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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Distinguished Alumni Award 2019, Faculty of Science, University of Hong Kong |
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Award, Silver Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong SAR Government (2014) |
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Member, HKSAR Justices of the Peace (non-gov), Hong Kong SAR Government (2008) |
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Visiting Fellow, National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, Australia (1998) |
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Jackson Memorial Fellow, Griffith University, Australia (1998) |
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Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship tenable at King's College, London (1987-1989) |
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Commonwealth Scholarship tenable at the University of Sheffield (1984-1987) |
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'Highly Commended Talk' award for a paper delivered to the British Ecological Society in 1984 |
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Swire Scholarship, the University of Hong Kong (1983-1984) |
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Postgraduate Studentship, the University of Hong Kong (1982-1984) |
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PREVIOUS POSITIONS
City University of Hong Kong: |
2020-2021 |
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Executive Director of Special Projects, Vice-President Level (Concurrent appointment) |
2020-2021 |
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Jeanie Hu Professor of Science |
2005-2021 |
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Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry, |
2013-2019 |
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Chief-of-Staff (Vice-President) (Concurrent appointment) |
2010-2020 |
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Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (Concurrent appointment) |
2009-2013 |
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Vice-President (Student Affairs) (Concurrent appointment) |
2007-2008 |
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Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education) (Concurrent appointment) |
2004-2007 |
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Associate Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering (Concurrent appointment) |
2006-2007 |
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Acting Head of Department, Department of Biology and Chemistry (Concurrent appointment) |
2001-2005 |
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Professor (Reader), Department of Biology and Chemistry |
1996-2001 |
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Associate Professor (Scale A), Department of Biology and Chemistry |
1994-1996 |
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Associate Professor (Scale B), Department of Biology and Chemistry |
Victoria University of Technology, Australia:
1992-1994 |
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Lecturer, Department of Environmental Management |
Chinese University of Hong Kong:
1990-1992 |
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Lecturer, Department of Biology |
City Polytechnic of Hong Kong:
1988-1990 |
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Lecturer, Department of Applied Science |
SUPERVISION OF HIGHER DEGREE STUDENTS
Master of Philosophy: |
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19 completed |
Doctor of Philosophy: |
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50 completed; 5 in progress |
CONTRIBUTION TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS
Editor-in-chief |
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Aquatic Toxicology (2020-present) |
Subject Editor |
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Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (2014-present) |
Associate Editor |
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Journal of Environmental Sciences (2015-present) |
Member |
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Editorial Advisory Board, Environmental Science & Technology (since 2010) |
Member |
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Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental Research (AER) (since 2011) |
Member |
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Editorial Board of Environmental Chemistry (HUANJING HUAXUE) |
Associate Editor |
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Chemosphere (Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment) (2004-2008) |
Hon. Professor |
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Nanjing University, China |
Hon. Professor |
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South China Normal University, China |
Hon. Professor |
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University of Queensland, Australia |
Visiting Prof. |
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. |
External PhD Advisor |
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Shantou University, China (2017-2019) |
Member |
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Management Committee and Steering Committee of the Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund, Hong Kong Airport Authority (2016-2020) |
Member |
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Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2005-2016) |
Deputy Chairman |
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Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2009) |
Chairman |
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Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2010-2016) |
Member |
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Town Planning Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2006-2012) |
Member |
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Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011) |
Chairman |
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Marine Parks Committee, Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011) |
Member |
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Marine Mammal Conservation Working Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2001-2007) |
Member |
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Red Tide/Harmful Algal Bloom Expert Advisory Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2004-2020) |
Member |
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Management & Development Committee of the Mai Po Marshes, WWF Hong Kong (2001-2005) |
Member |
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Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004) |
Chairman |
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Management sub-committee, Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004) |
Member |
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HKSAR Steering Committee for Research Themes under the Research Endowment Fund (2009-2017) |
Member |
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Advisory Committee on Post-service Employment of Civil Servants, HK SAR Government (2011-2017) |
Member |
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Independent Commission Against Corruption Operations Review Committee (2015-2020) |
Member |
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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$) |
2012 |
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Grant
Assessment and Characterization of Novel and Unknown Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds in Pearl River and Yangtze River Delta |
917,000 |
From Hong Kong Research Grants Council:
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Source |
Amount (in HK$) |
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$45 million for 5 years (2004-2009). |
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As the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (2010-2020), which receives HK$ 10 million annually from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government. |
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CONSULTANCY
> 30 major consultancy projects, with total contract value of > HK$40,000,000, including: |
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“Provision of Consultancy Services to Develop Options for a Fisheries Monitoring Programme in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2019-2021) |
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“Fish Resources Study for the Proposed Marine Park in the Brothers Islands” for Highways Department (2012-2017) |
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“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) |
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“Assessment of Environmental Contaminants in Marine Mammals in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2008-2009) |
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“Study on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Local Waterbirds in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2006-2007) |
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“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) |
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“Development of a Biological Indicator System for Monitoring Marine Pollution” for Environmental Protection Department (2001-2003) |
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“Consultancy Study on Fisheries and Marine Ecological Criteria for Impact Assessment” for Agriculture and Fisheries Department (1999-2001) |
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“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) |
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“Environmental Impact of Marine Fish Culture Industry in Hong Kong” for Hong Kong Government (1989-1990) |
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PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICATION METRICS
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Modified Date: 25 Jun 2021
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