The University of Hong Kong

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Ecology & Biodiversity 生態學及生物多樣性

Contact Information

Tel: 3917 3800
Fax: 2858 3477

Contact Person

Name & Title	Area of Expertise	Tel no. / Email / Language
Professor Merilä, Juha K.K. Chair Professor (講座教授)	Biodiversity Evolution Local adaptation, evolution in small populations, determinants of genetic diversity, relative roles of natural selection, genetic drift and phenotypic plasticity in explaining population differentiation, evolution in response to climate change	Tel: 3917 3607 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Baker, David Michael Professor (教授)	Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Forensics Coral Reef Ecology, Stable Isotope Ecology, Evolution & Extinction of Symbiosis, Global Change, Marine Pollution, Conservation Forensics	Tel: 3917 3606 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Bonebrake, Timothy C. Professor (教授)	Conservation Ecology Forensics Global Change Global Change, Conservation Biology, Tropical Ecology, Natural History, Urban Ecosystems, Climate, Biogeography, Lepidoptera.	Tel: 3917 3675 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Vengatesen, Thiyagarajan Professor (教授)	Conservation Ecology Global Change Molecular Biology Ocean acidification; Environmental proteomics; Biofouling: Larval Biology; Oyster Fishery and Aquaculture; and Ecological and economic consequences of larval exposure to environmental stressors.	Tel: 3917 3601 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Williams, Gray A. 韋念時 Professor (教授)	Conservation Ecology Intertidal ecology, herbivore-autotroph interactions, behaviour and ecophysiology of intertidal species, especially molluscs.	Tel: 3917 3604 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Dudgeon, David Emeritus Professor (名譽教授)	Ecology Conservation Biodiversity Forensics Global Change Freshwater ecology and biodiversity conservation	Tel: 3917 3602 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Ashton, Louise Amy Associate Professor (副教授)	Biodiversity Conservation Global Change Tropical rainforest, canopies, food webs, insects, climate change, processes and patterns of biodiversity.	Tel: 3917 3313 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Chan, Janet K.Y. 陳潔茵 Associate Professor of Teaching (Senior Lecturer) (副教授(高級講師))	Conservation Global Change Waste management, environmental health and toxicology.	Tel: 3917 3614 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English, Chinese (英文、中文) Spoken: English, Cantonese, Putonghua (英語、粵語、普通話)
Professor Gaitan-Espitia, Juan Diego Associate Professor (副教授)	Evolution Ecology Biodiversity Global change Genetics Evolutionary ecology, Eco-physiology, Functional and comparative genomics, Quantitative genetics, Climate change biology	Tel: 3917 3637 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Guénard, Benoit Associate Professor (副教授)	Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Global Change Biodiversity & Biogeography, Community Ecology, Biological Invasions, Urban Ecology, Insect Ecology, Paleoentomology, Taxonomy, Foraging Ecology and Ants!	Tel: 3917 3665 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Leray, Matthieu Associate Professor (副教授)	Coral reef resilience to environmental changes Nutrient fluxes in food webs Ecology and evolution of marine symbioses	Tel: 3917 3638 Fax: 2858 3477 leraym@hku.hk Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Russell, Bayden Associate Professor (副教授)	Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Marine Ecology (particularly subtidal), Climate Change and Nutrient Pollution impacts in marine ecosystems, herbivore and algal ecophysiology, Ecosystem Phase-shifts, Sustainable Aquaculture Production.	Tel: 3917 3680 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Schunter, Celia Associate Professor (副教授)	Ecology Evolution Global Change Molecular Biology Systems Biology Ecological genomics, transcriptomics & epigenomics of adaptation, response to environmental change, transgenerational inheritance, and environmental effects on behaviour and the brain in marine organisms.	Tel: 3917 3304 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Professor Sin, Simon Y.W. 冼雍華 Associate Professor (副教授)	Ecology Evolution Genetics Molecular Biology Animal coloration, behavioural ecology, conservation genomics, evolutionary biology, gene family evolution, genotype-phenotype association, host-pathogen co-evolution and mate choice. Conservation	Tel: 3917 3825 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English, Chinese (英文、中文) Spoken: English, Cantonese (英語、粵語)
Professor Wu, Jin Associate Professor (副教授)	Biodiversity Ecology Global change Plant biology Plant physiology ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, global change, vegetation spectroscopy, and earth system science	Tel: 3917 3655 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English, Chinese (英文、中文) Spoken: English, Putonghua (英語、普通話)
Dr Boyle, Michael Research Assistant Professor (助理教授(研究))	Climate change impacts on communities of organisms Trophic interactions and functional processes	Fax: 2858 3477 mjwboyle@hku.hk Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Dr Hau, Billy C.H. 侯智恒 Principal Lecturer (首席講師)	Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Ecological restoration of degraded tropical landscape, environmental impact assessment, biodiversity assessment.	Tel: 3917 3609 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English, Chinese (英文、中文) Spoken: English, Cantonese, Putonghua (英語、粵語、普通話)
Dr Cybulski, Jonathan D. Assistant Lecturer (助理講師)	Biogeochemistry Stable Isotope Ecology Coral Reef Ecology Historical Ecology Global Change Anthropogenic Impacts	Tel: 3917 3615 Fax: 2858 3477 jcyb@hku.hk Written: English (英文) Spoken: English (英語)
Dr Lee, Ada C.Y. 李綽恩 Assistant Lecturer (助理講師)	Mangrove ecology Grapsoid crabs Herbivory	Tel: 3917 3806 Fax: 2858 3477 Written: English, Chinese (英文、中文) Spoken: English, Cantonese (英語、粵語)

Last updated on 10/03/2026, by Ecology & Biodiversity