Professor LEE, Jetty Chung Yung
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor of Teaching), School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU
B.Agr (Korea University); M.Phil (HKU); Ph.D. (HKU); SFHEA (UK)
Teaching Areas
- Introduction to Food & Nutrition
- Food Chemistry
- Food & Nutrient Analysis
- Food Commodities
- Diet & Disease
- Food, Health & Environment
- Nutrition & the Life Cycle
- Experiential Learning
Research Interests
- Oxidative stress and disease development
- Fatty acids and human health
- Antioxidant and oxidative stress in human nutrition
- Oxidative stress and environmental stressors
- Science research in higher education
Current Research
- Lipid mediators and polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Age-macular degeneration and dietary oil
- Lipophenols and disease protection
- Lipid mediators, marine species and environment
Research Team
Co-Supervision
- Marsena Jasiel Ismaiah (Ph.D. Candidate)
- Fangfei Zhang (Ph.D. Candidate)
Fellowships
- Fellow and Senior Fellow Advance Higher Education (UK)
- Université de Montpellier, Faculty of Pharmacy, Visiting Professorship Award
- The University of Hong Kong Overseas Fellowship Award
Selected Publications
- Zou TXP, Chow, KL, Barry TJ, Lee JCY, Yu KS (2023) ‘As I would do in my own research’: a multiple-case study of faculty members’ undergraduate research designs in research-intensive universities. Studies in Higher Education doi:10.1080/03075079.2023.2204352
- Kim T, Baker DM, Ju SJ, Lee JCY* (2021) Fatty acid profiles of separated host–symbiont fractions from five symbiotic corals: applications of chemotaxonomic and trophic biomarkers. Marine Biology 168:163; doi:10.1007/s00227-021-03979-9
- Kim T, Lee JCY, Kang DH, Duprey NN, Leung KS, Archana A, Baker D (2021) Modification of fatty acid profile and biosynthetic pathway in symbiotic corals under eutrophication. Science of the Total Environment 771:145336; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145336
- Leung KS, Galano JM, Oger C, Durand T, Lee JCY* (2021) Enrichment of alpha-linolenic acid in rodent diet reduced oxidative stress and inflammation during myocardial infarction. Free Radical Biology & Medicine 162:53-64
- Yau YF, El-Nezami H, Galano JM, Kundi ZM, Durand T, Lee JCY* (2020) Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and oat beta-glucan regulated fatty acid profiles along the gut-liver-brain axis of mice fed with high fat diet and demonstrated antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potentials. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 64, e2000566, doi:10.1002/mnfr.202000566
- Lee YY, Galano JM, Leung HH, Balas L, Oger C, Durand T, Lee JCY* (2020). Non-enzymatic oxygenated metabolite of docosahexaenoic acid, 4(RS)-4-F4t-neuroprostane, acts as a bioactive lipid molecule in neuronal cells. FEBS Letters 594:1797-1808
- Leung HH, Ng ALK, Durand T, Kawasaki R, Oger C, Balas L, Galano JM, Wong IYH, Lee JCY* (2019). Increase in omega-6 and decrease in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid oxidation elevates the risk of exudative AMD development in adults with Chinese diet. Free Radical Biology & Medicine 145: 349-356
- Roy J, Galano JM, Durand T, Le Guennec JY, Lee JCY* (2017). Physiological role of reactive oxygen species as promoters of natural defenses. FASEB J 31:3729-3745.
- Roy J, Fauconnier J, Oger C, Farah C, Angebault-Prouteau C, Thireau J, Bideaux P, Scheuermann V, Bultel-Poncé V, Demion M, Galano JM, Durand T, Lee JCY*, Le Guennec JY* (2017). Non-enzymatic oxidized metabolite of DHA, 4(RS)-4-F4t-neuroprostane protects the heart against reperfusion injury. Free Radical Biology & Medicine 102: 229-239.
- Cuyamendous C, Leung KS, Durand T, Lee JCY*, Oger C*, Galano G* (2015) Synthesis and discovery of phytofurans: metabolites of a-linolenic acid peroxidation. Chemical Communications 51:15696-15699.
- De La Torre A, Lee YY, Oger C, Sangild PT, Durand T, Lee JCY*, Galano JM*. (2014) Synthesis, discovery and quantitation of dihomo-Isofurans: Biomarkers for in vivo adrenic acid peroxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53: 6249-6252.