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海洋

Research Assistant Position Available

Prof. Hongbin Liu’s lab is looking for one or more RA to work in the following fields:

  1. Conducting water quality assessment study for AFCD, which will involve field sampling on board a small research vessel, measuring and recording real-time physical parameters on board, laboratory analysis of inorganic nutrients and other biological parameters, and preparation of comprehensive monthly analysis report.

  2. Plankton ecophysiology under global climate change, particularly warming. Prefer to have experience of culturing phytoplankton and protists in lab and familiar with flow cytometer, FlowCam and molecular technologies.

  3. Data analysis of long-term plankton data, using AI and other statistical and numerical methods.

If you are interested in applying, please send your full CV to liuhb@ust.hk, jchenek@connect.ust.hk, and ldengae@connect.ust.hk.

Our Research Focus

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We study the biodiversity and biogeography of microorganisms, with a focus on picocyanobacteria and picoeukaryotes!

 

Specific research topics include:

 

  • Microbial food web dynamics and trophic interactions in eutrophic and oligotrophic waters.

  • Microbial metabolic pathways that are critical to the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements in the ocean, such as production, respiration, and nitrogen fixation.

  • Effect of climate change and other anthropogenic stressors, such as hypoxia, acidification, and pollutant input on the metabolism of plankton communities.

  • Microbial ecology in cold seep ecosystems.

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Professor LIU Hongbin

Education

1983 B.S. Shandong College of Oceanology, China (Marine Biology)

1994 M.S. University of Hawaii at Manoa (Oceanography)

1997 Ph.D. University of Hawaii (Oceanography)


Current Position

Chair Professor 

Department of Ocean Sciences and Division of Life Sciences

School of Science

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 

E-mail address: liuhb@ust.hk

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Full Curricular Vitae

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Meet the Team!

Latest Publications

Noctiluca scintillans bloom alters the composition and carbohydrate utilization of associated bacterial community and enriches potential pathogenic bacterium Vibrio anguillarum

Xia, X., Cheung, S., Zhang, S., Lu, Y., Leung, S. K., Shi, Z., ... & Liu, H. (2024). Water Research, 249, 120974.

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Hong Kong University of Science & Technology 

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