Research Projects
RGC funded projects
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Binding Mechanisms of Metal Contaminants in Stabilized Waste Materials
(PolyU5072/97E) (1998 - 2001)
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Sources, Accumulation and Environmental Impacts of Heavy Metals in Sediments
of the Pearl River Estuary (PolyU 5057/99E) (2000 - 2002)
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Heavy Metal Contamination and Remediation of Urban Soils in Hong Kong (PolyU5062/01E)
(2001- 2004)
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Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils Using High Biomass Plants
(PolyU 5046/02E) (2003-2006)
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Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Pollutants in the Pearl River Delta: Implications
to Regional Environmental Quality and Air Contaminant Transport (PolyU
5147/03E) (2003-2007)
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A Three-Dimensional Predictive Model for Sediment Flocs and Heavy Metals
in Estuarine Waters: Application to Deep Bay, Hong Kong (PolyU 5152/03E)
(2003-2006)
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Air-water Exchange and Water Column Processes of Organochlorine Pesticides
and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Pearl River Estuary
(PolyU 5212/05E) (2005-2007)
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Trace Metals along the South China
Coastline: Implications for the Outflow and Coastal Deposition of Continental
Air Pollution (RGC/NSFC N_PolyU535/05) (2005-2009)
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Concurrent Uptake and Degradation of Heavy Metals
and Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils
at Uncontrolled E-waste Recycling Sites (PolyU 5132/08) (2009-2011)
- Interactions among Biodegradable Chelants, Soil Microbes, and Plant Roots in the Phytomanagement Process of Metal-contaminated Soils (PolyU 5209/11) (2012-2015)
- Air-surface Exchange of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Heavy Metals (MNs) in Peri-urban Agricultural Ecosystems of the Pearl River Delta, South China (RGC/NSFC N_PolyU556/11) (2012-2014)
UGC AoE project
The study of
sediment contamination and ecological recovery in Victoria Harbour at the
Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology (MERIT)
(AoE/P-04/2004) (2004-2009)
Emerging Contaminants in Hong Kong Coastal Waters – Environmental
Sources, Pathways and Resistance (2010-2012)
PolyU funded projects
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The Study of Land Contamination in Urban Areas in Hong Kong (1996 -1999)
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Chemical Forms of Metal Contaminants in Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary
(1998 - 2000)
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The Study of Phytoremediation Techniques for Contaminated Land by Hyperaccumulator
Plants (2000 - 2001)
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An Intensified Water Hyacinth (IWH) System for Cleaning up of Surface Water
Bodies (2000-2003)
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The Study of Atmospheric Heavy Metal Deposition Using Moss Analysis in
Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta (2003-2005)
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The Sources, Geochemical Process and Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals and
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Coastal Waters of Hong Kong
(2004-2006)
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Assessment and Management of
Urban Soil Quality in the Rapidly Urbanized Pearl River Delta (PRD) Region,
South China (2009-2012)
MPhil/PhD student projects
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Assessment and Remediation of Urban Soils Contaminated by Heavy Metals
in Hong Kong (1999 - 2001)
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Assessment of Sediment Contamination in the Pearl River Estuary and the
Surrounding Coastal Region (2001-2003)
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Biomonitoring of Air Pollution in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Area
(2003-2006)
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Chemical-enhanced Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils
(2003-2006)
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The Deposition and Exchange of Metals and Organic Pollutants between Air-Water
Interface in the Pearl River Estuary (2005-2007)
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Impact of different land use and soil types on the fate of pollutants in the Pearl River Delta, south China (2011-2013)