{"id":2092,"date":"2025-10-18T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2025-10-27T18:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T10:05:40","slug":"congratulations-to-graduates-dr-tim-king-ph-d-ms-shiyue-wang-m-phil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/?p=2092","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Graduates: Dr Tim King (Ph.D.) &#038; Ms Shiyue Wang (M.Phil.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 celebrating Ms Shiyue Wang, who received her M.Phil. in Marine Environmental Science.<\/p>\n<p>We congratulate both and look forward to their future contributions to coral reef science.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Dr Timothy Brayton King<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Degree:<\/strong> Ph.D. in Marine Environmental Science<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis Title:<\/strong> <em>Environmental Drivers of Coral Community Metabolism and Oxygen Dynamics in Marginal and Extreme Reefs<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Focus:<\/strong> Investigated spatiotemporal variability in oxygen dynamics and ecosystem metabolism across coral environments in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dongsha Atoll, highlighting the processes that shape reef function and resilience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S2_277-framed-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2094 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S2_277-framed-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S2_277-framed-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S2_277-framed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S2_277-framed-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S2_277-framed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S2_277-framed-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S2_277-framed-390x261.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-18-at-16.41.49_2cc75105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2096 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-18-at-16.41.49_2cc75105-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-18-at-16.41.49_2cc75105-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-18-at-16.41.49_2cc75105-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-18-at-16.41.49_2cc75105-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-18-at-16.41.49_2cc75105.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Ms Shiyue Wang<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Degree:<\/strong> M.Phil. in Marine Environmental Science<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis Title:<\/strong> <em>Comparative Study of Coral Trophic Strategies across Space, Time, and Genera around Hong Kong Based on a Multi-isotope Approach<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Focus:<\/strong> Used multi-isotope analyses (\u03b4\u00b9\u00b3C, \u03b4\u00b9\u2075N, \u03b4\u00b3\u2074S, and \u0394\u00b9\u2074C) to quantify spatial, temporal, and taxonomic differences in coral nutritional strategies, providing new insights into coral ecology in Hong Kong waters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251022155747_39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2097 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251022155747_39-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251022155747_39-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251022155747_39-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251022155747_39-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251022155747_39-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oceanecol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251022155747_39-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the HKUST Congregation 2025, Dr Alex S.J. 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