{"id":9,"date":"2014-08-20T05:41:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T05:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/alexsjwyatt\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:42:01","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/?page_id=6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-336 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Alex-Wyatt_Tech-Dive-Iriomote-jima_crop-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/?page_id=6\"><strong>Dr Alex S.J. Wyatt<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>Assistant\u00a0Professor | Associate Director<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ph.D., The University of Western Australia, 2011<br \/>\nB.Eng. (Hons.), The University of Western Australia, 2004<br \/>\nB.Sc. (Hons.), The University of Western Australia, 2002<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/?page_id=6\">| more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Postdoctoral Scholars<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Dr Gonzalo P\u00e9rez-Rosales<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1981 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Profile_Gonzalo-Perez-Rosales-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Profile_Gonzalo-Perez-Rosales-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Profile_Gonzalo-Perez-Rosales-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Profile_Gonzalo-Perez-Rosales.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>Postdoctoral Fellow (RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme)<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ph.D., \u00c9cole Pratique des Hautes \u00c9tudes &#8211; CRIOBE, 2022<br \/>\nM.Sc., \u00c9cole Pratique des Hautes \u00c9tudes, 2018<br \/>\nB.Sc. (Hons.), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Timothy King<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2158 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/profile_TimPhD-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ph.D., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2025<br \/>\nM.Sc., Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2019<br \/>\nB.Sc., Iowa State University, 2015<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<h3>Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Joshua Bennett-Williams<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2156 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/profile_Josh-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>Ph.D. Candidate (HKPFS, RedBird Academic Excellence Award)<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>M.Phil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2022<br \/>\nM.Res., Portsmouth University, 2017<br \/>\nB.Sc. (Hons.), Portsmouth University, 2013<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Alexis Chappuis<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2080 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/profile_Alexis-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/profile_Alexis-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/profile_Alexis.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>Ph.D. Student (RedBird Recruitment Award)<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>M.Sc. in Environmental Science, Universite de La Rochelle, 2011<br \/>\nB.Sc. in Biology, University of Clermont Auvergne (formerly Blaise Pascal University), 2009<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Yu-De Pei<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1569 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/profile_YuDe-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/profile_YuDe-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/profile_YuDe-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/profile_YuDe.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>Ph.D. Candidate (HKPFS, RedBird Academic Excellence Award) <\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>M.Phil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2022<br \/>\nB.Sc. (Hons.), National Cheng Kung University, 2015<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>M.Phil.<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Lucia Hu<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2022 alignleft size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/profile_Lucia-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>M.Phil. Student<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>B.Sc. (Hons.) in Marine Science, Auckland Univ. of Technology, 2024<br \/>\nB.Sc. in Marine Ecology and Zoology, Massey University, 2018<br \/>\n*Co-supervised with <a href=\"https:\/\/ong8181.github.io\/ushio-ecolab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masayuki Ushio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Rita Cheuk Ying Leung<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1605 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/profile_blank-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/profile_blank-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/profile_blank.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>M.Phil. Student<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>B.Sc. (Eng: Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology), IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, 2025<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Markus Rummel<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1982 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/profile_Markus-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/profile_Markus-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/profile_Markus.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>M.Phil. Student<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>M.Sc. (Eng.), IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, 2015<br \/>\n*Co-supervised with <a href=\"https:\/\/saikit.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sai-Kit Yeung<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Yuen Shan Lo<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2145 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LO_Yuen-Shan_crop-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><em><i>M.Phil. Student<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>B.Eng. in Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2021<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Undergraduate\/M.Sc. Students<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tianze Gu<\/strong>, <i>Undergraduate Visiting Internship Student (Xiamen University Malaysia)<\/i>, 2026-<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anthony Man Ching Hung<\/strong>, <em>Final Year Project<\/em>, 2025-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Alumni<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jason Chun Fei Cheung<\/strong>, <em>UROP <\/em>\/<em> IRE<\/em>, 2021-2025 [\u2192 current Ph.D. Student at Academia Sinica, Taiwan]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Timothy King<\/strong>, <em>Ph.D. Student<\/em>, 2020-2025 [\u2192 current Postdoc\u2191]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aimee Mei Sze HO<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>M.Sc. Research Project<\/em>, 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sammi Sum Yu SZE-TO<\/strong>,\u00a0 <em>M.Sc. Research Project<\/em>, 2025<\/li>\n<li><b>Mei Mei Chi Chiu<\/b>\u00a0<i>Final Year Project<\/i>, 2024-2025<\/li>\n<li><b>Rita Cheuk Ying Leung <\/b><i>Undergraduate Visiting Internship Student (IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria)<\/i>, 2024-2025 [\u2192 current M.Phil.\u2191]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shiyue Wang<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><i>M.Phil. Student<\/i><\/em>, 2022-2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moses Lok Hang Wong<\/strong>, <em>M.Sc. Research Project<\/em>, 2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moses Chun Ming Lai<\/strong>, <i>Final Year Project<\/i>, 2023-2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angelica Grace Intan<\/strong>, <em><i>Research Assistant<\/i><\/em>, 2023-2024 [\u2192 R.A. in LIFS, HKUST]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yu-De Pei<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Research Assistant<\/em>, 2022-2024 [\u2192 current Ph.D. Student\u2191]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angelica Grace Intan<\/strong>, <em><i>M.Phil. Student<\/i><\/em>, 2021-2023 [\u2192 current R.A.\u2191]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Horace Lam<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>UROP<\/em>, 2022<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacky Sung Lit Wong<\/strong>, <em>UROP<\/em>, 2022<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joshua Bennett-Williams<\/strong>, <em>M.Phil. Student<\/em>, 2020-2022 [\u2192 current Ph.D. Student\u2191]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yu-De Pei<\/strong>, <em><i>M.Phil. Student (Asian Future Leaders Scholarship)<\/i><\/em>, 2020-2022 [\u2192 current R.A.\u2191]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Christina Skinner<\/strong>, <em>Postdoctoral Researcher \/ Laboratory Manager<\/em>, 2020-2022 [\u2192 Postdoc at The University of Queensland]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shrinivas Nandi<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>UROP <\/em>\/ <em>Final Year Project<\/em>, 2020-2022 [\u2192 <em>James Macmillan Endowed Fellowship in Microbiology<\/em> (PhD) to Rutgers University]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arnab Goswami<\/strong>, <em>UROP<\/em>, 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rauszen Ocean Annika Abbas<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>UROP<\/em>, 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yui Kei Chu<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>UROP<\/em>, 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shun Lap Benedict Chung<\/strong>, <em>UROP<\/em>, 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shu Kiu Leung<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>UROP<\/em>, 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Timothy King<\/strong>, <em>Research Assistant<\/em>, 2020 [\u2192 current Ph.D. Student\u2191]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yu-De Pei<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Research Assistant<\/em>, 2019-2020 [\u2192 current M.Phil. Student\u2191]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Join Us!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/?page_id=17\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/profile_unknown-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"TBD\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/profile_unknown-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/profile_unknown.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/?page_id=17\">latest opportunities<\/a> to get involved in Ocean Ecol research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Alex S.J. Wyatt Assistant\u00a0Professor | Associate Director Ph.D., The University of Western Australia, 2011 B.Eng. (Hons.), The University of Western Australia, 2004 B.Sc. 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