Research

HUMAN IMPACTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Most people have an opinion on the impacts of climate change, but few have thought about the reality. I am particularly interested in how changing climatic conditions, such as ocean warming and acidification, will combine with local pollution to damage marine ecosystems. What is the future of our coral reefs and how can we improve the outlook?

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

Did you know that Hong Kong historically had extensive oyster reefs and the coral communities were much healthier? My team is working with organisations such as The Nature Conservancy to see if we can bring them back!

FUTURE OF AQUACULTURE

How are we going to feed 9 billion people? The ocean will play a major role, but how can we make aquaculture sustainable in the face of climate change?

MACROECOLOGY AND SPECIES DISTRIBUTION

Traditional survey methods of algal forest using transect taps and quadrats can be extremely laborious, costly, and even dangerous depending on dive locations. Using an unmanned aviation vehicle (a.k.a drone), we can easily cover large area of coastline and capture high definition pictures, data that would otherwise take up to at least a day and intensive preparation work to collect.