K. H. Chu
Professor
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
Prof. K. H. Chu received his bachelor degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976 and completed his Ph.D study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography in 1984. He is now a professor at the School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and was the founding Director of the school. He is also an outstanding fellow of the Faculty of Science, and associate head of the New Asia College of the University. Prof. Chu has diverse interests in marine science and published over 190 papers. His primary research focus is molecular systematics and ecology of crustaceans, covering phylogenetics and population genetics, biodiversity conservation, and marine phylogeography of the Indo-West Pacific. He serves as associate editor for three international journals.
Research Interest
Molecular systematics and ecology, marine genomics and biotechnology, crustacean biology and aquaculture