People

Dr Alex S.J. Wyatt

Assistant Professor | Associate Director

Ph.D., The University of Western Australia, 2011
B.Eng. (Hons.), The University of Western Australia, 2004
B.Sc. (Hons.), The University of Western Australia, 2002

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Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales

Postdoctoral Fellow (RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme)

Ph.D., École Pratique des Hautes Études – CRIOBE, 2022
M.Sc., École Pratique des Hautes Études, 2018
B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2014

 

Dr Timothy King

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2025
M.Sc., Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2019
B.Sc., Iowa State University, 2015

 


Graduate Students

Ph.D.

Joshua Bennett-Williams

Ph.D. Candidate (HKPFS, RedBird Academic Excellence Award)

M.Phil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2022
M.Res., Portsmouth University, 2017
B.Sc. (Hons.), Portsmouth University, 2013

 

Alexis Chappuis

Ph.D. Student (RedBird Recruitment Award)

M.Sc. in Environmental Science, Universite de La Rochelle, 2011
B.Sc. in Biology, University of Clermont Auvergne (formerly Blaise Pascal University), 2009

 

Yu-De Pei

Ph.D. Candidate (HKPFS, RedBird Academic Excellence Award)

M.Phil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2022
B.Sc. (Hons.), National Cheng Kung University, 2015

 

M.Phil.

Tianze Gu

M.Phil. Student

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biotechnology, Xiamen University Malaysia, 2026
*Co-supervised with Masayuki Ushio

 

 

Lucia Hu

M.Phil. Student

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Marine Science, Auckland Univ. of Technology, 2024
B.Sc. in Marine Ecology and Zoology, Massey University, 2018
*Co-supervised with Masayuki Ushio

 

Anthony Man Ching Hung

M.Phil. Student

B.Sc., HKUST, 2026
*Co-supervised with Sai-Kit Yeung and Jiying Li

 

Rita Cheuk Ying Leung

M.Phil. Student

B.Sc. (Eng: Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology), IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, 2025

 

 

Markus Rummel

M.Phil. Student

M.Sc. (Eng.), IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, 2015
*Co-supervised with Sai-Kit Yeung

 

 

Yuen Shan Lo

M.Phil. Student

B.Eng. in Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2021

 

 


Undergraduate/M.Sc. Students

  • Ka Man Wong, Capstone Project, 2027-
  • Hoi Chi Chan, Final Year Project, 2026-
  • Chun Hei Lai, Final Year Project, 2026-
  • Wai Ching Ng, Final Year Project, 2026-
  • Julian Sia, Final Year Project, 2026-

Alumni

  • Tianze Gu, Undergraduate Visiting Internship Student (Xiamen University Malaysia), 2026 [→ current M.Phil.↑]
  • Anthony Man Ching Hung, Final Year Project, 2025-2026 [→ current M.Phil.↑]
  • Jason Chun Fei Cheung, UROP / IRE, 2021-2025 [→ current Ph.D. Student at Academia Sinica, Taiwan]
  • Timothy King, Ph.D. Student, 2020-2025 [→ current Postdoc↑]
  • Aimee Mei Sze HO, M.Sc. Research Project, 2025
  • Sammi Sum Yu SZE-TO,  M.Sc. Research Project, 2025
  • Mei Mei Chi Chiu Final Year Project, 2024-2025
  • Rita Cheuk Ying Leung Undergraduate Visiting Internship Student (IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria), 2024-2025 [→ current M.Phil.↑]
  • Shiyue Wang, M.Phil. Student, 2022-2024
  • Moses Lok Hang Wong, M.Sc. Research Project, 2024
  • Moses Chun Ming Lai, Final Year Project, 2023-2024
  • Angelica Grace Intan, Research Assistant, 2023-2024 [→ R.A. in LIFS, HKUST]
  • Yu-De Pei, Research Assistant, 2022-2024 [→ current Ph.D. Student↑]
  • Angelica Grace Intan, M.Phil. Student, 2021-2023 [→ R.A.↑]
  • Horace Lam, UROP, 2022
  • Jacky Sung Lit Wong, UROP, 2022
  • Joshua Bennett-Williams, M.Phil. Student, 2020-2022 [→ current Ph.D. Student↑]
  • Yu-De Pei, M.Phil. Student (Asian Future Leaders Scholarship), 2020-2022 [→ R.A.↑]
  • Dr Christina Skinner, Postdoctoral Researcher / Laboratory Manager, 2020-2022 [→ Postdoc at The University of Queensland]
  • Shrinivas Nandi, UROP / Final Year Project, 2020-2022 [→ James Macmillan Endowed Fellowship in Microbiology (PhD) to Rutgers University]
  • Arnab Goswami, UROP, 2021
  • Rauszen Ocean Annika Abbas, UROP, 2020
  • Yui Kei Chu, UROP, 2020
  • Shun Lap Benedict Chung, UROP, 2020
  • Shu Kiu Leung, UROP, 2020
  • Timothy King, Research Assistant, 2020 [→ Ph.D. Student↑]
  • Yu-De Pei, Research Assistant, 2019-2020 [→ M.Phil. Student↑]

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