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PROF. WONG, Ming Hung(¶À»Ê¬x)

B.Sc., (CUHK); M.Sc.,  Ph.D., D.Sc. (Durham); M.B.A., D.Sc. (Strathclyde)

Chair Professor

Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University

Director

Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences

Rm. RL5-008A/T1004A;

(852) 3411-7051 / 3411-7746

mhwong@hkbu.edu.hk

Current Research Interests: 
  • Restoration of contaminated lands
  • Bioconversion of organic wastes
  • Environmental and human health risk assessment

Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Boards of scientific journals

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2002- Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Springer)
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International Journals (SCI)

1990- Member, Advisory Editorial Board, Resources, Conservation & Recycling (Elsevier)
1998- Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Phytoremediation (CRC Press)
1998- Member, Editorial Board, Environmental Management (Springer-Verlag)
2003- Member, Editorial Board, Restoration Ecology (Blackwell)
2004- Member, Editorial Board, Chemosphere (Pergamon)
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Chinese Journals
1987- Member, Editorial Board, Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
1988- Member, Editorial Board, Environmental Science (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2002- Member, Editorial Board, Acta Ecologica Sinica (The Chinese Society of Ecology, Science Press)
2006- Member, Editorial Board, Safety and Environmental Engineering (China University of Geosciences)

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MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

2004/05 RGC (Group Research, Central Allocation): Sources, Fates, Environmental and Health Effects of Persistent Toxic Substances from E-Waste Recycling in Southeast China
2005/06 CERG/RGC: Environmental and Health Risk Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenyang, China
2006/07 RGC (Policy Research): Protection and Redevelopment of Agricultural Soil in Hong Kong
2006/07 CERG/RGC: Effects of Radial Oxygen Loss (ROL) on Arsenic Tolerance, Uptake and Distribution by Rice (Oryza sativa, L)
2007/08 RGC (Group Research, Central Allocation): Mercury Contamination in Freshwater and Marine Fish Cultivated Around the Pearl River Delta and Its Health Risk Assessment
2008/09  (United Nations University and Gwangju Institute for Science and Technology, South Korea): Health Risks Assessment of Arsenic on Local Residents in the Kandal Province, Cambodia
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Xing GH, Y Yang, JKY Chan, S Tao, MH Wong (2008) Bioaccessibility of polychlorinated biphenyls in different foods using an in vitro digestion method Environ Poll. (in press).

  2. Leung AOW, NS Duzgoren-Aydin, KC Cheung, MH Wong (2008). Heavy metals concentrations of surface dust from e-waste recycling and its human health implications in southeast China. Env Sci & Tech (in press). DOI:10.1021/es071873x.

  3. Choi MPK, SKM Ho, BKL So, ZW Cai, AKH Lau, MH Wong* (2008). PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCB in Hong Kong air in relation to their regional transport in the Pearl River Delta Region. Chemosphere 71:211-218.

  4. Cheung KC, JS Zheng, HM Leung, MH Wong (2008). Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers associated with consumption of marine and freshwater fish in Hong Kong. Chemosphere 70:1707-1720.

  5. Chung AKC, Y Wu, NFY Tam, MH Wong* (2008). Nitrogen and phosphate mass balance in a sub-surface flow constructed wetland for treating municipal wastewater. Ecol Eng. 32:81-89.

  6. Cheung KC, HM Leung, MH Wong (2007). Metal concentrations of common freshwater and marine fish from the Pearl River Delta, South China. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol (in press). DOI 10.1007/s00244-007-9064-7

  7. Liang Y, HC Hong, LH Dong, CY Lan, PB Han, MH Wong (2007). Sources and properties of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) in water along the Dongjiang River (the source of Hong Kong¡¦s drinking water) and toxicological assay of its chlorination by-products. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol (in press) DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9069-2.

  8. Lou LQ, ZH Ye, MH Wong (2007). Solubility and accumulation of metals in Chinese Brake Fern, Vetiver and Rostrate Sesbania using chelating agents. Int J Phytorem 9:325-343.

  9. Cheung KC, JY Zhang, HH Deng, YK Ou, HM Leung, SC Wu, MH Wong (2008). Interaction of higher plant (jute), electrofused bacteria and mycorrhiza on anthracene biodegradation. BioRes Tech 99:2148-2155.

  10. Chan JKY, GH Xing, Y Yu, Y Liang, LX Chen, SC Wu, CKC Wong, CKM Leung and MH Wong* (2007). Body loadings and health risk assessment of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans at an intensive electronic waste recycling site in China. Environ Sci & Technol. 41:7668-7674.

  11. MH Wong*, SC Wu, WJ Deng, XZ Yu, Q Luo, AOW Leung, CSC Wong, WJ Lukesmburg, AS Wong (2007). Export of toxic chemicals ¡V A review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling. Environ Pollut 149:131-40.

  12. Zhang HB, YM Luo, MH Wong, QG Zhao, GL Zhang (2007). Concentrations and possible sources of polychlorinated biphenyls in the soils of Hong Kong. Geoderma, 138: 244-251.

  13. Leung AOW, WJ Luksemburg, AS Wong, MH Wong* (2007). Spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in soil and combusted residue at Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling site in southeast China. Environ Sci Tech 41:2730-7.

Edited Books:

  1. M.H. Wong, (Ed.) ¡§Wetlands Ecosystems in Asia: Function and Management¡¨, Elsevier (2004).

  2. M.H. Wong, (Ed.) ¡§Environmental and Public Health Management¡¨, Special Issue of Chemosphere, Pergamon Press, Oxford. Vol.52 (9) (2003).

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