Professor VENGATESEN, Thiyagarajan (Rajan)
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU
BSc, MSc, PhD (Madras)
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- KBSB 2S03
Teaching Areas
- Environmental Life Science
- Oyster Aquaculture: Technology and Business
- Inspiration from Nature: Science and Medicine
- Climate Change
- Marine Science
- Environmental OMICS
- Sustainable coastal management
Research Interests
- Marine Science
- Larval biology
- Biofouling
- Biomineralization
- Environmental Proteomics
- Ocean acidification
- Oyster hatchery
- Oyster aquaculture
Current Research
- Ocean acidification and climate change effects on biofouling and shellfish species
- Molecular mechanisms of climate change impacts
- Biomineralization mechanisms
- Inspiration from marine shells for biomaterials development
- Larval adaptation to climate change
- Biofouling control
Research Team
Current:
1 Post-doc
5 PhDs
1 Technician
Past:
3 Post-doc
6 PhDs
2 MPhils
Publications and News
- SCI Journal Publications - Total 100 since 2000
- H-index: 32 with 2,600 total citations