Public Lecture Series

February 25, 2025 | 5:30-6:30pm

• In 2016, Sharne MCMILLAN began her PhD in the School of Biological Sciences under Professor Timothy BONEBRAKE and Dr Billy HAU. Her research focused on Eurasian otters in Hong Kong, addressing questions about their population, diet, distribution, historical range, and key land-use factors. In this lecture, you'll learn the findings and the methods used to obtain them.

April 11, 2024 | 5:30-6:30pm

• During this lecture, Dr NOT will explore the state of plastic pollution in Hong Kong, the sources of plastic waste, and the impact on wildlife

February 1, 2024 | 5:30-6:30pm

• In this lecture, Dr CHAN will discuss various causes of obesity, its detrimental impact on human health, and the latest research on preventive or therapeutic methods to combat obesity

October 12, 2023 | 5:30-6:30pm

• In this talk, Dr QIAN will reveal the remarkable story of our expedition, including the challenges, triumphs, and invaluable insights from these celestial treasures

April 25, 2023 | 5:45-6:45pm

• In this talk, Dr ZHANG will explore several examples of how statistics is applied to tackle public health problems 

April 18, 2023 | 5:30-6:30pm

• Dr LIM will explain why the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is uniquely able to peer back in time to observe galaxies near the beginning of the Universe 

March 15, 2023 | 5-6pm

• In this talk, Dr OLUSEYI will discuss his scientific research based on ‘hacking stars’, which allows him to develop innovative new technologies and deepen our understanding of the universe  

November 18, 2022 | 5:30-6:30pm

• Are there any other number systems besides decimal system? In this talk, we will look into this question from a magic game with a set of 'mindreading' cards

April 21, 2022 | 5-6pm

• In this talk, Dr Ying LI will give an overview about RNA molecules, followed by a detailed introduction to the history of RNA based therapeutic development

March 24, 2022 | 5:30-6:30pm

• In this talk, Dr Jed O KAPLAN will share his insights on global climate change with us

February 17, 2022 | 5:30-6:30pm

• In this talk, Dr Tak Wing CHING will go through some examples to demonstrate how mathematics can be used to play various kinds of games

January 15, 2022 | 2:30-4:30pm

• Both speakers will unfold the interesting process of integrating  Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computational approaches into the fundament research about our mother Nature and Universe

April 21, 2021 | 4:30-5:30pm

• In this talk the speaker will provide answer about how to bring back our lost oyster reefs

November 19, 2020 | 5:30-6:30pm

• In this talk the speaker will bring the audience to look at some such problems, and see how mathematics helps (and sometimes fails to help)

November 4, 2020 | 5:30-6:30pm

• The lecture will talk about the construction of a pretty complete scenario that explains the origins of the Galápagos Archipelago's Land Animals with the use of DNA sequencing.

October 7, 2020 | 5:30-6:30pm

• In this lecture, Professor Yin will discuss how the AI-driven automated system can help in COVID-19 diagnosis.