Prof. Chan, King Ming graduated from the Department of Biology, CUHK, with his B.Sc., and M.Phil.  He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland at St. John’s in Canada.  Before joining CUHK, he worked at Queen’s University in Canada and Center of Marine Biotechnology at Baltimore in the USA.  Professor Chan joined the Department of Biochemistry as Lecturer in 1992 and he is now an Associate Professor in the same department and the Environmental Science Program.  He involves in teaching of Medical students, and many courses in the Department of Biochemistry and Environmental Science Program.  His research interests cover environmental policy, aquatic toxicology, marine biotechnology, molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology.  Professor Chan is also member of many professional societies, including American Fisheries Society, Society of Toxicology (USA), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (USA), and the Marine Biological Association of Hong Kong, etc.  He is Warden of Hostel 2 at Shaw College and had been Part-time member of Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government from 2004 to 2007 for three years.  He is also advisor of several local green groups. He writes weekly for the New Territories Edition of Ming Pao on Environmental Affairs in his own column.