Research & Initiatives

• Faculty Development Scheme – “Exploiting Reactive Oxygen Species as Molecular Triggers for Tetrazine Bioorthogonal Chemistry: Enabling Click-to-Release Strategies for Intracellular Applications“. HK$1,302,770. (2025-2027)

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• SKLMP Seed Collaborative Research Fund – “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Surveying: New Insight of Vegetation Biomass and Carbon Stocks Assessment for Mangrove in Hong Kong“. HK$500,000 (2023-2025)

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• University Research and Development Fund – “Antifouling performance of nanoparticles: toward surface properties in microfluidics“. HK$200,000. (2022-2023)

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• Faculty Development Scheme – “Heterogeneous reaction kinetics of resazurin bio-reduction on paper-based microfluidics for bacteria detection and toxicity measurement“. HK$1,581,875. (2022-2023)

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• Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund – “Seasonal monitoring of beach litter in western and southern waters of Hong Kong using aerial drone - a prerequisite for setting up marine conservation strategy”. HK$651,444. (2022-2023)

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• Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust Research Fund – “A real-time dual release strategy for bioorthogonal tumour imaging and curing”. HK$100,000. (2021-2022)

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• Environment and Conservation Fund – “A dye-assisted paper-based assay for fast and reliable detection of biotoxicity for anaerobic digestion“. Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. HK$499,500. (2019-2022)

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• New Faculty Start-up Grant – “An amendment to the understanding of the heterogeneous catalytic properties of nanoparticles by dye-assisted single-molecule nanocatalysis.” City University of Hong Kong. HK$200,000. (2019-2021)

 

• Environment and Conservation Fund – “A biomicrofluidics for monitoring metabolic activity in anaerobic co-digestion of food waste/sewage sludge“. Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. HK$499,500. (2020-2022)

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• Shenzhen Basic Research Program – “Graphene-based & single-molecule dye-assisted microfluidic chip for detection of direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion”. CNY￥300,000. (2020-2023)

 

• Faculty Research Development Fellowship – “Fate and transport of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)/ pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment“. Faculty Research Development Fund at University of Auckland, New Zealand. NZ$150,000. (2010-2012)

 

• Marie Curie Host Fellowship – “Membrane Biofouling“. Marie Curie Host Fellowship for the Transfer of Knowledge. EUR€70,000. (2008-2009)

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