The Open University of Hong Kong - Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy	1988	University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Master of Philosophy	1984	University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Science	1982	University of Hong Kong

AWARDS RECEIVED

Occurrence, Bioaccumulation, and Toxicities of Emerging Chemicals of Concern in Environmental Matrices, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2019 (as Principal Investigator)
Environmental process mechanism and quantitative structure-activity relationship study on emerging pollutants, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2012 (as Co-Investigator)
Geochemistry and risk assessment of perfluorinated compounds in the Chinese southeastern coastal region, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2011 (as Principal Investigator)
Distinguished Alumni Award 2019, Faculty of Science, University of Hong Kong
Award, Silver Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong SAR Government (2014)
Member, HKSAR Justices of the Peace (non-gov), Hong Kong SAR Government (2008)
Visiting Fellow, National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, Australia (1998)
Jackson Memorial Fellow, Griffith University, Australia (1998)
Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship tenable at King's College, London (1987-1989)
Commonwealth Scholarship tenable at the University of Sheffield (1984-1987)
'Highly Commended Talk' award for a paper delivered to the British Ecological Society in 1984
Swire Scholarship, the University of Hong Kong (1983-1984)
Postgraduate Studentship, the University of Hong Kong (1982-1984)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

City University of Hong Kong:
2020-2021		Executive Director of Special Projects, Vice-President Level (Concurrent appointment)
2020-2021		Jeanie Hu Professor of Science
2005-2021		Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry,
2013-2019		Chief-of-Staff (Vice-President) (Concurrent appointment)
2010-2020		Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (Concurrent appointment)
2009-2013		Vice-President (Student Affairs) (Concurrent appointment)
2007-2008		Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education) (Concurrent appointment)
2004-2007		Associate Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering (Concurrent appointment)
2006-2007		Acting Head of Department, Department of Biology and Chemistry (Concurrent appointment)
2001-2005		Professor (Reader), Department of Biology and Chemistry
1996-2001		Associate Professor (Scale A), Department of Biology and Chemistry
1994-1996		Associate Professor (Scale B), Department of Biology and Chemistry

Victoria University of Technology, Australia:

1992-1994

Lecturer, Department of Environmental Management

Chinese University of Hong Kong:

1990-1992

Lecturer, Department of Biology

City Polytechnic of Hong Kong:

1988-1990

Lecturer, Department of Applied Science

SUPERVISION OF HIGHER DEGREE STUDENTS

Master of Philosophy:		19 completed
Doctor of Philosophy:		50 completed; 5 in progress

CONTRIBUTION TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS

Editor-in-chief		Aquatic Toxicology (2020-present)
Subject Editor		Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (2014-present)
Associate Editor		Journal of Environmental Sciences (2015-present)
Member		Editorial Advisory Board, Environmental Science & Technology (since 2010)
Member		Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental Research (AER) (since 2011)
Member		Editorial Board of Environmental Chemistry (HUANJING HUAXUE)
Associate Editor		Chemosphere (Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment) (2004-2008)
Hon. Professor		Nanjing University, China
Hon. Professor		South China Normal University, China
Hon. Professor		University of Queensland, Australia
Visiting Prof.		National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan.
External PhD Advisor		Shantou University, China (2017-2019)
Member		Management Committee and Steering Committee of the Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund, Hong Kong Airport Authority (2016-2020)
Member		Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2005-2016)
Deputy Chairman		Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2009)
Chairman		Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2010-2016)
Member		Town Planning Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2006-2012)
Member		Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011)
Chairman		Marine Parks Committee, Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011)
Member		Marine Mammal Conservation Working Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2001-2007)
Member		Red Tide/Harmful Algal Bloom Expert Advisory Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2004-2020)
Member		Management & Development Committee of the Mai Po Marshes, WWF Hong Kong (2001-2005)
Member		Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004)
Chairman		Management sub-committee, Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004)
Member		HKSAR Steering Committee for Research Themes under the Research Endowment Fund (2009-2017)
Member		Advisory Committee on Post-service Employment of Civil Servants, HK SAR Government (2011-2017)
Member		Independent Commission Against Corruption Operations Review Committee (2015-2020)
Member		HKSAR Witness Protection Review Board Panel (2015-2020)

EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS (AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)

From Ministry of Science and Technology, Peoples' Republic of China:
Year	Source	Amount (in HK$)
2018	Research Projects funded by the Mainland Government “亞熱帶香港水域海洋與河口食物網中傳統與新興鹵化阻燃劑研究：富集特徵、營養轉移及源辨識” “Conventional and Emerging Chiral Halogenated Flame Retardants in Marine and Estuarine Food Webs in Subtropical Hong Kong Waters: Accumulation Profiles, Trophic Transfer, and Source Identification”	1,152,000

From Hong Kong SAR Government:

Year	Source	Amount (in HK$)
2017	Sustainable Fisheries Development Fund (SFDF) “魚排上建立示範及教育單位，展示商業上可行的循環海水育苗系統” “Establishment of a commercially viable recirculating system for rearing fish fingerlings: a demonstration project for public education”	3,778,880

From Municipal Government of Shenzhen:

Year	Source	Amount (in RMB)
2017	Shenzhen Innovative Technology Committee “Study on Ecological Thresholds in Urbanized Coastal Bay Areas”	2,000,000

From Natural Science Foundation of China:

Year	Source	Amount (in HK$)
2012	Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Grant Assessment and Characterization of Novel and Unknown Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds in Pearl River and Yangtze River Delta	917,000

From Hong Kong Research Grants Council:

Year	Source	Amount (in HK$)
2012	NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, Research Grants Council Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Sewage Treatment Works of China: Behaviour and Risk Assessment	815,701
2015	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Research Grants Council “Benthic and epiphytic toxic algae (BETA): An emerging threat to coral ecosystems in Hong Kong waters”	5,573,636
2009	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Research Grants Council “Algal Toxins: Development of Analytical and Bioassay Detection Methods and Assessment of Environmental Transfer in Marine Food Webs”	3,200,000
2016	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Environmental assessment of chiral pharmaceuticals in Hong Kong and its surrounding region: occurrence, fate and potential toxicological significance”	540,824
2014	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Conventional and emerging halogenated flame retardants in marine and estuarine food webs in subtropical Hong Kong waters: accumulation profiles, trophic transfer, and source identification”	683,570
2013	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Population trends, food sources, habitat use, and trace element exposure of marine mammals in Pearl River Delta: using teeth as biological time capsules for tracing environmental changes”	435,614
2010	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Measurement and assessment of novel halogenated flame retardants in waterbirds and marine cetaceans in Hong Kong”	462,000
2008	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Distribution, accumulation, and trophic transfer of perfluorinated compounds, and total and extractable organic fluorine in an aquatic food web of a tropical wetland”	401,336
2007	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Measurement and assessment of perfluorinated compounds in waterbirds and marine cetaceans in Hong Kong”	685,937
2005	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Study of Perfluorinated Compounds and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Pearl River Estuary”	1,014,000
2004	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of the Transfer of Contaminants Accumulated in Fisheries Resources to Cetaceans in Hong Kong: A Novel Assessment of Bioavailability Using an In Vitro Physiologically-based Extraction Test (PBET)”	819,000
2003	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of Risk to Cetaceans along the South China Coast Due to Contaminants with Special Reference to the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins”	841,000
2002	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of Risk to Ardeids in Hong Kong Due to Organochlorine and Organotin Contaminants with Special Reference to the Mai Po/Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site”	975,200
2000	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Biokinetics and biotransformation of PSP toxins in green-lipped and common fan mussels in Hong Kong”	823,400
1997	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Use of protein phosphatase inhibition assay for screening tumour-promoting toxins in aquatic systems: a colorimetric approach”	686,880
1996	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Sublethal effects of toxicants on the patterns of energy allocation and nutrient utilization of freshwater snails”	385,000

As a core member of the Area of Excellence Scheme “Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology – MERIT” under the University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China (Project No. AoE/P-04/2004). The total funding for a team of 23 local members and 5 overseas members is HK$45 million for 5 years (2004-2009).
As the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (2010-2020), which receives HK$ 10 million annually from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

CONSULTANCY

> 30 major consultancy projects, with total contract value of > HK$40,000,000, including:
“Provision of Consultancy Services to Develop Options for a Fisheries Monitoring Programme in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2019-2021)
“Fish Resources Study for the Proposed Marine Park in the Brothers Islands” for Highways Department (2012-2017)
“Provision of Services for the Technical Review and Statistical Analysis of the Datasets of Waterbird Monitoring Programme for the Deep Bay Area” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2012-2016)
“Assessment of Environmental Contaminants in Marine Mammals in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2008-2009)
“Study on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Local Waterbirds in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2006-2007)
“Independent Expert to Investigate the Alleged Claim of High Oyster Mortality in Deep Bay due to the HK-SWC Construction Works” for Highways Department (2004)
“Development of a Biological Indicator System for Monitoring Marine Pollution” for Environmental Protection Department (2001-2003)
“Consultancy Study on Fisheries and Marine Ecological Criteria for Impact Assessment” for Agriculture and Fisheries Department (1999-2001)
“Environmental Impact Assessment on the Construction of a Large Thermal Power Station (approx. 5000 MW) at Black Point” for China Light and Power Company (1991)
“Environmental Impact of Marine Fish Culture Industry in Hong Kong” for Hong Kong Government (1989-1990)

PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICATION METRICS

ISI Web of Knowledge: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9121-2008
Scopus: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7202365776
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=R6tv7rUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Modified Date: 25 Jun 2021

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