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Angela Ruohao WU 吳若昊
Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Associate Professor
Associate Director of Center for Epigenomics Research
Associate Director of HKUST-MGI Joint Research Center

Tel:
(852) 3469 2577
Area of Expertise:
Genomics
Cancer genomics
Systems biology
Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Single particle / molecule / cell studies
Chun LIANG 梁純
Division of Life Science

Associate Professor

Tel:
(852) 2358 7296
Area of Expertise:
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication
Cell cycle control
Cancer
Biotechnology
Danny Chi Yeu LEUNG 梁子宇
Division of Life Science

Associate Professor
Director of Center for Epigenomics Research

Tel:
(852) 3469 2494
Area of Expertise:
Cancer genomics
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
Genome biology
Chromatin structure
Ho Yi MAK 麥晧怡
Division of Life Science

Associate Dean of Science (Student Recruitment)
Associate Professor
Director of Biosciences Central Research Facility

Tel:
(852) 2358 8785
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Cell biology
Fat storage
Organelle structure and function
Metabolic diseases
Caenorhabditis elegans
Hongbin LIU 劉紅斌
Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science

Chair Professor
Program Director of MSc in Environmental Health and Safety

Tel:
(852) 2358 7341
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Marine plankton ecology
Microbial food web dynamics
Biodiversity
Global change biology
Kai LIU 劉凱
Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Cheng Associate Professor of Science
Associate Professor
Associate Director of HKUST-Nan Fung Life Sciences Joint Laboratory
Associate Director of Laboratory Animal Facility

Tel:
(852) 2358 7277
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Molecular mechanisms regulating axon regeneration
Karl Wah Keung TSIM 詹華強
Division of Life Science

Chair Professor
Director of Center for Chinese Medicine Research and Development
Director of HKUST Shenzhen Center for Chinese Medicine

Tel:
(852) 2358 7332
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Agricultural and domestic animal services
Cellular and molecular mechanisms
Food science and technology
Molecular and cellular neuroscience
King Lau CHOW 周敬流
Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Public Policy

Acting Dean of Students
Professor
Director of the Center for the Development of the Gifted and Talented
Program Director of BSc in Individualized Interdisciplinary Major Program

Tel:
(852) 2358 7342
Area of Expertise:
Genetics
Evolutionary biology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms
Developmental biology
Sensory organ differentiation
Peiyuan QIAN 錢培元
Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science

David von Hansemann Professor of Science
Chair Professor
Director of Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Lab (Guangzhou)

Tel:
(852) 2358 7331
Area of Expertise:
Omics of deep-sea marine invertebrates
Marine molecular ecology
Marine nature products (genome mining-based)
Qinglu ZENG 曾慶璐
Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science

Associate Professor
Director of Center for Evolution and Health
PG Programs Coordinator (Ocean Science)

Tel:
(852) 2358 8701
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Cyanobacteria
Virology
Marine bacteria
Environmental microbiology
Marine microbial ecology
Stanley Chun Kwan LAU 劉振鈞
Department of Ocean Science, Division of Life Science, Division of Environment and Sustainability

Associate Professor
Director of Ocean Research Facility
UG Programs Coordinator (Ocean Science)
Program Co-Director of MSc in Global Marine Resources Management

Tel:
(852) 2358 7329
Email:
Area of Expertise:
Marine bacteria
Environmental microbiology
Marine pollution
Marine microbial ecology
Tom CHEUNG 張曉東
Division of Life Science

Associate Head and Associate Professor
S H Ho Associate Professor of Life Science
Director of Biotechnology Research Institute
Director of HKUST-MGI Joint Research Center
Director of HKUST-Nan Fung Life Sciences Joint Laboratory
Associate Director of Biosciences Central Research Facility
Associate Director of HKUST-Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Joint Research Center for Brain Science

Tel:
(852) 2358 7306
Area of Expertise:
Aging
Muscle stem cells
Single particle / molecule / cell studies
Muscular dystrophy
Stem cell biology