RGC funded projects

• The Study of Binding Mechanisms of Metal Contaminants in Stabilised Waste Materials (PolyU 5072/97E) (1998-2001) PI
• The Study of Sources, Accumulation and Environmental Impacts of Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary (PolyU 5057/99E) (1999-2003) PI
• The Study of Heavy Metal Contamination and Remediation of Urban Soils in Hong Kong (PolyU 5062/01E) (2001-2005) PI
• Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils Using High Biomass Plants (PolyU 5046/02E) (2002-2005) PI
• A Three-Dimensional Predictive Model for Sediment Flocs and Heavy Metals in Estuarine Waters: Application to Deep Bay, Hong Kong (PolyU 5152/03E) (2003-2007) Co-I
• Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Pollutants in the Pearl River Delta: Implications to Regional Environmental Quality and Air Contaminant Transport (PolyU 5147/03E) (2003-2007) PI
• Air-water Exchange and Water Column Processes of Organochlorine Pesticides and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Pearl River Estuary (PolyU 5212/05E) (2006-2008) PI
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Trace Metals along the South China Coastline: Implications for the Outflow and Coastal Deposition of Continental Air Pollution (N_PolyU535/05) (2006-2009) PI
• Concurrent Uptake and Degradation of Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils at Uncontrolled E-waste Recycling Sites (PolyU 5231/08E) (2009-2012) PI
• Air-surface Exchange of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Heavy Metals (MNs) in Peri-urban Agricultural Ecosystems of the Pearl River Delta, South China (N_PolyU556/11) (2012-2014) PI
• The Interactions among Biodegradable Chelants, Soil Microbes, and Plant Roots in the Phytomanagement Process of Metal-contaminated Soils (PolyU 5209/11E) (2012-2015) PI
• Ecology and Biodiversity of Benthic Marine Ecosystems before and after the Trawling Ban in Hong Kong Coastal Waters - Sediment Quality Study* (HKU5/CRF/12G) (2013-2016) Co-PI
• Fe-enhanced primary sedimentation and sludge acidogenesis for resources (P and PHA) recovery during wastewater treatment* (C7044-14G) (2015-2018) Co-PI
• Physico-chemical Characterization and Inhalation Toxicity of Urban Ambient Airborne Particulate Matters (PMs) in Subtropical Regions (PolyU 152095/14E) (2015-2019) PI
• Potentially Harmfull Trace Metals in the Hong Kong and South China Region: Baseline, Sources, and Recommendations (PEAT-MET) (F-PolyU505/15) (2016-2017) PI
• Enhanced Separation and Sludge Refinery for Wastewater Treatment - Solving the Nexus of Pollution Control and Resource Recovery in Mega Cities* (T21-711/16-R) (2016-2021) Co-PI
• Differential chemical mixtures and toxicities of urban PM2.5 in diverse city clusters in China (PolyU 152106/18E) (2019-2021) PI
• Sustainable Marine Infrastructure Enabled by the Innovative Use of Seawater Sea-Sand Concrete and Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites (T22-502/18-R) (2019-2023) Co-I
• Study of Super-fast Large-area Economical Marine Reclamations for Housing and Infrastructural Developments in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area* (R5037-18) (2019-2024) Co-PI

HKSAR Government

• Collaboration Research Study on Sustainable Land Decontamination Methods for Application in Land Development Projects (2014-2016) PI
• Wastewater-derived Energy for Smart Towns (ITS/188/15FP) (2016-2019) PI

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) (2004-2008) Co-PI

PolyU funded projects

• The Study of Land Contamination in Urban Areas in Hong Kong (1996 -1999) PI
• Chemical Forms of Metal Contaminants in Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary (1998-2000) PI
• The Study of Phytoremediation Techniques for Contaminated Land by Hyperaccumulator Plants (2000-2001) PI
• An Intensified Water Hyacinth (IWH) System for Cleaning up of Surface Water Bodies (2000-2003) Co-PI
• The Study of Atmospheric Heavy Metal Deposition Using Moss Analysis in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta (2003-2005) PI
• The Sources, Geochemical Process and Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Coastal Waters of Hong Kong (2004-2006) PI
• The Study of Inhaled Ambient Particulate Matters (PMs) in Urban Areas: Particle Sizes, Chemical Compositions and Pollutant Toxicological Effects (2014-2019) PI
• New Paradigm of Integrated Urbanwater Management (2017-2020) PI

NSFC / MOST

• 典型區域土壤複合有機污染特徵、源匯關係及演變趨勢 (2014-2018) PI of Project I
• 大氣細顆粒物對人肺細胞複合毒性效應及其關鍵毒性組分的識別——長三角及珠三角城市群對比 (2016-2019) PI