Aquaculture & Marine Biology

Biography

Ka Hou CHU received his bachelor degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976 and completed his PhD study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography in 1984. He is now a research professor at the School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and was the first Director of the school. He is also an associate head of the New Asia College, CUHK as well as Li Dak Sum Chair Professor of Ningbo University, China. Prof. Chu has diverse research interests in marine science, published about 230 papers on marine biology and biotechnology, molecular systematics and ecology, fisheries and aquaculture, biodiversity conservation, and seafood allergy. He serves as associate editor in three international journals.

Research Interest

Molecular marine biology and biotechnology a) Molecular systematics and ecology b) Molecular and immunological studies on seafood allergy Biology of crustaceans a) Crustacean genomics b) Larval development, growth and reproduction c) Fisheries, aquaculture and pollution biology