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(Office): Rm 107A, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, CUHK
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Phone

(Office): 3943 7254
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Education

2013 
PhD, The University of Adelaide
2008 Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science, The University of Adelaide
2007 Bachelor of Arts with Bachelor of Science, The University of Adelaide


Position

  • Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Post Doctoral Research Associate, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
  • Post Doctoral Research Associate, University College London
  • Post Doctoral Research Associate and Teaching Assistant, The University of Adelaide


Research Interests

  • Global change biology – particularly ocean acidification and warming
  • Marine ecosystem dynamics, shifts, and resistance/resilience
  • Herbivore-autotroph ecophysiology, behaviour, and interactions
  • Socio-economic consequences of environmental change


Representative Publications

  1. Falkenberg LJ, Wrange AL, Kinnby A, Havenhand JN, Lockyer A, Styan CA (2017) Low sensitivity of reproductive life-stages in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) to abamectin. Chemosphere, 182: 665-671.
  2. Connell SD, Fernandes M, Burnell OW, Doubleday ZA, Griffin KJ, Irving AD, Leung JYS, Owen S, Russell BD, Falkenberg LJ (2017) Testing for thresholds of ecosystem collapse in seagrass meadows. Conservation Biology, 31: 1196-1201.
  3. Falkenberg LJ, Tubb A (2017) Economic consequences of ocean acidification: publication patterns and directions for future research. Ambio, 46: 543-553.
  4. Falkenberg LJ, Havenhand JN, Styan CA (2016) Sperm accumulated against surface: a novel alternative bioassay for environmental monitoring. Marine Environmental Research 114: 51-57.
  5. Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2016) Design and performance evaluation of a mesocosm facility and techniques to simulate ocean acidification and warming. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 14: 278-291.
  6. Falkenberg LJ, Connell SD, Russell BD (2013) Disrupting the effects of synergies between stressors: improved water quality dampens the effects of future CO2 on a marine habitat. Journal of Applied Ecology 50: 51-58.
  7. Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2013) Contrasting resource limitations of marine primary producers: implications for competitive interactions under enriched CO2 and nutrient regimes. Oecologia 172: 575-583.
  8. Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2013) Future herbivory: the indirect effects of enriched CO2 may rival its direct effects. Marine Ecology Progress Series 492: 85-95.
  9. Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2012) Stability of strong species interactions resist the synergistic effects of local and global pollution in kelp forests. PLoS ONE 7: e33841.
  10. Russell BD, Thompson JI, Falkenberg LJ, Connell SD (2009) Synergistic effects of climate change and local stressors: CO2 and nutrient driven change in subtidal rocky habitats. Global Change Biology 15: 2153-2162.


Awards

  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Finalist in the South Australian Science Excellence Awards for PhD Research Excellence – Life and Environmental Sciences
  • Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • Australian Water Association HJN Hodgson Medal Finalist

 

Professional Activities

  • Raelyn Cole Editorial Fellow at Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
  • Review editor at Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Mentor in the 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures program, The New York Academy of Sciences

 

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Education

1985 Ph. D. University of Toronto
1980 M. Sc. University of Ottawa
1978 B. Sc. University of Toronto

Position

  • Adjunct Professor, School of Life Sciences

Research Interests

 

  • Ecology of marine plankton
  • Feeding behavior of marine zooplankton
  • Trophic roles of microzooplankton and mesozooplankton
  • Genetic diversity of picophytoplankton
  • Ecotoxicology  

Representative Publications

  • Lie AAY, Wong CK: Selectivity and grazing impact of microzooplankton on phytoplankton in two subtropical semi-enclosed bays with different chlorophyll concentrations. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 2010, 390:149-159.
  • Liu H, Chen M, Suzuki K, Wong CK, Chen B: Mesozooplankton selective feeding in subtropical coastal waters as revealed by HPLC pigment analysis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 2010, 407:111-123.
  • Cheung MK, Au CH, Chu KH, Kwan HS, Wong CK: Composition and genetic diversity of picoeukaryotes in subtropical coastal waters as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing. ISME J 2010, 4:1-7.
  • Cheung MK, Chu KH, Li CP, Kwan HS, Wong CK: Genetic diversity of picoeukaryotes in a semi-enclosed harbour in the subtropical western Pacific. Aquat Microb Ecol 2008, 53:295-305.
  • Tse P, Nip THM, Wong CK: Nursery function of mangrove: a comparison with mudflat in terms of fish species composition and fish diet. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 2008, 80:235-242.
  • Wong CK, Li VCY, Chan A: Diel cycles of reproduction and vertical migration in the marine cladocerans Pseudevadne tergestina and Penilia avirostris. J Plankton Res 2008, 30:65-73.
  • Tse P, Hui SY, Wong CK: Species composition and seasonal abundance of Chaetognatha in the subtropical coastal waters of Hong Kong. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 2007, 73:290-298.
  • Hwang JS, Souissi S, Tseng L-C, Seuront L, Schmitt FG, Fang L-S, Peng S-H, Wu C-H, Hsiao S-H, Twan W-H, Wei T-P, Kumar R, Fang T-H, Chen Q-C, Wong CK: A 5-year study of the influence of the northeast and southwest monsoons on copepod assemblages in the boundary coastal waters between the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. J Plankton Res 2006, 28:943-958.
  • Wong CK, Liu X-J, Siu YY, Hwang J-S: Study of selective feeding in the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris by HPLC pigment analysis. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 2006, 331:21-32.
  • Hwang J-S, Wong CK: The China Coastal Current as a driving force for transporting Calanus sinicus (Copepoda: Calanoida) from its population centers to waters off Taiwan and Hong Kong during the winter NE monsoon period. J Plankton Res 2005, 27:205-210.

Research Grants

  • 2009-2011, GRF, Microzooplankton grazing impact on phytoplankton in Tolo Harbour, $562,128
  • 2009-2010, Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department, HKSAR Government, Provision of Services on water quality monitoring in marine parks and marine reserve, $174,600
  • 2002-2003, Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department, HKSAR Government, Provision of Services on water quality monitoring in marine parks, marine reserve and other ecological significant areas, $592,704

 Awards

  • 2005, Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Science, CUHK

Professional Activities

  • Member, Advisory Committee on Review and Development of Marine Water Quality Objectives: Feasibility Study, Environmental Protection Department (2009-2010)
  • Member, Tide/HAB Expert Advisory Group, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2008-2010)

Others

  • President, Chinese University Teachers’ Association
  • Member, Executive Committee, Federation of HK Higher Education Staff Association

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address

(Office): Rm 289, Science Centre South Block
(Lab): Rm 294, Science Centre South Block

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Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 8024
(Lab): (852) 3943 8073
Fax (852) 2603 7246
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Education

1997 Ph. D. University of Cambridge
1993 M. Phi. The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1990 B. Sc. The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Position 

  • Professor, School of Life Sciences
  • Assembly of Fellow, S.H. Ho College


Research Interests

  • Using structural biology (NMR, X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM) to understand the molecular mechanism of life
  • The maturation pathway of urease
  • Vacuolar sorting in plant cells
  • Protein Engineering, Design, Simulation and Modelling

 
Representative Publications

  • Lei Yang, Ka-Ming Lee, Conny Wing-Heng Yu, Hirotatsu Imai, Andrew Kwok-Ho Choi, David K Banfield, Kosuke Ito, Toshio Uchiumi, Kam-Bo Wong*. (2022) The flexible N-terminal motif of uL11 unique to eukaryotic ribosomes interacts with P-complex and facilitates protein translation. Nucleic Acids Res, May 11, online ahead of prints. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkac292
  • Ka Lung Tsang, Kam-Bo Wong*. (2022) Moving nickel along the hydrogenase–urease maturation pathway. Metallomics, 15(5):mfac003
  • Hsi-En Tsao, Shu Nga Lui,  Anthony Hiu-Fung Lo, Shuai Chen, Hiu Yan Wong, Chi-Kin Wong, Liwen Jiang, and Kam-Bo Wong*. (2022) Structural insights into how vacuolar sorting receptors recognize the sorting determinants of seed storage proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 119:e2111281119.
  • Shuangli Sun, Lanlan Feng, Kin Pan Chung, Ka-Ming Lee, Hayley Hei-Yin Cheung, Mengqian Luo, Kaike Ren, Kai Ching Law, Liwen Jiang, Kam-Bo Wong, Xiaohong Zhuang. (2021) Mechanistic insights into an atypical interaction between ATG8 and SH3P2 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Autophagy, Oct 17, online ahead of prints. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2021.1976965
  • Kwok-Ho Andrew Choi, Lei Yang, Ka-Ming Lee, Conny Wing-Heng Yu, David K Banfield, Kosuke Ito, Toshio Uchiumi, Kam-Bo Wong*. (2019) Structural and Mutagenesis Studies Evince the Role of the Extended Protuberant Domain of Ribosomal Protein uL10 in Protein Translation. Biochemistry, 58:3744-3754.
  • Yap Shing Nim, Kam-Bo Wong*. (2019) The Maturation Pathway of Nickel Urease. Inorganics, 7:85
  • Yuen HM, Fong YH, Nim YS, Lau PH, Wong KB*. (2017) Structural insights into how GTP-dependent conformational changes in a metallochaperone UreG facilitate urease maturation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 114:E10890. (Faculty-of-1000 recommended)
  • Cheung MY, Li X, Miao R, Fong YH, Li KP, Yung YL, Yu MH, Wong KB*, Chen Z*, Lam HM*. (2016) ATP binding by the P-loop NTPase OsYchF1 (an unconventional G protein) contributes to biotic but not abiotic stress responses. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 113:2648
  • Luo F, Fong YH, Zeng Y, Shen J, Jiang L, Wong KB*. (2014)How vacuolar sorting receptor proteins interact with their cargo proteins, crystal structures of apo and cargo-bound forms of the protease-associated domain from an Arabidopsis vacuolar sorting receptor. Plant Cell, 26:3693-708
  • Fong YH, Wong HC, Yeun MH, Lau PH, Chen YW, Wong KB*. (2013) Structure of UreG/UreF/UreH complex reveals how urease accessory proteins facilitate maturation of Helicobacter pylori urease. PLoS Biol, 11:e1001678. (Faculty-of-1000 recommended)
  • Lee KM, Yusa K, Chu LO, Yu, CWH, Oono M, Miyoshi T, Ito K, Shaw PC, Wong KB*, Uchiumi T*. (2013) Solution structure of human P1-P2 heterodimer provides insights into the role of eukaryotic stalk in recruiting ribosome-inactivating protein trichosanthin to the ribosome. Nucleic Acids Res, 41:8776-8787
  • Chuck CP, Chen C, Ke Z, Wan DC, Chow HF, Wong KB*. (2013) Design, synthesis and crystallographic analysis of nitrile-based broad-spectrum peptidomimetic inhibitors for coronavirus 3C-like proteases. Eur J Med Chem, 59:1-6.
  • Lee, K.M., Yu, W.H., Chiu, Y.H., Sze, K.H., Shaw, P.C., Wong, K.B.* (2012) Solution structure of the dimerization domain of the eukaryotic stalk P1/P2 complex reveals the structural organization of eukaryotic stalk complex, Nucleic Acids Res, 40:3172-82.
  • Fong, Y.H., Wong, H.C., Chuck, C.P., Chen, Y.W., Sun, H., Wong, K.B.* (2011) Assembly of the preactivation complex for urease maturation in Helicobacter pylori: Crystal Structure of the UreF/UreH complex, J. Biol. Chem. 286:43241 (Selected as paper of the week).
  • Lam SY, Yeung RCY, Yu TH, Sze KH, Wong KB*. (2011) A Rigidifying Salt-Bridge Favors the Activity of Thermophilic Enzyme at High Temperatures at the Expense of Low-Temperature Activity. PLoS Biol, 9:e1001027
  • Lee KM, Yu CW, Chan DS, Chiu TY, Zhu G, Sze KH, Shaw PC, Wong KB*. (2010) Solution structure of the dimerization domain of ribosomal protein P2 provides insights for the structural organization of eukaryotic stalk. Nucleic Acids Res, 38:5206-5216.
  • Too PH, Ma MK, Mak AN, Wong YT, Tung CK, Zhu G, Au SW, Wong KB*, Shaw PC*. (2009) The C-terminal fragment of the ribosomal P protein complexed to trichosanthin reveals the interaction between the ribosome-inactivating protein and the ribosome. Nucleic Acids Res, 37:602-610.
  • Chan DS, Chu LO, Lee KM, Too PH, Ma KW, Sze KH, Zhu G, Shaw PC*, Wong KB* (2007) Interaction between trichosanthin, a ribosome-inactivating protein, and the ribosomal stalk protein P2 by chemical shift perturbation and mutagenesis analyses. Nucleic Acids Res, 35:1660-1672.
  • Lee CF, Makhatadze GI*, Wong KB* (2005) Effects of charge-to-alanine substitutions on the stability of ribosomal protein L30e from Thermococcus celer. Biochemistry, 44:16817-16825.
  • Lee CF, Allen MD, Bycroft M, Wong KB* (2005) Electrostatic interactions contribute to reduced heat capacity change of unfolding in a thermophilic ribosomal protein L30e. J Mol Biol, 348:419-431.
  • Cheung YY, Lam SY, Chu WK, Allen MD, Bycroft M, Wong KB* (2005) Crystal structure of a hyperthermophilic archaeal acylphosphatase from Pyrococcus horikoshii--structural insights into enzymatic catalysis, thermostability, and dimerization. Biochemistry, 44:4601-4611.
  • Chen YW, Bycroft M, Wong KB* (2003) Crystal structure of ribosomal protein L30e from the extreme thermophile Thermococcus celer: thermal stability and RNA binding. Biochemistry, 42:2857-2865.


Research Grants

2023-2025, GRF, How the receptor-homology-transmembrane-RING-H2 protein (RMR) recognizes and sorts its specific cargo to the vacuoles?, $1,180,218

2021-2024, GRF, Structural basis of specific interactions among metallochaperones that facilitate the nickel delivery in the urease maturation pathway, $1,175,732

2019-2022, CRF, A state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction facility for structural biology research in Hong Kong, $2,306,960

2018-2020, GRF, How SH3P2 interacts with ATG8 in the autophagosome biogenesis in Arabidopsis, $1,274,389

2017-2019, GRF, How the C-terminal vacuolar sorting detainment (ctVSD) of plant storage proteins is recognised by sorting receptors, $1,124,086

2016-2018, GRF, Structure-function study of eukaryotic proteins eL12 and P0 and their roles in protein translation, $974,892

2015-2017, GRF, Structure-function studies of urease accessory protein UreG - elucidating the conformational changes that couple GTP hydrolysis to urease maturation, $634,168

2014-2016, HMRF, Structure-based discovery of inhibitors of Helicobacter pylori urease maturation, $994,522

2013-2015, GRF, How vacuolar sorting receptor (VSR) proteins recognize their cargo-proteins - structure-function study of the ligand-binding domain of Arabidopsis VSR1 protein, $1,168,250

2012-2014, GRF, Structure-function studies of Helicobacter pylori urease accessory proteins UreF and UreH - protein engineering studies and structure determination of the ternary UreG/UreF/UreH complex, $1,050,000

2010-2012, GRF, Structure-function study of P-complex in eukaryotic ribosomal stalk – structure determination of the dimerization domain of P1/P2 complex by NMR spectroscopy, $1,333,220

2010-2011, RFCID, Profiling of substrate-specificity and rational design of broad-spectrum peptidomimetic inhibitors for main proteases of coronaviruses, $799,092

2008-2011, UGC Special Equipment Grant, Acquiring a high-field NMR spectrometer for chemical and structural biology – from macromolecular structures and dynamics to biomolecular interactions, $10,000,000

2008-2009, RFCID, Substrate specificity and rational design of peptidomimetic inhibitors for SARS coronavirus main protease, $775,008

2008-2010, GRF, Does Charge-charge interaction contribute more to protein stability at high temperatures? $639,261

2007-2009, GRF, Structure-function of hydrogenase maturation factor B (HypB) – structure determination of HypB by X-ray crystallography. $654,500

2006-2009, GRF, Is the reduced catalytic efficiency of a thermophilic acylphophsphatase a necessary consequence of enhanced stability and rigidity? $1,290,183

2003-2006, GRF, Structure-function study of ribosomal protein P2 – structure determination of human P2 by NMR spectroscopy, $1,491,000

2002-2005, GRF, Structural basis of thermostability of proteins – protein engineering of a thermophilic protein from a hyperthermophilic archaea Thermococcus celer, $1,394,000

2000-2003, GRF, Structure-function of a novel RNA binding motif - structure determination of a ribosomal protein L30e from Thermococcus celer by multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, $1,015,200


Professional Activities

Editoral Board, The Journal of Microbiology
Editoral Board, Protein Engineering, Design and Selection

 

Address

(Office): Rm 621, Mong Man Wai Building

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Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 6383
Fax (852) 2603 5767
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Education

Ph.D. in Microbiology     University of California at Davis
B.Sc. in Biology & M.Phil. in Biology (Microbiology)    The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Position

  • Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, CUHK
  • Associate Director, Environmental Science Programme, CUHK


Research Interests

  • Photocatalytic Treatment for Environmental/ Water Purification
  • Environmental Technology
  • Environmental Microbiology / Biotechnology


Representative Publications (2011-present)

  • Xia Dehua, An Taicheng, Li Guiying, Wang Wanjun, Zhao Huijun, Wong Po Keung. 2016. Synergistic photocatalytic inactivation mechanisms of bacteria by graphene sheets grafted plasmonic Ag-AgX (X= Cl, Br, I) composite photocatalyst under visible light irradiation. Water Research 99:149-161
  • Ng Tsz Wai, Zhang Lisha, Liu Jianshe, Huang Guocheng, Wang Wei, Wong Po Keung. 2016. Visible-light-driven photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli by magnetic Fe2O3-AgBr. Water Research 90:111-118.
  • Sun Hongwei, Li Guiying, An Taicheng, Zhao Huijun, Wong Po Keung. 2016. Unveiling the photoelectrocatalytic inactivation mechanism of E. coli: Convincing evidence from responses of parent and anti-oxidation single gene knockout mutants. Water Research 88:135-143.
  • Huang Guocheng, Xia Dehua, An Taicheng, Ng Tsz Wai, Yip Ho Yin, Li Guiying, Zhao Huijun, Wong Po Keung. 2015. Dual roles of capsular extracellular polymeric substances in the photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli: Comparison of E. coli BW25113 with its isogenic mutants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81:5174-5183
  • Xia Dehua, Shen Zhurui, Huang Guocheng, Wang Wanjun, Yu Jimmy C., Wong Po Keung. 2015. Red phosphorus: An earth-abundant element photocatalytst for “green” bacterial inactivation under visible light. Environmental Science & Technology 49:6264-6273
  • Xia Dehua, Ng Tsz Wai, An Taicheng, Li Guiying Li, Li Yan, Yip Ho Yin, Zhao Hunjun, Lu Anhuai, Wong Po Keung. 2013. A recyclable mineral catalyst for visible-light-driven photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria: Natural magnetic sphalerite. Environmental Science & Technology 47:11166-11173.
  • Wang Jun-Jian, Liu Xin, Ng Tsz Wai, Xiao Jie-Wen, Chow Alex T., Wong Po Keung. 2013. Disinfection byproducts formation from disinfecting pure bacterial cells and pipeline biofilms. Water Research 47:2701-2709.
  • Gao Minghui, An Taicheng, Li Guiying, Nie Xin, Yip Ho-Yin, Zhao Huijun, Wong Po Keung. 2012. Genetic studies of the role of fatty acid and coenzyme A in photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli. Water Research 46:3951-3957.
  • Wang Wanjun, Yu Ying, An Taicheng, Li Guiying, Yip Ho Yin, Yu Jimmy C., Wong Po Keung. 2012. Visible-light-driven photocatalytic inactivation of E. coli K-12 by bismuth vanadate nanotubes: Bactericidal performance and mechanism. Environmental Science & Technology 46:4599-4606.
  • Chen Yanmin, Lu Anhuai, Li Yan, Zhang Lisha, Yip Ho Yin, Zhao Huijun, An Taicheng, Wong Po Keung. 2011. Naturally occurring sphalerite as a novel cost-effective photocatalyst for bacterial disinfection under visible light. Environmental Science & Technology 45:35689-2695.


Research Grants

2016-2018

Research Grant Council-General Research Fund (GRF)

A Comparative Study of Natural Magnetic Minerals for Efficient and Cost-Effective Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Disinfection of Bacteria

HK$ 942,547

2015-2019

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Environmental Geochemical Transformation Mechanism of Typical Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Antibiotic-Resistance Genes onto the Mineral Interface under the Light Irradiation (CUHK Principal Investigator)

RMB 740,000
2015-2017 ITSP Tier 3 Scheme  An Integrated Technology of Simultaneous Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Hydrogen Production  HK$ 1,399,032 (plus HK$ 469,452 for two internships)

2014-2015

ITSP Tier 3 Scheme

Application of Natural Magnetic Sphalerite for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Disinfection

HK$ 1,249,999 (plus HK$ 263,651 for an internship)

2014-2017

Agricultural and Food Research Initiatives (AFRI) Fund, US Department of Agriculture, USA

Impacts of Prescribed Fire on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Production and Contaminant Phototransformation Reactions in Coastal Plain (CUHK Principal Investigator)

US$ 499,324

2014-2017

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Environmental Behavior of Typical Phenolic BFRs and its Enhancement Degradation Mechanism by Isolated Bacteria (CUHK Principal Investigator)

RMB 1,000,000

2014-2017

NSFC

Study on the Control of Environmental Benign Degradation Pathway for PAEs by New Bismuth Series Photocatalysts under Solar Light (CUHK Principal Investigator)

RMB 820,000

2011-2014

Research Grant Council-General Research Fund (GRF)

Visible-light-driven Photocatalytic Disinfection of Bacteria by Natural Sphalerite

HK$ 1,090,183

2010-2013

GRF

Balancing of Bacteria and Disinfection Byproducts Contamination in Municipal Water Supply

HK$ 775,477

2008-2011

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Formation of Byproducts from Cellular Materials during Bacterial Disinfection (CUHK Principal Investigator)

RMB 350,000

2007-2009

Guangdong Technology Fund

Study on the Production of Disinfection Byproducts(s) of Various Drinking Water Disinfection Processes (CUHK Principal Investigator)

RMB 50,000

2006-2009

Research Grant Council- Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG)

Development of Immobilized Photocatalyst for Disinfection of Pathogenic Bacteria under Visible Light

HK$ 982,000

2005-2007

CERG

Biosynthesis of Tetrodotoxin (TTX) from TTX-producing Bacteria: A Study on the Synthetic Pathways in vivo and the Cloning of the Bacterial TTX-producing Genes (Co-investigator)

HK$ 972,049

2005-2008

Research Grant Council- Central Allocation Vote (RGC-CAV)

Bioactive Substances from Marine Microbes (CUHK Principal Investigator)

HK$ 3,470,000

2003-2005

CERG

Fuzzy Air Quality Indices for Management of Indoor Air Quality in Air Conditioned Buildings (Co-investigator)

HK$ 324,000

2003-2005

CERG

Conversion of Industrial Biomass Wastes into metal Sorbents

HK$ 781,071

2003-2006

CERG

Integrated Photochemical-Biological Treatment of Dye-containing Effluent of Textile and Dyeing Industry

HK$ 1,353,000

2002-2005

Industrial Technology Fund

Development of Advanced Photocatalytic Nano-coating Technologies for Environmental and Health Industries (Deputy Project Coordinator)

HK$ 6,600,000

2001-2004

RGC-CAV

Bioactive Substances from Marine Bacteria (CUHK Principal Investigator)

HK$ 3,500,000

2000-2002

CERG

A Novel Process for Removing and Recovering Metal Contaminants Using Intergrated Biosorption and Electrodeposition (Co-investigator)

HK$ 517,817

1999-2001

CERG

Integrated Chemical-biological Treatment of Dye-containing Effluent of Textile and Dyeing Industry

HK$ 720,500

1999-2002

RGC-CAV

Automatic Microbial Identification System (Co-investigator)

HK$ 2,980,000

1998-2000

CERG

Removal and Recovery of Metal Ions from Electroplating Effluent by a Combined Chemical-biomagnetic System

HK$ 955,000

1995-1997

CERG

Study of Magnetite-immobilised Bacterial-cell System for Removal and Recovery of Metals from Electroplating Effluent

HK$ 781,000

1992-1994

CERG

Removal and Recovery of Nickel Ion (Ni2+) from Electroplating Effluent by Bacterial Cells Immobilised in Magnetites

HK$ 542,000

1992-1995

Croucher Foundation Research Grant

Effects of Oil and Oil Dispersants on Marine Plankton in Hong Kong Waters

HK$ 1,302,000

1991-1993

CERG

Application of Microbial Technology in Degradation and Decolorization of Synthetic Dyes

HK$ 570,000

1990-1993

Croucher Foundation Research Grant

Effects of Heavy Metals on Marine Planktonic Organisms in Tolo Harbour

HK$ 603,000

1988-1991

CERG

Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater by Immobilized Microbial Cells

HK$ 500,000


 Professional Activities

  • Visiting Professor (Nankai University of China, Tianjin, China)
  • Visiting Professor (South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China)
  • Visiting Professor (Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China)
  • Visiting Professor (Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China)
  • Adjunct Professor (Clemson University, South Carolina, USA)
  • Member, CAS/SAFE A International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Associate Editor (Journal of Environmental Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd., USA)
  • Coordinating Editor (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Springer, Germany)
  • Member, Editorial Board, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Elsevier Science Ltd., USA)
  • Member, Water Pollution Control Appeal Board Panel, Hong Kong SAR Government, Hong Kong
  • Member, ISO 1400 Technical Committee, Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA), Hong Kong
  • Member, HKQAA-5S Scheme Technical Committee, HKQAA, Hong Kong 


Award

  • 2015, Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Science and Technology) in the category of Natural Sciences (Second Class), Ministry of Education, China

 

 

 

Address

(Office): Rm G88, Science Centre South Block

(Lab): Rm G90, Science Centre South Block

 People ZJH
 

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 6288

(Lab): (852) 3943 6113
Fax (852) 2603 7246
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Education

1988 Ph.D. Lancaster University
1982 B.Sc. Jiangsu Agricultural College

Positions

  • Adjunct Professor of Plant Biology at School of Life Sciences
  • Director of State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology

Research Interests

  • Plant physiology and molecular biology under environmental stresses.
  • Crop production under water-limited condition.  

Representative Publications

  1. Xu W, Jia L, Shi W, Baluška F, Kronzucker HJ, Liang J, Zhang J. 2013. Tomato 14-3-3 Protein TFT4 Regulates the Integrated Modulation among Proton Efflux, Basipetal Auxin Transport and PKS5-J3 Pathway in Root Growth Response to Alkaline Stress. Plant Physiology 163, 1817-1828.
  2. Xu W, Jia L, Shi W, Liang J, Zhou F, Li Q, Zhang J. 2013. Abscisic acid accumulation modulates auxin transport in the root tip to enhance proton secretion for maintaining root growth under moderate water stress. New Phytologist 197, 135-150.
  3. Chen T, Xu Y, Wang J, Wang Z, Yang J, Zhang J. 2013. Polyamines and ethylene interact in rice grains in response to soil drying during grain filling. Journal of Experimental Botany 64, 2523–2538.
  4. Jia L, Xu W, Li W, Ye N, Liu R, Shi L, Bin Rahman R, Fan M, Zhang J. 2013. Class III peroxidases are activated in proanthocyanidins-deficient Arabidopsis seeds. Annals of Botany 111, 839-847.
  5. Xu W, Ding G, Yokawa K, Baluška F, Li Q, Liu Y, Shi W, Liang J, Zhang J. 2013. An improved agar-plate method for studying root growth and response of Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Reports 3, 1273.
  6. Xue Y, Duan H, Liu L, Wang Z, Yang J, Zhang J. 2013. An improved crop management increases grain yield and nitrogen and water use efficiency in rice. Crop Science 53, 271-284.
  7. Xing Y, Cao Q, Zhang Q, Qin L, Jia W, Zhang J. 2013. MKK5 regulates high light-induced gene expression of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 and 2 in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology 54, 1217-1227.
  8. Zhang Z, Chu G, Liu L, Wang Z, Wang X, Zhang H, Yang J, Zhang J. 2013. Mid-season nitrogen application strategies for rice varieties differing in panicle size. Field Crops Research 150, 9-18.
  9. Zhi H, Tang L, Xia Y, Zhang J. 2013. Ssk1p-Independent Activation of Ssk2p Plays an Important Role in the Osmotic Stress Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Alternative Activation of Ssk2p in Osmotic Stress. PLoS ONE 8(2): e54867. doi:10.1371.
  10. Liu L, Chen T, Wang Z, Zhang H, Yang J, Zhang J. 2013. Combination of site-specific nitrogen management and alternate wetting and drying irrigation increases grain yield and nitrogen and water use efficiency in super rice. Field Crops Research 154, 226-235.

Research Grants

Past research grants (as Principal Investigator):
 
1992-1995. Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, "Physiological aspects of the survival mechanisms of plants grown in landfill environment". HK$527,000.

1994-1997. Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, "Antitranspiration and anti-growth activities in the xylem stream of plants growing in stressed conditions." HK$ 617,000.

1996-1999. Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong, “Early senescence of wheat at grain-filling time under water-saving cultivation.” HK$ 858,000.

2000-2003. Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant,, "Soil drying in relation to the remobilization of carbon reserve during grain-filling period of rice and wheat." HK$ 855,500.

2001-2004. Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, "Partial rootzone irrigation: its physiological consequences and impact on water use efficiency." HK$ 882,000.

2004-2006. Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, "Soil drying at the grain-filling stage of rice and wheat: physiology and its application in crop production. " HK$ 748,800.

2005-2008. Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, " Assessment of irrigation methods and rice cultivars for water-limited cultivation. " HK$ 1,071,914.

2007-2011. University Grants Committee, Area of Excellence for Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology, and Hong Kong Baptist University, "Water stress on crop production: from molecular mechanism to crops in the field". HK$ 3,000,000.

2007-2010. Research Grant Council, Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, " Application of partial rootzone irrigation on cotton production in the oases of arid area" HK$ 994,406.

2008-2010. Research Grant Council, General Research Fund " Regulation of the sensitivity of stomatal movement to root signal" HK$ 659,980.

2009-2012. Research Grant Council, General Research Fund " Regulation mechanism of grain filling in inferior spikelets of super rice " HK$ 1,150,000.

2009-2012. Hong Kong Baptist University Strategic Development Fund “Using functional genomics technology to study the molecular mechanism of plant adaptation to water stress and improvement of crop water use efficiency " HK$ 3,650,000.

2011-2013. Kadoori Charitable Foundation: “Partial Rootzone Irrigation (PRI) Water Saving Technique Training Pilot Project in the arid areas of Gansu Province”. RMB 1,030,800.

Current research grants (as Principal Investigator):

2012. Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), "Mechanism and regulation in enhancing crop water use efficiency", as Co-PI and leader for a subgroup, RMB 40,000,000. 1 Jan 2012-31 Dec 2016. (2012CB114300).

2012 Shenzhen Government, The Peacock Scheme (Overseas Talents Innovation & Entrepreneurship Funding Scheme), as Leader of the Innovative Team on Agricultural Biotechnology, for "Applied research of plant molecular biotechnology on modern agriculture", RMB 30,000,000. Jan 2012-Dec 2016.

2012 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, A special research fund for research project in plant biology, HKD 2,200,000. March 2012-Feb 2015.

2012 The Chinese University of Hong Kong FIS-A project: Cellular and Molecular Studies on Plants for Sustainable Food Supply: Molecular mechanism of plant adaptation to water stress and improvement of crop water use efficiency, HKD 1,300,000, 1 July 2012-31 June 2016 (1907032).

2013 The Chinese University of Hong Kong State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology: The molecular regulation of remobilization of carbon reserve in straws of super rice. HKD 170,000, 23 May 2013-May 2014 (8300059).

2013 The Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Major Research Plan: Network pathways and its mechanisms of IHR1 in integrating the ABA modulation for maintaining primary root elongation under water stress. RMB 2,000,000. 1 Jan 2014-31 Dec 2015 (91317307).

Awards

2014-1 The State Natural Science Award (Second Class) from State Council, China (国家自然科学二等奖) for "Soil water dynamics in the soil-plant system and its control mechanism in the Loess Plateau".

2013-5-29 Chancellor's Distinguished Visitor, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.

2010-12 The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (First Class) from Ministry of Education, China (教育部科技进步一等奖) Rice cultivation methods for high yield and better use of water and nutrients. 水稻高产与水分养分高效利用栽培技术的研究与应用

2010-12 The Natural Science Award (Second Class) from Ministry of Education, China (教育部自然科学二等奖) Oxidative stress signalling in crops under water stress. 干旱条件下作物应答氧化胁迫的信号转导研究

2009-2 President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work. Hong Kong Baptist University.

2008-12 Profiled by Nature as one of ‘Five Crop Researchers Who Could Change the World’. Nature 456, 563-568, 2008.

2007-2 The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from State Council, China (国家科技进步二等奖) for “High effective use of water in agriculture in northwest China” (ref 2006-J-201-2-17-R10).

2008-1 The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from Ministry of Education, China (教育部科技进步二等奖) for “Mechanisms of rice quality formation and cultivation technique” (ref 2007-280).

2002-6. First Class Award for research project “Water-soil-crop relationship and its optimum regulation in Yellow Loess Plateau”, by Yanglin Agricultural Sci-Tech Development and Industry Demonstration Park, Shaanxi, China (ref 03-1-17-R9).

2006-1. The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from Ministry of Education, China (教育部科技进步二等奖) for “Study and application of controlled alternative partial rootzone irrigation and deficit irrigation in crop production” (ref 2005-245).

2004-3. The Science and Technology Award (Fist Class) from Government of Shaanxi Province, China (陕西省科学技术一等奖)for “Water-soil-crop relationship and its optimum regulation in Yellow Loess Plateau”. (ref 03-1-17-R9).

2003-11. The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from Ministry of Education, China (教育部科技进步二等奖) for “The mechanism and regulation of rice grain filling” (ref 2003-232).

2003-11. 2003-11. The Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from Ministry of Education, China (教育部科技进步二等奖) for “Water-saving agriculture and sustainable use of water resources” (Ref 2003-251).

Professional Activities

For editorial duties:

Associate Editor of Journal of Experimental Botany (2009- )

Associate Editor of Food and Energy Security (2011- )

Co-Editor of Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (2008- )

Handling Editor of Chinese Bulletin of Botany (2009- )

Associate Editor of Cereal Research Communications (2009-- )

Associate Editor of Plant Physiology Journal (2009-- )

Member of Journal Editorial Boards of

The Crop Journal (2013-      )

Acta Agronomica Sinica (2006-      )

Journal of Integrative Agriculture (2012-       )

Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas (2006-      )

Journal of Science, Technology and Development (2012-      )

Functional Plant Biology (2009-2012)

Journal of Experimental Botany (2002-2008)

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (formerly Acta Botanica Sinica) (2004-2008)

For decision-making:

Board member, Content Selection & Advisory Board, Scopus, Elsevier (2009-2012 )

Board member, Yunus Center at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Panel member, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). (2010- )

Panel member, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). (2011- )

Member of Selection Panel, Ministry of Education. (2010- )

Member of the Selection Panel for Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2010 of University Grants Committee in Hong Kong

Member of Biology Panel in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2006 of University Grants Committee in Hong Kong

Member of Biology Panel in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2014 of University Grants Committee in Hong Kong

International Panelist for the First ASAIHL (Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning) Young Scientist Awards (Nov 2008), sponsored by Elsevier.

International Chief Panelist for the First Annual ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award (June 2009), organised by the Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research (ProSPER.Net), network of leading higher education institutions in Asia and the Pacific areas.

International Chief Panelist for the Young Women Researcher Award 2009 (Nov 2009), organised by the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS), Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS), National Science Centre of Malaysia and Scopus of Elsevier.

International Chief Panelist for the Second Annual ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award (July 2010)

For advices:

Member of Government Advisory Committee, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, Hong Kong Government (20 May 2000-19 May 2005)

Council member (Standing Committee) of Chinese Society of Plant Physiology (2009 -  )

Council member of the Botanical Society of China (2008-2012)

Council member of the Soil Science Society of China (2012-2016)

Council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Science (2008- )

 

 

Zhang Z, Chu G, Liu L, Wang Z, Wang X, Zhang H, Yang J, Zhang J. 2013. Mid-season nitrogen application strategies for rice varieties differing in panicle size. Field Crops Research 150, 9-18.