2023-Present
Associate Professor (Teaching)
2020-2022
Senior Lecturer
Lead Programme Coordinator:
Food & Nutritional Science (BSc)
Programme Director:
Food Industry: Management & Marketing (MSc)
Chair, Undergraduate Teaching
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
2011 - 2019
Assistant Professor
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
2003 - 2011
Research Fellow
Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry/Medicine
Neurobiology/Ageing Programme
National University of Singapore
1999 - 2003
Research Assistant Professor
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Graduate School of Biotechnology
Food and Biomaterial Science and Engineering Laboratory
Korea University
Research Interests
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Lipid peroxidation and profiling of biological samples
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Fatty acid, oxidative stress and disease development
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Antioxidant and oxidative stress in human nutrition
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Oxidative stress and environmental stressors
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Food waste to good taste
Committees
Member of:
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Representative for HKU in Global Challenges University Alliance 2030
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American Chemical Society
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International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids
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Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Awards - Recent Funds
2023
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Reclaiming nutrients from food waste: optimizing food waste utilization through better understanding of their nutrient content; HKU Knowledge of Exchange Strategic Impact Fund; Principal Investigator
2022
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Food Waste to Good Taste: Tackling food Security and waste through innovation; HKU Knowledge of Exchange Strategic Impact Fund; Principal Investigator
2022
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Senior Fellowship, The Higher Education Academy (UK)
2020
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Fellowship, The Higher Education Academy (UK)
2019
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The University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award
2014
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University of Montpellier 1, Faculty of Pharmacy, Visiting Professorship Award
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The University of Hong Kong; Overseas Fellowship Awards
1997
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XIth Annual Scientific Meeting
Award of High Standard of Presentation at the Society for the Study of Endocrinology Metabolism and Reproduction (Hong Kong)