guangdong Laboratory | Click for More →
📢 The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) is open for applications until 1 December 2022. ⏰ Apply early to be considered! ⏰ The Fellowship provides an annual stipend of HK$325,000 (approximately US$41,700) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$13,600 (approximately US$1,740) per | Click for More →
Congratulations to Yu-De Pei for passing his MPhil Defense with minor corrections today ⏭️ More updates to come on Yu-De’s next steps exploring trophic strategies of photosymbiotic corals over environmental gradients! Thank you to the Asian Future Leader Scholarship Program (AFLSP; from HKUST and Bai | Click for More →
