 | Dr. CHENG Aifang, Ivy
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cellular and Molecular Mechanism, Marine Bacteria, Molecular Medicine
Education background:
2009-2013: BS, Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
2013-2018: Ph.D., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;
Hobbies: music, hiking, swimming, reading, cooking
Email: achengaa@connect.ust.hk |
 | Dr. LAN Yi
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interest: deep sea, genomics, symbiosis, molecular adaptation
Education background:
BSc in Biotechnology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2010-2014)
MPhil in Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2014-2016)
PhD in Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2017-2020)
Hobbies: swimming, travelling, movie, music
Email: ylan@connect.ust.hk |
 | Dr. QIN Dapeng
Postdoc Fellow
Research Interests:
Biosynthesis of complex/bioactive natural products
Educational Background:
2009-2013: BS, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University;
2013-2018: Ph.D., Jinan University (Guangzhou);
2018- 2020: Shenzhen University, Associate Researcher
Research Grants:
National Natural Science Foundation of China Program (81903508)
Hobbies: swimming, hiking, reading
Email: qdppharm@ust.hk |
 | Dr. TANG Jianwei
Postdoc Fellow
Research interests: Genome mining guided natural products discovery; Natural products biosynthesis; Antibacterial and antitumor natural products discovery.
Educational Background:
B.Sc., Dalian University of Technology;
Ph.D.; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Email: tangjianwei7@hotmail.com |
 | Dr. TONG Haoya
Postdoc Fellow
PhD Graduate
Research interest: coral molecular biology, coral evolution and adaptation
Education background:
BSc: Nanjing University;
PhD: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hobby: reading and travelling
Email: htongaa@connect.ust.hk |
 | Dr. XU Ting
Research Assistant Professor
Postdoc Fellow
Research Interests:
Understanding the biogeography, biodiversity, and molecular adaptation of the deep-sea invertebrates using the omics-based approaches. Lists of publications are available here.
Educational Background:
Ph.D. Dec. 2013 ~ Nov. 2018
Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University (Principle supervisor: Prof. Jian-Wen QIU)
B.Sc. Sep. 2009 ~ Jun. 2013
College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China
Awards:
University of Shanghai John Yuen Memorial Scholarship, Award on the basis of academic merits, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2017
Email: xuting0708@gmail.com |
 | Dr. YAN Guoyong
Postdoc Fellow
Research interests:
I am interested in developmental biology and deep-sea biology, especially in the gene regulatory network underling larval development and deep-sea environment adaption.
Education background:
PhD Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, CAS (2018)
MSc Northwest A&F University (2014)
BSc Northwest A&F University (2011)
Hobbies: Table tennis, Hiking, Collecting Documentaries |
 | Dr. ZHONG Cheng
Postdoc Fellow
Research Interests:
Interdisciplinary environmental sciences interlinked by microbial ecology, geosciences, chemistry, and computational sciences.
Education background:
B.Eng. in Resource Exploration Engineering, Department of Earth Sciences, Southwest Petroleum University, China;
M.Sc. in Integrated Petroleum Geoscience, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physics (adjunct), University of Alberta, Canada;
M.Sc. in Environmental Earth Sciences, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences (adjunct), University of Alberta, Canada;
Ph.D. in Environmental Earth Sciences, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences (adjunct), University of Alberta, Canada
Hobbies:
Snowboarding, hiking, diving, travelling |
 | Dr. ZHOU Kun
Postdoc Fellow
PhD Graduate
Research Interests: Bacteria, Meta-genome
Educational background:
BSc, Hubei University of Education; MSc, Central China Normal University
Hobbies: Music, Badminton |