[Oct 2022] An update on Steven — Is he studying in a less stressful (thermally) environment?
Steven has been to the University of Exeter to pursue his master's degree in data science (ecology and evolution) for about a month. He,...
![[Oct 2022] An update on Steven — Is he studying in a less stressful (thermally) environment?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_1cbd947fcfd74fc28c98bc473688cde0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_1cbd947fcfd74fc28c98bc473688cde0~mv2.jpg)
![[Oct 2022] More sorting work for the ecosystem engineer RGC team!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_1ef4c4c99ea140198dabda345056ea7c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_1ef4c4c99ea140198dabda345056ea7c~mv2.jpeg)
- Oct 12
[Oct 2022] More sorting work for the ecosystem engineer RGC team!
Back in June this year, we established experimental plots (controlling % cover of the oyster Saccostrea cuccullata and the mussel...
![[Oct 2022] Post-Doc wanted!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_51aa082a114a41f8bd9cb467b0cce84a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_51aa082a114a41f8bd9cb467b0cce84a~mv2.jpg)
- Oct 6
[Oct 2022] Post-Doc wanted!
We're looking for some passionate ecologist to join us in solving the mystery of how intertidal species cope with such a thermally harsh...
![[Sep 2022] See you around — Steven](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_ca706a0e9eb243fcabfef7aac9cfc1a3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_ca706a0e9eb243fcabfef7aac9cfc1a3~mv2.jpg)
- Sep 27
[Sep 2022] See you around — Steven
Steven (a.k.a. the bouldering bivalve expert) is going to UK to pursue his master's degree after the two-year intensive field surveys of...
![[Aug 2022] All field surveys done for the rocky shore biodiversity ECF!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_e0b1517dbbad4b289f7bbf41335811aa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_e0b1517dbbad4b289f7bbf41335811aa~mv2.jpg)
- Sep 15
[Aug 2022] All field surveys done for the rocky shore biodiversity ECF!
Back on 9 December 2020, we started our first biodiversity survey at Starfish Bay for our rocky shore biodiversity ECF project. Since...
![[August 2022] New collaboration with Mechanical Engineering Department, HKU](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_efd34986d0184ac1a61918d1e231ecb6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_efd34986d0184ac1a61918d1e231ecb6~mv2.jpeg)
- Sep 14
[August 2022] New collaboration with Mechanical Engineering Department, HKU
Yifei has started a new collaboration with Haotian Li, a postgraduate supervised by Dr Fu Zhang from the Mechatronics and Robotic Systems...
![[July 2022] Welcome a new RA and summer helper!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_201e30cdf85d443fb83760285ff7ed5e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_201e30cdf85d443fb83760285ff7ed5e~mv2.jpeg)
- Jul 25
[July 2022] Welcome a new RA and summer helper!
A BIG welcome to Amy as a new RA helping with the Lantau project and Vinicius as a summer helper doing a lot of fieldwork with us! Amy...
![[July 2022] Lantau project starts!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_2e42c0deee8147bbb7ca5f616cc4c5cd~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_2e42c0deee8147bbb7ca5f616cc4c5cd~mv2.jpeg)
- Jul 25
[July 2022] Lantau project starts!
Tommy’s new survey of the impacts of thermal and salinity variation on the rocky shores of Lantau is now underway with setting out...
![[June 2022] New RGC project kicks off with summer manipulations](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_9624d2dd45214e01939507d366b1fc20~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_9624d2dd45214e01939507d366b1fc20~mv2.jpeg)
- Jul 25
[June 2022] New RGC project kicks off with summer manipulations
The new RGC team of Jackson, Calvin and Alex have started the manipulation of different beds of ecosystem engineers (oysters and mussels)...
![[May 2022] May arrives!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_37f4cfeeadf5459a9d7bcfebf37fbb2d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_37f4cfeeadf5459a9d7bcfebf37fbb2d~mv2.jpeg)
- Jul 25
[May 2022] May arrives!
Welcome May, an exchange master student from Farng’s lab in Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, is staying with us for 6 months and...
![[May 2022] Calvin, our new summer internship student!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_feeca0d1a1994ed4b905e0bf154b3349~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_feeca0d1a1994ed4b905e0bf154b3349~mv2.jpeg)
- Jun 8
[May 2022] Calvin, our new summer internship student!
Calvin Cheng from the HKBU College of International Education has joined the TIDE Group as a summer internship student. Although he is a...
![[May 2022] New project investigating the thermal ecology of Lantau rocky shores!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_c1b57ac466a141c2b621dc258aa46a4a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_c1b57ac466a141c2b621dc258aa46a4a~mv2.jpeg)
- Jun 8
[May 2022] New project investigating the thermal ecology of Lantau rocky shores!
We are starting a new project investigating the thermal ecology of Lantau rocky shores! By recording habitat thermal and salinity...
![[Apr 2022] Why are ‘suboptimal’ temperatures preferred in a tropical intertidal ectotherm?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_839c88cefbd14a7fb5e98fa305e3fb50~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/dda684_839c88cefbd14a7fb5e98fa305e3fb50~mv2.png)
- May 4
[Apr 2022] Why are ‘suboptimal’ temperatures preferred in a tropical intertidal ectotherm?
Our latest publication in Journal of Animal Ecology is now available online! https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365...
![[Mar 2022] Alex has joined the team!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_1107f66247944292bb98206023ec253f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_1107f66247944292bb98206023ec253f~mv2.jpg)
- Mar 21
[Mar 2022] Alex has joined the team!
Alex has recently joined us as a research assistant to mainly facilitate the RGC-funded project on predicting the fate of common...
![[Mar 2022] Are all ecosystem engineers equal?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_d4f4aa592004481c9b3c428b5cb39c86~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_d4f4aa592004481c9b3c428b5cb39c86~mv2.jpeg)
- Mar 21
[Mar 2022] Are all ecosystem engineers equal?
Our group has recently started a new RGC-funded project investigating how common ecosystem engineers (mussels and rock oysters)...
![[Mar 2022] Rocky shore biodiversity ECF: the third season done, one more to go!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_77f7cf1924fe40c2bcdd62efb809d9b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_77f7cf1924fe40c2bcdd62efb809d9b8~mv2.jpg)
- Mar 15
[Mar 2022] Rocky shore biodiversity ECF: the third season done, one more to go!
We have finished the field surveys of the second dry season of the ECF project on Hong Kong's rocky shore biodiversity! We will conduct...
![[Jan 2022] Yifei received the best student presentation award](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_2dfd01dba2b9472ebe213eb4f1f880cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_2dfd01dba2b9472ebe213eb4f1f880cc~mv2.jpg)
- Jan 25
[Jan 2022] Yifei received the best student presentation award
Yifei was awarded the Best Student Presentation – 20-mins Oral Presentation by the Hong Kong Marine Ecological Association during the 2nd...
![[Dec 2021] Martin arrived New Zealand for his PhD programme (finally!)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_879f978b6e864296ba4864045594933b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_879f978b6e864296ba4864045594933b~mv2.jpg)
- Dec 18, 2021
[Dec 2021] Martin arrived New Zealand for his PhD programme (finally!)
Martin got a PhD position at Auckland University (see this post in 2020...) but he was trapped in Hong Kong for over 1 year due to COVID...
![[Dec 2021] Dr. Sarah Lau's and Saumya's graduation ceremony](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_ce5bc2ec7c3a4bc58f523619f3a776bd~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_ce5bc2ec7c3a4bc58f523619f3a776bd~mv2.jpeg)
- Dec 13, 2021
[Dec 2021] Dr. Sarah Lau's and Saumya's graduation ceremony
Sarah (Dr. Lau!) and Saumya (our RA, who graduated from HKU) had their graduation ceremony at HKU on 3 Dec. Let's look at the photos we...
![[Nov 2021] Rocky shore biodiversity ECF project — the second dry season survey has started](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dda684_0bad235c65614d9f8050ddcd3f057136~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/dda684_0bad235c65614d9f8050ddcd3f057136~mv2.jpg)
- Dec 12, 2021
[Nov 2021] Rocky shore biodiversity ECF project — the second dry season survey has started
We have started the fieldwork of the second dry season of our ECF project on rocky shore biodiversity. We went to Sai Wan (at Sai Kung)...