HO Kin Fai 何建輝

• Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic, 2003
• M.Phil., Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999
• B.Sc., Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997

• 2018 – present: Associate Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2018 – present: Visiting Associate Professor, Taipei Medical University
• 2015 – 2018: Assistant Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2015 – present: Research Fellow, Institute of Environment, Energy, and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
• Particle Toxicology
• Exposure Assessment
• Bioaerosol

• Chinese Aerosol Technology Innovation Award, Chinese Association of Aerosol Science & Technology, 2015
• Asian Young Aerosol Scientist Award, Asian Aerosol Research Assembly, 2013
• Young Scientist Award in Particuology, Chinese Society of Particuology, 2012

• Associate Editor, Aerosol Science and Engineering
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Member, International Society of Environmental Exposure

• Editorial Board: Journal of Meteorological Research

• PHPC 2009
• PHPC 3016
• PHPC 3018
• OENV 5001
• OENV 5008

• United College

1. Lui, K. H., Jones, T., BéruBé, K., Ho, S. S. H., Yim, S. H. L., Cao, J. J., Lee, S. C. Tian, L., Min, D. W., Ho, K. F.* The effects of particle-induced oxidative damage from exposure to airborne fine particulate matter components in the vicinity of landfill sites on Hong Kong. Chemosphere 230:578-586, 2019.
2. Ho, K. F., Wu, K.-C., Niu, X. Y., Wu, Y., Zhu, C., Wu, F., Cao. J. J., Shen, Z. X., Hsiao, T.-C., Chuang, K.-J., Chuang, H.-C.* Contributions of local pollution emissions to particle bioreactivity in downwind cities in China during Asian dust periods. Environmental Pollution 245:675-683, 2019.
3. Chuang, H.-C., Sun, J., Ni, H. Y., Tian, J., Lui, K. H., Han, Y. M., Cao, J. J., Huang, R.-J., Shen, Z. X., Ho, K. F.* Characterization of the chemical components and bioreactivity of fine particulate matter produced during crop-residue burning in China. Environmental Pollution 245:226-234, 2019.
4. Chen, X.-C., Chow, J. C., Ward, T. J., Cao, J. J., Lee, S.-C., Watson, J. G., Lau, N.-C., Yim, S. H. L., Ho, K. F.* Estimation of personal exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) of ambient origin for healthy adults in Hong Kong. Science of The Total Environment 654:514-524, 2019.
5. Fan, Z. L., Pun, V. C., Chen, X. C., Qiu, H., Tian, L. W., Ho, S. S. H., Lee, S. C., Tse, L. A., Ho, K. F.* Personal exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) and respiratory inflammation of common residents in Hong Kong. Environmental Research 164:24-31, 2018.
6. Chen, X. C., Ward, T. J., Cao, J. J., Lee, S. C., Chow, J. C., Lau, G. N. C., Yim, S. H. L., Ho, K. F.* Determinants of personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in adult subjects in Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment 628-629:1165-1177, 2018.
7. Lui, K. H., Bandowe, B. A. M., Tian, L. W., Chan, C. S., Cao, J. J., Ning, Z., Lee, S. C., Ho, K. F.* Cancer risk from polycyclic aromatic compounds in fine particulate matter generated from household coal combustion in Xuanwei, China. Chemosphere 169:660-668, 2017.
8. Lui, K. H., Bandowe, B. A. M., Ho, S. S. H., Chuang, H.-C.*, Cao, J. J., Chuang, K. J., Lee, S. C., Hu, D., Ho, K. F.* Characterization of chemical components and bioreactivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during incense burning. Environmental Pollution 213:524-532, 2016.
9. Ho, K. F.*, Huang, R.-J.*, Kawamura, K., Tachibana, E., Lee, S. C., Ho, S. S. H., Zhu, T., Tian, L. Dicarboxylic Acids, Ketocarboxylic acids, a-Dicarbonyls, Fatty Acids and Benzoic Acid in PM2.5 aerosol collected during CAREBeijing-2007: an effect of traffic restriction on air quality. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15:1299-1312, 2015.
10. Huang, R.-J., Zhang, Y., Carlo, B., Ho, K. F., Cao, J. J.*, Han, Y. M., Dällenbach, K. R., Slowik, J. G., Canonaco , F., Zotter, P., Wolf, R., Platt, S. M., Pieber, S., Bruns, E. A., Crippa, M., Piazzalunga, A., Schwikowski, M., Abbaszade, G., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Zimmermann, R., An, Z. S., Szidat, S., Baltensperger, U., Haddad, I. E., Prévôt, A. S. H.* High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China. Nature 514:218-222, 2014.

• Relationship between outdoor and personal exposure to bioaerosols and their allergic airway inflammation in vitro, RGC/GRF (PI).
• Inflammatory responses induced by secondary organic aerosols (SOA) generated from NO3- and OH- initiated oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), RGC/GRF (PI).
• Toxicological effects of fresh and aged gasoline exhaust particles in Hong Kong, RGC/GRF (PI).
• Characterization and formation of secondary organic aerosols from biomass burning, NSFC (PI)
• Toxicological effects associated with organic factors in urban submicron aerosols in Hong Kong, RGC/GRF (PI).
• Characterisation and bioreactivity of PM2.5 near landfill sites and their impact to public health, Food and Health Bureau – HMRF (PI)
• Relationship of indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) in PM2.5 and their toxicological effects in Hong Kong, RGC/GRF (PI).
• The Physicochemistry and Toxicology of Indoor Source Particles in Hong Kong, RGC/GRF (PI).